What Your Depression is Trying to Tell You...

Your depression is trying to tell you something now since this is an extremely sensitive topic especially for those who suffer from depression I want to clarify two things Number one not all types of depression are the same some are easier and some are extremely extremely extremely extremely hard to deal with Number two if you suffer from depression or you think you suffer from depression please get the help of a local mental health professional in today's world, the concept of depression has been unhelpfully over used as well as mistreated in many cases a person enters the depressive state if the amount of stress he is under is greater than the amount of stress he can tolerate giving the complement of genes that he or she inherited this means that depression could happen and could look like differently for every single person now we don't get depressed for no reason the depression evolved to protect us from any further distressful situations when our body feels threatened and it feels like it won't be able to take any more stress it activates the depressive mode in order to prevent us from making any rash decisions and force us to take the time, the space and the solitude needed that's why when you are depressed you feel physically mentally and emotionally drained disempowered and overwhelmed as if there is this hidden power that is pulling you down and sucking you down this hidden power is telling you stop. stop everything I don't want anything fun I don't want anything scary I don't want anything I can't take any more stress I don't want to put myself in the risk of stress avoid everything and it sucks away all of your power in order to prevent you from actually going ahead and putting yourself in such situations. look at it this way just as physical pain evolved to tell us that we are injured and to prevent us from getting any further injuries so did depression evolve as a mechanism to tell us that we are injured and to prevent us from getting any further emotional injuries in other words, depression has evolved to tell us that something is seriously wrong and need changing and working throw or at the very least it needs processing and understanding now this maybe a new idea to you it could be that till now you thought that depression is part of who you are it could be you thought that its never gonna disappear and I know it feels like that at times but depression doesn't have to stay and just because you are depressed and just because you were depressed for very long periods of your life doesn't mean that it is part of you it just means that there is a real serious problem that needs to be addressed at even a deeper level when we view depression as a signal that something is seriously wrong it can lead us to develop a more refining perspective and way deeper understanding of ourselves and of our lives it can help us understand our triggers, our limits, the amount of stress we can cope with areas that maybe we need to work on now I really really really really don't want this video to sound like I am minimizing the pain and the suffering of those with depression nor do I want this video to be used against people with depression to just "get over it" but rather my goal with this video is to share a different perspective that can help you look at depression in a way that can actually help you understand the root of the problem and therefore not only help you minimize the amount of suffering but hopefully allow you a chance to heal from it completely that is it please share this video that way those who are suffering from depression have the opportunity to watch this and to hopefully, help them minimize their amount of suffering thank you so much for watching I will see you in the next video