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Depression is Many Things, but Primarily a Lack of Self Love
Depression is defined as a “common but serious mood disorder”, a “serious medical illness that negatively affects how you feel, the way you think and how you act”, or “a state of low mood and aversion to activity that can affect a person’s thoughts, behavior, feelings, and sense of well-being” There are several other definitions. The symptoms of depression are wide-ranging – from a lack of appetite (or overeating) to sleeplessness (or oversleeping) to withdrawal from day to day activities (or going into overdrive). These well-meaning definitions give us an idea about the condition of depression. But they nowhere near capture the essence of it. Drama, heartache, despair, hopelessness, numbness The…
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To Cure Depression, Challenge Your Thoughts, Change the Narrative
Curing depression is about taking back our power. Taking it back from the thoughts and beliefs that have come to create and perpetuate our negative mindset. To really understand that let’s look at how depression comes about. We are not born depressed. Far from it, babies are pure love. They smile without inhibition and laugh without a care. Much like the fragrance of a flower, or the warmth of the sun, they do not smile for anyone. They just are their wonderful little loveable selves, spreading joy and happiness simply by the virtue of their being. We all started out like that. But this is a short-lived phase. We quickly start picking…
