Read This If You Are Depressed

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When you are down, the whole world seems gloomy. Your life feels dull and meaningless. Nothing on earth seems to excite you. There’s no hope in sight.

If you feel like this, then welcome.

First off, maybe you’ve encountered people who tried to make you wrong for feeling the way you do. Maybe they even managed to trick you into believing them. Guess what, they have no clue.

You are not wrong for having feelings. You are not egoistical, or less valuable as a human being for feeling down.

We all get vulnerable sometimes. We come to the world weak and needy, and even as we grow up, none of us has it all handled all the time.

It’s OK to be human. It’s OK to be imperfect. It’s OK to feel down sometimes.

Many people have no clue how to handle a person feeling down. They freak out, and try desperately to stop your sadness. They may try to argue your feelings away, tell you to stop complaining, blame you for being sad, or run away from a situation they can’t handle.

It’s not your fault if they do so. They act out of their own weakness and cluelessness.

Let me reiterate: it’s OK to feel down sometimes.

It’s time to accept your humanness. It’s time to accept your vulnerability.

You may have been taught otherwise. There are even leaders and motivational speakers who teach the opposite. Stay away from them – at least for now. Their teaching is not right for you.

So one thing you can say to yourself is:

Even though I feel down and broken, I deeply and profoundly love and accept myself.

It may feel hollow at first, but never mind. Just say it once again:

Even though I feel down and broken, I deeply and profoundly love and accept myself.

Even if nobody else ever said anything similar to you, say it yourself:

Even though I feel down and broken, I deeply and profoundly love and accept myself.

You may not believe it, because they lied to you, but say it once again:

Even though I feel down and broken, I deeply and profoundly love and accept myself.

It’s OK if you feel like crying right now. Let the tears flow.Let it all out. Let it all out. Let it all out.

Take your time. There is no hurry. Anybody who ever tried to rush you was misguided.

Take your time.

You may have been told otherwise, but it’s not egoistic to honor your feelings. It’s not egoistic to lick your wounds. It’s not egoistic to give yourself the time you need to heal.

Maybe you were hoping for a quick fix, that would get you running again immediately.

While I do intend to give you some tools, being in a rush is not the way to go. You may not be ready, yet.

Take your time.

Important: Reading stuff like my blog is great, but it can’t replace an experienced professional. Do get help!

Your disturbed mind may be giving you some destructive ideas. Don’t act on them! Do get help!

If you have experienced people judging you for feeling down, you may be feeling guilty or ashamed. You may be afraid of being judged again. You won’t be judged here – I promise you!  It’s my genuine intention to accept you just the way you are. Even when I offer you new ways of thinking, this will by no means be done with the intention of making you wrong. If you ever feel offended or judged, please, be sure to voice your complaint immediately! Write me a comment. Your opinion is important.

You are in a tough situation right now. Your life is not the way you’d like it to be. Your mind is not your ally. It may take time to heal. Take your time. It may be hurting now, but I believe that you will survive it – and come wiser and stronger out of it.

I will try to assist you with compassion, and help you upgrade your mental toolbox.

When you are down, everything looks gloomy. You can’t see a light. Hope is frightening, because you don’t want to be disappointed again.

Even if there were something good, you’d remain blind to it. Your mind is not your ally anymore. It is scared, and trying to protect you from dangers that only look real. However, even illusionary dangers can hurt you – as long as you believe in them.

If I told you that there was hope, you’d be reluctant to believe me.

So all I can say is this:

Imagine that there was a distant planet, where life is good and people are happy. Where people love each other, and there’s music, and everybody’s dancing and laughing.

Right now, it’s dark around you. You are down in a hole, knowing no way of getting out of it. If you look up, in the middle of the blackness, you’d see a patch of sky sprinkled with small sparkling dots.

This planet is one of them. A tiny flickering dot on the night sky. Can you keep your eyes on it? It looks so small and distant. But maybe, just maybe, one day this could change.

Allow you tears to be there as long as they are, but keep your eyes on that dot. It will always be there – even if sometimes clouds try to hide it from you. It will always be there.

Take your time. When you are ready, you may go on and read this:

Depression is a wake-up call.

Anxiety Attacks, Depression, Anger – How to Deal with Overwhelming Emotions.

John Bradshaw – Healing Your Inner Child

Limiting beliefs – how they work and what to do about them.

If you consider yourself lazy and unmotivated, you may like to read this.

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