Welcoming Depression
Is depression bad? Is the goal always to get rid of depression?
Rinatta Paries, Your Love Coach at. www.LoveCoachBlog.com wrote a controversial and authentic article on depression in ThirdAgeBlog.
Rinatta and I believe that depression can be a biochemical imbalance in the brain. For debilitating depression, psychiatric treatment is necessary. The treatment goal for severe and debilitating depression is to get rid of the symptoms and take medication as prescribed.
Why does Rinata Paires believe moderate depression is beneficial and should not be medicated?
I encourage you to read Rinatta’s enlightening article about "sadness over the choices made" or not made. I will quote her a little: "I know this sounds so very simplistic, but it really is, for me. I personally would never choose to medicate my feelings of sadness. I would much rather look at the sadness and see what it’s telling me about the choices I am making, the thoughts I am thinking and the attitude I am cultivating."
I love Rinata’s insights and courage to write about her awareness. She clearly understood that sadness and depression can be thought of as signals and not symptoms.
Let us considerate a car gage. The gage’s signal of emptiness does not indicate that there is something wrong with the car. The car does not need to fixed. The appearance of the empty signal does not have to be analyzed. The family history of the signal is not relevant.
Likewise in humans, signals of emptiness do not indicate that the person is ill, broken or needs to be fixed. A signal of depression only indicates that the person is empty. People are empty, when they don’t have what they want or what they need. People will get an empty signal, when they need to act to take care of themselves or take care of their business.
When people are full and taking good care of themselves, signals of emptiness including depression will not be present. Signals of emptiness will come and go as people are empty or full. Recurring signals of moderate depression are normal.
Remember signals of depression provide you with the opportunity to satisfy your wants and needs. Welcome signals of depression so you can successfully take care of you.
I have written about emptiness and signals of emptiness in The Wake Up Choice. To find out what are the signals of emptiness, in addition, to depression, read The Wake Up Choice. Learn to recognize your signals of emptiness and when you are empty. Recognizing your significant other’s emptiness and signals of emptiness is the key to reducing relationship conflict and improving your relationships.
In my e-books on my webiste, North Star Institute,Inc. there are 15 different ways to think and manage depression or any other signal of emptiness.
What are your signals of emptiness? What are your significant other’s signals of emptiness? What do you or your significant others want, need or need to do to have a fulfilling, satisfying life?
Remember, You Live in the Environment Created by Your Choices!
Dr. Hal
Life and Mental Fitness Coach
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Dr. Hal, thanks for noticing my article and so eloquently agreeing with me. I went out on a limb to speak about depression as a signal of being empty, as you say, because as society we routinely pop pills instead of feeling. I believe this to be a mistake. People may feel better with pills, but their life does not get better, as they medicate away their emotions.