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This One Question is Doing Wonders For My Mental Health
I react too much. I stress out easily. I feel emotions with great intensity. I’m also quick-tempered and can be unforgiving. All of which has wreaked havoc on my mental health. When I’m having a heightened reaction, emotions colour my ability to see. Everything seems worse. And pointless. And there it goes again, a gradual slide into depression. To break that chain, I now ask myself this one simple question when I’m consumed by the power of my own emotions: Is the thing that has me so distressed really that bad, or is it my way of processing it that is leading to the distress? And just like that, my…
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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…
