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This continues our study of Personality and Character for the sake of Self-improvement. This Tapsearch Com article is by Ray Tapajna based on Father McQuade course in Personality and Character Simple Depression is not that simple
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In the study of our emotions we can be stopped by a road block quickly. We could find our emotional control and the training of our emotions blocked by emotional conduct with no thought of consequences. This could be caused by depression. Yielding to the urges of depression and settling for being blue can become a habit.
However, depression has many masks, and one needs to determine which one it is wearing as we go through our day. There are depressions which are neither very serious nor of very long duration. Sometimes, we just want to stop everything around us as the old saying goes - stop the world , I want to get off. The only thing most humans want is a feeling of being all together in one place sensing everything is temporary. Other times, we just want to put everything on hold until we feel we are ready to deal with the issues that confront us. Depression can come as the companion of idleness. We seek leisure where there is none to be had. When that drink is consumed we are left only with an empty glass.
For a healthy consistency, we need to somehow fill this void. We can recall our past successes or activate good actions by returning to something that refreshes us. Some find this in collecting stamps or coins. Others like exercise or running to take their minds off the thing that is haunting us. Some just watch birds or the sunset with the sun being finished with the day, rest follows. We can also dream a bit about the future as we realize nothing is stationery and as in the past change comes. We can recall that some of these changes turned out worth waiting for.
Of all the failures in emotional life, the worst is that known to psychology as emotional death. The sense of hopelessness in all forms of activity , abiding discontent, cynicism, hatred, disdainful contempt, are all pathological symtoms. When these states become rivited to our lives, there has to be immediate treatment by someone with the skill to help you. There usually is no sudden dramatic thing that does it. Sometimes in religion , a conversion experience can do it but usually, a person needs help one on one with a skilled counselor for a long time.
Sufferers are "anxious" to get it over with. Thoughts and impluses of hatred, aversion, grief, despair, fear, rage, all mingle in one general state of emotional feelings. In any counseling, there has to be a check off on physical ties. All the self-analysis and self treatment in the world can not help if there is a physical cause involved. Glandular deficiencies, lack of vitamin-calories, matters of diet, chronic indigestion, anemia, low blood pressure, ulcers, and many other physical maladjustments may be the root cause fo emotional depression. I always wondered when someone says - it's all in your head. Of course it is, but what comes first. Is the emotional breakdown due to a physical one or is it vice vesa. If the symptons prevail , why should we spend that much time trying to find out which when we can treat both as one. The term psychosomatic should not be allowed to hide any reality in our emotional or physical well being.
In the pursuit of a good emotional life, all good and bad points need to be exhausted but dwelling on something - based on it being all in your head seems to be a deadend conclusion. All harmful trains of thought should be considered but in the process we should also be very careful for fallacies and downright error. We may be putting ourselves into an emotional depression by a train of thought that is not only harmful but without basis in reality. Self-re-examination must follow a strict conformation of it to reality. In the process of avoiding harmful process of thinking, we may find that the emotional depression was hiding in the harmful process of thinking. In the process, the emotional depression may fade away.
In religion, we can seek things according to a first principle and perfect love. We could find sufficient motivation for emotional control relating to what is possible happiness in this life.
We could seek a supply of life principles that are correct and permenent. There are unchangeable truths and we were made to seek them. That is who we are as human beings. In this way we can establish a foundation of substantial joy in life. We know by the definition of perfect love, we will never attain it in this life but at the same time we know the search for it can be a beautiful thing.
If you are feeling depressed or like going to the dark side into the blues, think over all of the above. Do not ignore professional help or some type of third party counseling. This life is worth living and there is always something exciting about it if you do not block it out. In doing this, it becomes contagious to all those around you in your life. We all know or heard of someone that is joyous despite suffering a traumatic event in their lives. You could be that person too relating to they events in your life no matter what. There will always be someone with a worst story than yours.
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Depression may be triggered by tension, stress, a traumatic life event, chemical imbalances in the brain, thyroid disorders, upset stomach, headace, nutritional deficiency, poor diet and many other things including allergies.
Whatever the factors that trigger it, depression begins with a disturbance in the part of the brain that governs moods. And many feel depression can be transferred and the cause of others to be depressed. In our exploring Personality and Character for the sake of self-improvement we mention the following. ( Of course, a doctor should be involved with any use of these over the counter nutrients. )
In book, Prescription for Nutritutional Healing by James F. Balach, MD and Phyllis A. Balach, CNCl three nutrients along with other vitamins are noted as nutrients that may help depression.
Tyrosine , an Amino acid, alleviates stress by boosting production of adrenaline. It also raises dopamine levels which influence moods.
Zinc has been found to be deficient in people with depression.
Taurine, an Amino acid, also supports mental conditions as an important antioxidant and immune regulator. It reportedly has a protective effect on the brain, particulary when the brain is dehydrated.
Gamma is said to have a tranquilizing effect.
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However, the triggers may be controlled by some of the nutrients given in the comments above. Food intake naturally affects everything in our system as the old saying goes, we are what we eat. For example when the brain produces serotonin, tension is eased.
We need to treat these diseases with respect but at the same time, a personal search for healing could be part of a healing treatment. Trying things like L-Tyrosine could be part of it.
For those who have taken the spiritual road in their life they can seek spiritual help. I would imagine a good religious counselor has plenty of biblical references to interpret for many. Just asking forgiveness for past sins could do a world of good for most anyone who had something of a conversion experience.
The two major classification of depression are Unipolar and Bipolar. Unipolar disorders represent depression episodes that recur at least a several times in a person's life.
Bipolar begins as depression but spreads into alternating episodes of depression and mania.
For the Unipolar disorders, why not search out some common physical trigger like food allergies or hypoglycemia (low sugar) . Heredity is a factor too. Extra stress is also a trigger, so is negative thinking. Some people are more depressed in winter. Some researcher believe depression can be caught like a cold.
Confronting any of the know triggers is a healing in itself, but the depression that goes on and on, should be taken seriously and sufferers need serioius help and it most likely will take a long time because the patient's cooperation is wounded and they are only available part of the time. Only an expert knows when a patient is in real time and when the door is open to enter into their world.
I guess we all could think about the essence of life itself. Most of us only want a feeling of being all together in one place in a timeless way. This is impossible with our being temporary matter, but searching for the ultimate can become an adventure. It may be an impossible dream but it could be a good dream.
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Perfect love will never be found in this life because we are finite beings but the will's nature is to seek it. And so it is in the seeking where we find the Creator of our wills. It is in the seeking where our spiritual path is cleared just my asking the Divine Creator who is Perfect Love to show us the way.
Our conscience is flows from the Creator who is Perfect Love and it will not be satisfied until it finds its way back to that Perfect Love. Isn't Free Will wonderful where the Creator gave us a portion of himself to find Him and abide in his Perfect Love.
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Perfect love will never be found in this life because we are finite beings but the will's nature is to seek it is a result of a Perfect God. And so it is in the seeking where we find the Creator of our wills. It is in the seeking where our spiritual path is cleared just my asking the Divine Creator as Perfect Love to show us the way.
Our conscience flows from the Creator who is Perfect Love and it will not be satisfied until it finds its way home. Isn't Free Will wonderful where the Creator gave us a portion of Himself to find Him and taste this Perfect Love while still in the body.
We can also search out what St Paul testified. He tells us about times when he did not know if he was in the body or outside the body in what he called the third heaven.
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