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Overcome Depression – What You Can Do Today To Beat Depression
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You can overcome depression today! Read on to understand simple facts about depression, how to realize when you are depressed, and what you can do to overcome depression.
First off, there may be situations where physical and chemical body reactions are causing depression in a way that I currently do not comprehend. As such, physical and medical depression, while I believe conquerable, is another topic for another day. The focus of this page will be a different view on what general depression is and some tips for overcoming your depression.
I created drjerm.com for the purpose of discovering your destiny and creating your legacy. It is a place that seeks to inform, inspire, and educate. To this end, let’s discuss some simple facts about depression as they relate to discovering your destiny and creating your legacy, and everything that goes with that.
Simple Facts About Depression
You are depressed if you are doing anything in your life which hinders you from living your dreams. Let me repeat this again. You are depressed if you are doing anything in your life which hinders you from living your dreams. Your dreams should be your passion, the deepest desires of your heart, the things you want the most, and are the best at. Look at your life today. Let’s take a look at the depressing things that often take away from this.
For me, my dream is to have this website be the number one resource for inspiring and educating people to pursue their passions as they discover their destiny and create their legacy. I also have a dream of raising a successful family, keeping in great shape, and a number of other things. For you, you may want to sing at Broadway, produce movies, or become a famous chef. Here is a list of things which take away from our dreams:
- Hesitation when opportunities present themselves
- Not getting excited about good things happening
- Pessimistic about most things
- Getting offended easily
- Constantly worrying about what others think of you
- Focusing on the bad in situations
- Giving up when things get tough
Simply examine yourself. This list is but a few of the things to be looked at. If you find yourself doing anything related to this, please stop and look at yourself. Depression binds us and keeps us from living to our potential.
A Quick Myth About Depression
Depression is more than just not liking yourself or not being excited about life. In 1929, the United States began facing what was called ‘The Great Depression‘. This was a time of immense collapse of economics and industry. The country faced a major crisis. There are many theories as to what the cause of depression at this time was. Some of these were debt, gold standard collapse, over production of goods, and a breakdown in trading.
Without going into too much details of the causes, the depression happened because the country did not do the things to prepare itself against it. Depression is the hindering of achieving true potential. Anything taking away from this is depression. In a sense, most of use living today are depressed to some degree. Otherwise we would all be full time pursuing our dreams. Yes, this isn’t easy as there are bills to pay and a slew of other obstacles to overcome.
A myth about depression is that it can’t be avoied in most cases. I come from a family where people are depressed. That’s just the reality of the situation. I can see that depression runs in my family and is genetically inherited. I have physical and chemical depression hit me, and I know when it happens. I feel down, not excited, and unable to take action.
THE MOMENT THIS HAPPENS, I tighten up my armor, grab my weapons, and beat back the depression beast. I slay the depression dragon right there and then. All negative thoughts are purged. Just because I have a chemical reaction, does not take away the fact that I am smart, talented, and capable. You can do the same. Do not let your depression determine your course of action!
How do I Know if I Am Depressed?
I’d like to present some situations that will help you know if you are depressed. I’ve given facts about depression, but let’s look at some real world scenarios that will likely (not always, but most of the time) mean you are depressed.
- You come home from work/school each day, eat junk food and plop yourself in front of the TV. You do this for several hours most days. You stay up late, and wake up very tired in the morning.
- Someone tells you that you are doing a good job or look nice. Inside, you shrug your shoulders and say something to the effect of ‘yeah right’
- Someone offers aid to you – particularly when you need it, but you stubbornly refuse it. Or you do not let people know when you really need assistance (severe physical pain or other ailments)
- Whenever you seek to be proactive, your mind wanders, you surf the net, start watching tv, or get distracted in some other way
- At school, the teacher calls on you, and you immediately get frightened with a panic attack. You are not comfortable being the center of attention
- You see a guy/girl that you like and realize there’s no way they will like you. Or you see another guy/girl and are jealous because everyone likes them and they don’t have difficulty with relationships
In a way, it bothers me to say this, but excessive TV equals depression. If you are sitting in your room, or lounging in the family room watching tv all the time you are wasting your life away. Your view of yourself isn’t very high. You are in a depressed state. Forgive my bluntness in this, but I know from experience how living like this can distort reality.
Look at the other situations here. None of them have proactivity or positivity. They are just flat out depressing to read. But all the situations can be overcome with changing the view you have of yourself. Realize that you are smart, that you can make things happen with simple choices. Choose to stand up and leave the tv room. Start by just doing something else, like going for a walk outside. Smile and be confident!
Depression Can Be Overcome
You can overcome deperssion, I have no doubt about it. I can tell you how I’ve overcome depression. I talk good to myself, I know I am smart. I produce wonderful work. I have a terrific wife and daughter. I know I can do whatever I set my mind to. I love to exercise and eat right – I am at my ideal and correct weight. I feel terrific!
I wasn’t always like this. Many years ago, I beat myself up, said how dumb I was, watched tv all the time, was not proactive, was passive around everybody. I was about fifty pounds overweight. I complained and was depressed. Times have since changed. All it took was a choice!
With a little effort, faith, different view of yourself, and some smart choices, you can begin to slay your depression. Don’t just read this and fall back into the depression trap. I plead with you to just spend time on building yourself up, and taking time doing productive and worthwhile things. I know you can do it!
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