The Depression Spiral - How To Beat It
A person who is depressed, will completely exhaust all energy asking questions about their problem, and try in vain to search for possible solutions.
After a short amount of time, a nearly indestructible bond can form between creating a never-ending flow of actions and new negative thoughts.
Depression creates a continual feedback loop between the harmful emotions the person feels and the place or events that trigger those emotions.
That makes an escape similar to fighting quicksand, often leading to the person falling further into darkness.
So how do you fight that quicksand? It is a common scene in movies, a person being sucked into the ground while he fights and struggles helplessly.
Depression can be exactly like that movie style quicksand.
Making things worse, the rest of the world thinks that the depressed person isn't trying to get better.
All family and friends see is someone who is sitting around feeling sorry for themselves.
It takes someone who has dealt with depression to understand the internal struggle that is being waged to overcome the affliction.
There are no arms waving or screams for help, but inside there is screaming and waving with vigor.
The reality of situation is that depression hurts everyone that comes into close contact with someone who is depressed, from your family to your friends.
Since there stands a very real chance that the depressed person is entirely unaware of the fact they are doing this, they can be hurting themselves even more.
So now is the time to ask them to begin a new approach.
Now, you are probably asking yourself can someone who is depressed do anything different? Well, fighting the depression only seems to make it worse, so we come to the logical conclusion of trying to embrace it instead.
The key to depression will rest in learning the source and grasping how the feelings can occur as a result.
If the person continues to ask questions that have no useful answers, then they will continue to suffer.
Those simple questions will continue to be like an Achilles heel, or the persons own personal quicksand, and there is never an escape.
The acceptance of that which ails us will be the key to understanding the depression and potentially lead to a more free life.
Initial surrender is the only way to win the fight, by giving in to those feelings the person can understand them, and then they may have a chance to defeat their own sense of negativity.
After a short amount of time, a nearly indestructible bond can form between creating a never-ending flow of actions and new negative thoughts.
Depression creates a continual feedback loop between the harmful emotions the person feels and the place or events that trigger those emotions.
That makes an escape similar to fighting quicksand, often leading to the person falling further into darkness.
So how do you fight that quicksand? It is a common scene in movies, a person being sucked into the ground while he fights and struggles helplessly.
Depression can be exactly like that movie style quicksand.
Making things worse, the rest of the world thinks that the depressed person isn't trying to get better.
All family and friends see is someone who is sitting around feeling sorry for themselves.
It takes someone who has dealt with depression to understand the internal struggle that is being waged to overcome the affliction.
There are no arms waving or screams for help, but inside there is screaming and waving with vigor.
The reality of situation is that depression hurts everyone that comes into close contact with someone who is depressed, from your family to your friends.
Since there stands a very real chance that the depressed person is entirely unaware of the fact they are doing this, they can be hurting themselves even more.
So now is the time to ask them to begin a new approach.
Now, you are probably asking yourself can someone who is depressed do anything different? Well, fighting the depression only seems to make it worse, so we come to the logical conclusion of trying to embrace it instead.
The key to depression will rest in learning the source and grasping how the feelings can occur as a result.
If the person continues to ask questions that have no useful answers, then they will continue to suffer.
Those simple questions will continue to be like an Achilles heel, or the persons own personal quicksand, and there is never an escape.
The acceptance of that which ails us will be the key to understanding the depression and potentially lead to a more free life.
Initial surrender is the only way to win the fight, by giving in to those feelings the person can understand them, and then they may have a chance to defeat their own sense of negativity.
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