Beat Depression Gently and Naturally

I didn't really cared where Depression lived. I just wanted to be free of it. I looked at prescription drugs, meditation, keeping active, comfort food -- all those things that are supposed to help. If they did, it was temporary. That made the next round of sadness even worse.

The one thing that has helped me -- all the time -- is to remember this:

I Am In Charge.

I am. And so are we all, in my opinion. It doesn't matter whether I think I'm making it all up, or whether I believe the earth is going flat again, or if I blame the economy or the fact that politicians seem to do all for themselves and nothing for me.... I am in charge, at least of what I do or don't do about how I feel.

Say it out loud --
"I Am in Charge!"

The effect is rather surprising, isn't it?

So, at least for a little while, maybe we can at least stop blaming ourselves. Guilt, in my opinion, makes depression even worse.

Everyone's depression is different, and what helped me might not help you. My improvement began when I realized a few things:

First, depression, for me, sometimes began with something physical. That was usually when I felt really heavy. I couldn't move, no matter how much I "thought" about getting up and doing. I would start to worry, and THAT WORRY would become emotional depression. I would let myself get into the cycle of bad thoughts, negative emotional reaction to those bad thoughts, then my body would react to the emotions, which would result in more thoughts of something worrisome, then negative emotions, etc., etc., One day, when just allowed myself to sit there without berating myself for being "lazy" or "sick" or "tired of being tired" I realized I wasn't sad or lonely or lazy. My body was doing something and it needed to sit still to do it.

Second, I realized that depression wasn't something in me that needed to be "fixed." Fixing depression meant fixing something wrong with me, and there was nothing wrong with me. I wasn't sick. I wasn't upset. I was just feeling sad and lonely although there was no reason at the moment for me to feel sad or lonely. There was nothing wrong with anything. Oh sure, the usual hang-ups, but when I faced the sadness head-on, it could not explain why it was there.

My feelings could not explain themselves to me.

I stopped feeling bad, and realized something new had just happened. I had just taken charge. THAT realization led to some interesting discoveries. I'd like to share them with you and see if they make sense. It won't take long, and if they don't do anything for you or put you off, you can always move on to another page.