BEATING DEPRESSION
—written for a friend
1 FIND A PROFESSIONAL PERSON TO SPEAK TO IN TERMS OF TALK THERAPY – IF THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE, TRY AN AMATEUR WHO IS SYMPATHETIC, KIND, TO TALK TO EACH DAY FOR 15 MINUTES, SPEAKING WHATEVER IS ON HER MIND…………………………….
2 A FRIEND OF MINE WHO HAD NEGLECT FROM HER MOM SUFFERED FROM ‘ATTACHMENT DISORDER.’ SHE PAID A PROFESSIONAL WOMAN TO HOLD HER A HALF HOUR AT A TIME TWICE A WEEK. SHE SAYS IT HELPED TREMENDOUSLY. SHE NEEDED LOVE, ATTENTION, TO MAKE UP FOR THE TRAUMA OF HER MOM’S NEGLECT.
3 A ‘DEAR DIARY’ THERAPEUTIC WRITING SCENE WHERE SHE PUTS DOWN WHATEVER SHE’S THINKING / FEELING EACH DAY AS WELL AS A JOURNAL OF MEMORIES, GOOD & BAD – WHATEVER COMES TO MIND. THIS IS IMPORTANT. IT UNCOVERS HIDDEN TRAUMAS EVENTUALLY, WOUNDS OF THE PAST.
4 BEHIND YOUR HOUSE ARE TREES, MAYBE WOODS. LET HER WALK & SIT THERE EACH DAY DOING WHAT THEY CALL ‘FOREST BATHING.’ NATURE IS A HEALER.
5 MASSAGE: NOT JUST A RUBDOWN BUT A DEEP MASSAGE FROM HEAD TO TOE. THIS HAS MULTIPLE HEALING POINTS. ONE IS BOOSTS CIRCULATION. SECOND IT MOVES THE LYMPH GLANDS, WHICH ARE THE ‘SEWER SYSTEM’ OR CLEANSER OF THE BODY. THIRD, IT BOTH RELAXES & STIMULATES THE BODY. AND FOURTH, IT TRANSMITS ENERGY FROM THE GIVER TO THE CLIENT; IT TAKES AWAY FATIGUE & HOPEFULLY NEGATIVE THOUGHTS……IF YOU CANNOT FIND ANOTHER PERSON FOR THIS, WORK ON IT YOURSELF. I LEARNED TO MASSAGE EXPERTLY BY WORKING ON MY OWN BODY…….MASSAGE DEEPLY EVERY PART OF THE BODY YOU CAN REACH, FROM THE HEAD TO THE TOES. TAKE AS LONG AS YOU WISH, THE LONGER THE BETTER. DO A GOOD JOB ON THE FEET, THEY ARE AS IMPORTANT AS ANY PART OF THE BODY.
6 ‘SKETCH THERAPY’ – HAVE HER DO SIMPLE SKETCHES OF WHATEVER SHE FEELS LIKE EACH DAY, NOTHING FANCY, JUST WHATEVER COMES TO MIND. SOME OF THE CONTENTS OF HER UNCONSCIOUS WILL SURFACE & YOU MIGHT GET HINTS OF WHAT IS INSIDE THAT TROUBLE HER.
7 POSITIVE AFFIRMATIONS: THESE ARE LIKE PRAYERS OR SELF HYPNOSIS, IT PROGRAMS THE MIND. WRITE OUT SERIES OF POSITIVE STATEMENTS & REPEAT THESE AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE. THE EMOTIONS & BODY FOLLOW THE MIND, ‘AS A MAN THINKETH, SO IS HE.’
WHAT WE THINK AFFECTS THE EMOTIONS, WHAT WE FEEL AFFECTS THE BODY. THINKING NEGATIVE MAKES PEOPLE ILL – POSITIVE THOUGHTS MAKE THEM WELL. EXAMPLE, MENTAL/EMOTIONAL ABUSERS ATTACK THE VICTIM WITH NEGATIVITY, THE VICTIM BEGINS INTERNALIZING THESE NEGATIVE THOUGHTS, SOMETIMES RESULTING IN ‘SELF HATE.’ SELF HATE IS THE WORST CONDITION TO HAVE, WHEN ONE HAS ‘THE DEMON OF SELF HATE’ THEY DON’T NEED ANY OTHER – THEY DESTROY THEMSELVES. {THE ABUSERS WANT TO DESTROY THE TARGET.}
SELF HATE MAKES A PERSON SABOTAGE ALL THEIR GOOD FORTUNE, THEIR RELATIONSHIPS & THEIR OPPORTUNITIES. IT MEANS A PERSON DOESN’T LOVE THEMSELVES. YOU MUST LOVE YOURSELF IN ORDER TO SUCCEED, TO BE HAPPY, TO PROSPER. THE OPPOSITE BODES DISASTER ON ALL LEVELS.
REMEMBER THAT WHEN A PERSON IS ABUSED EARLY IN LIFE, IT IS NOT JUST WORDS – ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS. HOW THEY ARE TREATED IS A FORM OF ABUSE. BEING IGNORED, DISREGARDED, NEGLECTED ARE FORMS OF ABUSE OR LACK OF LOVE, THEY MAKE A PERSON FEEL WORTHLESS, WITHOUT VALUE. PEOPLE NEED AFFIRMATION FROM OTHERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE CLOSEST TO THEM EARLY IN LIFE.
8 HYPNO-THERAPY OR HYPNOSIS: ONE MUST FIND A PERSON THAT UNDERSTANDS MANY THINGS – A BAD HYPNOTHERAPIST WILL NOT HELP. THERE AREN’T MANY AROUND. I AM A HYPNOTHERAPIST WHO HAS HELPED MANY, I’M VERY GOOD WITH DEPRESSION. YOU HAVE TO DISCOVER WHAT IS TROUBLING THE PERSON & GIVE ALL THE POSITIVE AFFIRMATIONS, SUGGESTIONS, TO THEM, WHILE THEY ARE UNDER.
YOU REVIEW THEIR EXPERIENCES & ASSIST THEM TO SEE THE PAST IN A POSITIVE LIGHT. THIS IS CALLED ‘REFRAMING.’ I HAVE ALWAYS GOTTEN SUCCESS WITH THIS, THE PEOPLE TELL ME THEY ‘WALK ON AIR’ WHEN WE ARE DONE.
YOU HELP PEOPLE HAVE A POSITIVE ATTITUDE BY BOOSTING THEIR FAITH, HOPE & CONFIDENCE. HELP THEM SEE LIFE IS WORTH LIVING, THE PAST WAS MEANT TO BE, GOOD CAME OUT OF IT, WHAT WAS BAD IS FORGIVEN & THEN BECOMES IRRELEVANT. HOWEVER, ONE OF THE KEY POINTS OF THESE THERAPIES IS ONE MUST UNCOVER WHAT IS FESTERING INSIDE, WHAT IS HIDDEN THAT HURTS, – THE WOUNDS THAT HAVE NEVER HEALED, THE PAINS THAT CAUSED RIGHTEOUS ANGER, AN ANGER WHICH HAS TURNED TO SORROW & DEPRESSION, NOT WANTING TO LIVE ANY MORE.
9 NATURAL HERBS ST. JOHN’S WORT, ASHWAGANDHA & L-TYROSENE {LOTS IN TURKEY MEAT} ARE THREE I HAVE ON HAND. YOU WON’T FEEL MUCH IF ANYTHING UNLESS YOU TAKE AT LEAST 3 PILLS OF THE STRONGEST - 300 MG OF ST. JOHN’S, 5 PREFERABLY. IF UNDER SUPER STRESS YOU CAN TAKE 10-15 OR EVEN MORE PILLS, IT WILL NOT HURT YOU. I WAS TAKING 15 ST. JOHN’S PRIOR TO EACH LAZER BEAM EYE SURGERY, MY FACE WAS FLUSHED WAS THE ONLY SYMPTOM – IT OBVIOUSLY INCREASED CIRCULATION TO MY HEAD.
THERE ARE MANY STRESS REDUCING HERBS, CHECK SWANSON CATALOGS: 800–437–4148 — BOX 2803 FARGO, ND 58108-2803 – THIS IS THE CO I USE TO GET ALL MY VITAMINS & SUCH, THEY ARE THE CHEAPEST FOR QUALITY MATERIAL
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POSITIVE AFFIRMATIONS TO BE REPEATED OVER & OVER:
LIFE IS WORTH LIVING, MY LIFE IS VALUABLE
I AM VALUABLE, I HAVE A PURPOSE, I WILL REACH MY GOALS
THERE IS MUCH TO LOOK FORWARD TO
MY LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL
I AM JOYFUL & HAPPY BECAUSE GOD LOVES ME
GOD CREATED ME TO BE HAPPY
GOD WANTS ME TO ENJOY MY LIFE
GOD WANTS ME TO BE HAPPY ON EARTH AS WELL AS IN HEAVEN
THERE IS NO REASON FOR ME TO BE GLUM, BLUE OR UNHAPPY, LIFE IS GOOD
LIFE IS HERE TO BE LIVED, NOT DENIED
THERE ARE GOOD THINGS TO LOOK FORWARD TO
I WILL RECEIVE ALL MY DREAMS COME TRUE
WONDERFUL THINGS WILL HAPPEN TO ME
I CAN NEVER FAIL, LIFE IS CONTINUOUS LEARNING, GOOD OR BAD
ALL THINGS TURN OUT FOR GOOD
I HAVE FAITH & HOPE IN GOOD
EVERY DAY IS CHRISTMAS
LOVE IS COMING MY WAY
I AM ENGULFED IN LOVE, TRUTH & BLISS
MIRACLES ARE COMING MY WAY, I CAN HARDLY WAIT TO SEE THEM
GOD IS A GOD OF MIRACLES, SHE CREATES THEM EVERY SECOND – LOOK AT THE UNIVERSE. SHE HAS MIRACLES IN STORE FOR ME, ALL I HAVE TO DO IS BELIEVE.
GOD CREATED ME FOR HAPPINESS. NO FORCE IN THE WORLD CAN TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME, IF I RESIST THE EVIL.
I TURN A DEAF EAR TO ALL EVIL SAID ABOUT ME.
I TURN A BLIND EYE TO THOSE WHO HATE ME, I FIND THEM IRRELEVANT.
MY ABUSERS WERE WRONG, I SHUN THEM, WALK AWAY FROM THEM, I DO NOT AFFIRM THEM, HOLD THEM UP TO ESTEEM OR HONOR. I SEE THEM AS THEY ARE & REMOVE THEM FROM MY MIND.
I DO NOT DWELL ON THE NEGATIVE, ON WORRIES OR FEARS. I TRUST IN THE LORD TO TAKE CARE OF ALL MY NEEDS.
GOD IS A LOVING GOD WHO HEARS EACH PRAYER. I ASK GOD TO PROTECT ME, WATCH OVER ME & TAKE ME TO MY GREATEST GOOD……
