Leaving Depression Behind
by Dr. Ulla
Sebastian
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Depression is more than that sense of feeling "down" or discouraged at
times when things are not going well. Depression involves sadness,
pessimism, a preoccupation with personal problems, and perhaps self-pity,
anguish, crying, and hopelessness.
Symptoms of depression can range from mild versions such as temporary
withdrawal, low energy, tiredness and sleeping problems over moderate
forms such as feelings of inadequacy or worthlessness, decreased
productivity, poor concentration or poor appetite to severe symptoms of
recurrent thoughts of death or suicide.
There are many reasons why you might feel depressed. You may undergo
major life changes such as divorce, separation, loss of a job, retirement
or moving town. Or you may feel unhappy about your marital situation or
fear physical and mental problems of old age. Or you may be sensitive to
the change of seasons. As we enter the dark time of the year, you may
suffer from the lack of light.
Depression may also occur without any outer trigger. Perfectionism, low
self worth, mood swings, dissatisfaction with life, the chronic use of
alcohol or other drugs or even prescribed medications may lead to
depression.
There are many effective ways to deal with depression.
You can use exercises to increase the energy level which has a major
impact in dealing with depression. Depressed people mostly use shallow
upper breathing. The chest is collapsed and in breath seems to be
difficult. The Latin word for “breathing in” is inspirare, a word which we
find in inspiration and to inspire. If the breath is shallow, you may lack
inspiration. Exercises help to increase the breath and in this way the
level of inspiration.
You can learn to control your thoughts and feelings and replace the
typical negative thought habits that focus on problems and faults with a
realistic appraisal of the small successes and joys of life that we all
experience no matter how challenging the conditions may be.
You may explore new activities and interests that give you
satisfaction, help you to feel good about yourself, and keep the mind off
problems and negative thoughts and emotions. On top of it, they open the
door to meet like minded people, improve conversation skills and help in
making and keeping friends.
You can replace bad habits of blaming, criticising and expecting the
worst through assertiveness skills, good problem-solving skills, positive
thinking and humour.
The most difficult part may be to get the first step and then keep
walking towards a self-empowered life. To support you, I offer a range of
options suitable for each pocket.
I offer on my website free articles and a free course with suggestions
of how you can cope with depression. The Ebook ‘Beyond suffering’ will
help you to discover the four pillars of how to grow joy in your life and
provide tools for transforming restrictive life patterns on the mental,
emotional and physical level.
Sometimes, a depression may reach so deep that it may feel like a task
too big to even start the journey out of it.
This deep-rooted resignation has to do with the underlying energetic
structure that keeps depressive thought forms, habits and feelings in
place. For basic shifts to happen the body-mind-system needs rewiring so
that new options become available in order to successfully cope with
depression.
The distance courses provide a continuous support by shifting the
resonance with those energetic patterns that keep the depression in
place
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. Ulla Sebastian is a well-known author, trainer and psychotherapist.
Her work spans a wide range of themes for professional and personal
growth. Using forty years of research, work with thousands of people from
all over the world and a lifelong experience of self growth and
transformation, she supports people to transform negative life patterns
into an empowered and fulfilled life. Visit her website http://www.visioform.com/
for free courses, distance courses, books, ebooks and articles
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