Can we heal from depression?

 

So my daughter asked me last night,

‘can anyone move past a ‘loud’ ‘cringey’ phase of grief (the key development of depression disorder)’

I was explaining to her why people projects and the manifestation of their own ‘worldview’ why some people being rude to others is a sign of lack of love and that some people who are loud and opinionated is just a sign of them ‘reaching out’ and if that fails as in others beginning to distance themselves further due to their own outlandish behavior, they can’t understand it instead they fall deeper into their emotion and ended up depressed.

When this happens, they will stop ‘reaching out’ and turn sullen, melancholic, quiet, numb, hopeless and beginning to isolated even more leading to suicidal thoughts.

And my daughter asked, can they pass that phase? the loud cringey phase before they fall into depression? Can that happen?

Yes. That is why it is recommended for all of us to exercise. Because exercise means ‘movement’ meaning ‘regulation’ and ‘breathing’; meaning Life itself.

There are a number of breathing techniques called ‘Pranayama’ meaning Life force + stretching. As we pull our breath from our lower spine, raising upwards through our bowel/navel then through our stomach, through our chest then throat concluded at head area, hold it for a few second let it pause and sort of ‘filling’ your head giving a sensation of pulsation as our head about to explode, enlarge kind of feeling then, slowly release by a long exhale through the mouth/nose.

This activates our ‘Pineal gland’ responsible for increasing our intuition, awareness and clear thinking.

But the high and low of emotion caused us to get addicted. The illusion of ‘no pain no gain’ and the euphoria of getting through hardship by harnessing our survival skills makes us dwell in the situation longer than we’re suppose to.

Thus, its rather difficult to break a pattern once it started, most of the time, people started leaving the grieving people in their stage of Anger and Denial.

So as a Libra (who have a tendency of people pleasing) she asked, “but what if somebody, despite all their annoying behavior, still come forward, approach them and pull them up before they fall into depression?”

The I looked at her and said, “Don’t do it”

Everyday in and out, we are all dealing with each other’s ‘Shadow self’. It’s multiple personalities we ‘wear’ to deal with everyday situation in our life. Unless, you can recognize their Shadow (this usually only possible if you have a similar or almost similar shadow as they are in order to recognize them) then, you’re able and to work on that. In my own word “kalau ko cukup ilmu di dada, bulih la” But if not, remember, You Are Not A Psychiatrist, not an expert.

If you try, either you pull them up to higher vibration or, they pull you down. Thus, you become like them; matching frequency. Because Misery likes, Company.

So yes, we are able to swim out of drowning depression. To do that, we gotta ‘move’.

So, exercise, dancing, running, hiking, acting, sports, swim, walk and breath deeply.

We gotta love our life.

Yes…the outcome of beating grief, depression by moving and breathing is: Love.

Unconditional love. Loving what you’re doing, loving the people in your life, loving the nature, loving just the scenery.

Loving the Feeling of being Alive.

And until our biological clock runs out, we can leave in peace and still in love.

'2019 the great depression'