Monday, November 18, 2013

Depression Session

11/18/2013
Depression Session;
Depression: affirms the negative, enforces hopelessness and helplessness, encourages a defeatist attitude, and robs a person of ability, often leaving them feeling debilitated and worthless, unable to function, unwilling to try to figure out a better way.
However, it can also encourage a humble attitude and help to direct and re-frame one’s thinking.
When a person is able to pull out of depression, he or she is then able to see that it is not the situation so much as he or she looks at the situation.
Who is prone to depression?
Often very sensitive people, who are caring, giving, and loving sorts that expect life will give back to them the peace and harmony that they feel they resonate towards others.  When life crashes- and things do not go as they expect, depression sets in. 
Wouldn't it be nice for people to work together and care for one another? Wouldn't it be nice to eliminate suffering and live in harmony with all life forms?
Conflict is a way of life and all people must learn how to cope with opposing forces, whether it is a person, or the weather.  We will all struggle at some point in life.
How to get through this without getting crushed?
Perception- Change your perception of how you look at the challenge and step by step you WILL begin to make some changes and little by little things get better.
Ego demands that things must be this way or that. Be with what is in the moment, right now, what is going on? BE HERE NOW…so no regrets and at the moment focus on what you can do not what you can’t do. 
The negative thoughts have great power to pull a person into a fear-based-thought process.  Fear is the precursor to anger and then there is another mess to deal with.
Do something for someone else and rejoice in one thing..just for today.

"We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses."  —Abraham Lincoln


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