How to overcome depression?
The most important advice for overcoming depression is to put yourself in the hands of a specialist. In fact, 8 out of 10 people improve their mood with professional help. The treatment depends on the situation you are going through. Sometimes, psychological sessions will give you tools to manage your emotions in the direction you want to lead them. Other people also need to go to a psychiatrist's office. The most important thing is to put yourself in the hands of a specialist who will help you overcome it.
The best way to overcome depression is to understand that you got yourself into it and that you have the power to get out of it.
What led you to a depressive state is your mind, which lies and demands something unrealistic from you. Excessive thinking leads you to idealization, to a perfectionism that is not possible in real, everyday human life. This level of demand means that, no matter how good you are, nothing will be enough and will cause you pain, suffering, sadness and you will have a perception of yourself as inefficient. This will gradually undermine your joy of living until it leads to serious levels of depression.
The way out of a depression is to use your spirit, your wise self, your thymus that will give you the acceptance of reality, raw, imperfect, that will allow you to find joy and satisfaction in small moments and in humble and small situations, such as knowing how to breathe deeply, walk with joy, dance, talk with a loved one, do an activity that you enjoy and that you like as a hobby, stop thinking only about yourself and do something for others as an act of service.
When we stop thinking about ourselves, we get out of our minds. When we help others, we help ourselves. Our emotions improve when we feel that we are useful to someone. The mind is selfish and only thinks about itself and its own pleasure. That is why nothing fulfills it.
Living from the wisdom of the thymus makes you think of others and be useful to someone. This is one of the great ways to quickly get out of depression on your own without medication. If you want to delve deeper into the subject, I invite you to sign up for Live with Dr. Roch.
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Dr. Roch
