sick and tired of depression

[Aaron r]

Hi, I am having the feeling lately that I am sick and tired of being depressed. Without in anyway lessening the seriousness of our predicament or running away from it, I want to leave the depression behind. Its almost as if the depressive feelings showed I cared or I have no right to be happy/positive because of Humanities situation. In another post someone described the feeling of the meditation and breathing exercises as more emotional depth. I feel that way too.

If my renewed sense of "life" is due to prayer/breathing/meditation then thank-you Sott from the bottom of my heart. I feel as though some of the happy old me is returning but in a wiser form. I don't want to overstate this but it feels like something is happening.

 

[aragorn]

I hear you, aaron r!

I and, I believe, many others here can relate to your feelings. It's not easy to take the "red pill", but then again, no one said it would be! Otherwise you would have taken the blue one, I guess ;)

I'll pass around the advise, which was given to me, to read the thread Depression As a stepping stone, it has helped me a lot. I'd suggest to read it many times, until you "unfold" it.

I think that Laura's recent words were really wise:

Imagine the strength of being able to look the Universe in the eye without flinching, AND to be able to feel the deepest, and purest emotions - to love the Universe unconditionally - and to have the cool, calm ability to deal with whatever is in our future effectively and efficiently!

Now, that's a challenge for sure! But sure worth it, I think. So, lots of hard work, tears and depressive feelings are "required", but if we have our "discipline" to just continue I'm sure we all "get there".

P.s. Writing this made me realize that my own depression has somewhat lifted - metamorphosed, If you will, to something else :)

 

[Aaron r]

Thank-you Aragorn, I was prepared to put up with a depressive state if that is what it took to not turn my face from reality. I am kind of thinking that the meditation/breathing /prayer is jump starting me out of it whilst still hopefully facing reality. Cheers for the reply.

 

[Ellipse]

Perhaps you can use the "controlled Folly" concept from Castaneda.

Was useful for me as a tool at one point.

 

[gwb1995]

Hello aaron r,

I have had to deal with depression for a very long time and can relate to what you are dealing with now. While it took me a very long time to come to terms with the fact that I suffer from depression, I have found most of the answers and tools here on the forum. The breathing and meditation program has been a huge boost for me and I think will be for you if you stay with it.

Reading the threat 'Depression as a stepping stone' is a good place to start and I see that Aragorn has already provided the link. I would also suggest you read the thread in Diet and Health on the Ultra Mind Quiz (sorry for not being able to post the link) and take the quiz as a place to start with. I would also suggest you read the Detox Diet thread also in the Diet and Health section. Both of these threads offer tons of information that can make a huge difference to helping you with depression and greatly improve your physical health.

FWIW,

gwb

 

[henry]

Aaron, there is the depression that comes from seeing the world as it is. There is also a depression that can come from the toxins in our environment, our food, our homes, etc. Hopefully you have been reading and implementing the threads on diet elsewhere in the forum. You might find it helps along with the breathing exercises.

 

[Gawan]

Aaron, there is the depression that comes from seeing the world as it is. There is also a depression that can come from the toxins in our environment, our food, our homes, etc. Hopefully you have been reading and implementing the threads on diet elsewhere in the forum. You might find it helps along with the breathing exercises.

Hi Aaron r, as pointed out by henry and gwb, have a look here: The magnesium miracle, this topic discusses the affection of magnesium deficiency for body and mind (especially considers depression).

And here is the link suggested by gwb: UltraMind Solution Quizzes

fwiw

 

[Aaron r]

Thank-you everyone, generally I would describe my physical health as quite robust although age seems to be catching up. Generally I feel I have been lucky with health. I have implemented some of the ideas regarding health improvement. Specifically I now eat more quality red meat and now have daily spirulina and generally try to keep the fruit and vege's up.
Probably ten years ago my mother said to me, you don't smile as much as you use to. I suppose it was me "disconnecting" with the world because I couldn't understand why it was like it was. The end result was me saying ,"There is something wrong with the world and I am not going to stop until I find out what it is". Within a week I came across the Sott site and it all started to make some sense. The depressive feelings only got worse but I feel it was from seeing the world as it is. Was I angry at the world and feeling sorry for myself? Have to say yes.
The difference now is that I have come to some sort of terms with the situation and now wish to "re-connect". Not re-connect with the world of illusion but with that world of hope that Sott is a beacon for. I really feel like a babe in the woods but with a little help from my Sott friends I feel I am up for it.