Overcome Depression
* What is depression? Depression is similar to a fever, rising up against you, and indicates a problem whether it be emotional, mental or physical health. Depression delusions the mind and increases negative thoughts. Irregardless, you're still in control. Nothing can make you lose control or dominate your will. The choices you make in life are your own.
* How do you overcome depression? a) Proper counseling with people you know to trust. b) Keep distant from the source causing the problem or environment hindering your well being. c) Take time alone for yourself d) find a quiet place and write it all down in a journal. Express your grief and pain in writing, at least an hour a day. It's a step by step process which takes time until you've reached the finish line. It's never easy to open old wounds, but the end result is superb. An emotional injury needs to therapetically unload all venom embedded in the emotion, and this will begin the healing process. There are testimonies of depressed victims who learned to cope with depression, and they describe the symptom to become less as years go by. But why cope when you can heal from the symptom? Why waste years of precious time coping with depression as if it were a life time disability? Life is a gift, so make the best of it.
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Three Types of Depression
1) Emotional Depression begins from childhood. It is an emotional injury caused by abuse or other traumatic circumstances, and it prevents a child from developing their confidence. Without confidence it becomes difficult to succeed in life. Hebrews 10:35, Do not cast away your confidence which brings great rewards. Emotional depression is deep depression which is the highest level of a depressed stage. This also creates a high level of stress to eventually overwhelm the body and bring about health issues. It becomes a cycle in which the emotional depression eventually affects the mind and creates health issues too. With this type of depression you find yourself trapped in your own world, for you create a wall of protection or safe haven of your own imaginative world. You have phobias, unbearable fear and intimidation due to lack of confidence. The emotion is the root foundation which determines our way of thinking, living, and our goals and dreams for life. If the emotion is injured, then the wall of confidence is not available as you are confined to a place of insecurity; and the mind is unable to receive proper and confident correction towards becoming strong. An emotional injury will also bring about "anxiety attacks" due to "anger". You become emotionally defenseless, incapable to which anger builds up in your system, and the body overwhelms to break down in "anxiety attacks". A counselor is good to help during the healing process, but deep emotional pain is best expressed in writing to help release, clean up and restore the broken pieces. An open heart seeks for emotional healing and will express vulnerability, sensitivity, intimidation, and constant fear. An open heart is a good thing, but can easily fall into a trap. For this reason you also need to trust God for guidance. God knows the heart of every individual on the planet, so He can better instruct your ways as to who you can trust and not trust. He will protect you from your enemies, for their are people who will take advantage of your "vulnerable heart" or "sensitive emotion". People who seek to devour are those who refuse to heal and restore from their past pain, and they hide their pain behind a wall of hypocricy. These are people would rather cheat and release their frustrations by hurting and hindering vulnerable/weak people. The danger always lies in the emotionally injured individual whose heart is open for healing, for their lack of confidence may gear them in the wrong direction; and cruel people will have the victory and last say over the emotionally distraut victim. For this reason the victim must "Trust God"! It is courageous to open an injured heart and seek healing, but it can also be risky if not guided appropiately. The victim's future may end up in ruins if not geared correctly. A vulnerable heart is blinded and sensitive to be easily deceived and taken advantage.
2) Mental Depression is rooted from a tragic event, traumatic incident, an overwhelming shock or injury to have traumatized the mind. When the mind is traumatized, is like a shock wave, and you will develop "panic attacks". You are also limited when handling life's stress. If a traumatized mind isn't treated or carefully understood, you won't be able to correct the problem on time and will develop into mental depression. The symptom brings about constant repititious thoughts, annoying bad habits and/or superstitious habits of fear and worry all contributed to a mental traumatic experience. If you are emotionally stable, confident, to not suffer from an emotional injury, then you can overcome mental trauma in positive thinking, for you are emotionally strong to carry a wall of confidence which can supplement in helping the mind.
3) Physical Depression is due to health issues caused by a) years of enduring deep emotional depression, b) Perhaps a bad pattern of wrong eating habits and lack of exercise, c) Maybe wrong diets to lose weight, d) lack of sleep, e) and/or not eating proper foods. These are the following symptoms of physical depression: To feel blue, sad, lack of motivation, always tired or sleepy, lack of energy. Chiropractic treatments is a great source to help correct certain health issues, and boost the body to normal function. A proper diet with exercise and a good sleeping pattern is a must. Sugar is very unhealthy, especially when exceeding the limit. Physical depression can also be contributed to other natural causes such as to a physical impairment, perhaps due to a birth defect, or a severe physical injury. Depending on the disability or physical injury, it may bring the body to a down spiro. In a situation like these, depression must be treated accordingly.
Anti-Depressants are okay to bring temporary relief, but it never takes away the problem. You confront depression by confronting the source of the pain and/or grief. Anti-depressants are definitely needed in some cases to which a physical disability may cause depression, and it becomes an urgent matter for treatment. But it's not to say that a disability won't allow the individual to heal from depression. Anything is possible.
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Drug Abuse Is Suicide
Anyone addicted to strong drug substances are on a dangerous road. Drugs are suicide, for it will possess the nerve system and mind and controls to delusion your way of thinking. Then tragedy takes place, and what's considered an accident becomes suicide. People on drugs are fully aware of the consequences to bring danger to their lives and to the lives of innocent people.
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"Silent Depression" Is A Sign Of A"Suicide Attempt"
Suicide is due to despair which is worse than deep depression. Despair is to withhold back symtoms of agonizing depression, and is kept silent by the victim. Once the victim has voluntarily opened their broken heart towards healing, depression sets in and the victim should never withhold back the symtoms of depression. It is a step by step process to remain open about their feelings, for there is no turning back. When the heart cracks open like a shell, it can no longer close again. It is an open emotional wound to unveil all past pain or brokeness, and needs to be handled with supreme care. The challenge of facing depression must always be confronted in faith by knowing you are in control. The victims need to know they are safe. Life is not perfect, but God's love is. His love will never betray us and He will keep us safe as long as we follow His will.
Suicide is a self-afflicted and selfish act of disrespect. People who in weakness choose to commit such crime are only focused on self. In Suicide there is no return, no way to repent, for after death there's no return for a 2nd chance. The opportunity to repent and heal is available to us in life. Life is a challenge to grow and mature, and never intended to destroy. God loves and respects us, so why not love and respect ourselves? People who intend to commit such crime will never announce their plan towards suicide. They will hint ideas such as choice of funeral arrangements, how they like to be remembered, where to scatter their ashes, etc. . .; and it's quite subtle. Suddenly, the shocking act of suicide is committed to leave love once confused, numb and perhaps guilty or angry. Depression is sad, blue, a low blow towards life, and will increase negative thoughts -- but suicide is a choice. Depression NEVER has control over the will or choices we make in life. Depression is NEVER EASY, but it can be DEFEATED!