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Originally Posted by shining17
From what I've found to be {true} from my experience in this world
what people commonly refer to as "chemical imbalances" are essentially negative thought-loops that are in some way negatively affecting their {behavior/perception/life}.
Thoughts lead to actions which lead to life experience.
I want people to know that they have way more control over their experience/mood/depression than they are being led to believe by the majority of "professionals" who are quicker to write a prescription than to have an earnest heart to heart with them.
The complexity of depression stems from the emotional baggage/attachments that we ascribe to it. Beyond our own emotions, and personal narratives we all continually enforce- it is all rather simple. I want to remind people how simple it can be.
If you feel my post was acussatory of callous, its because I wasn't taking your personal feelings and wants into consideration because I wanted you to see beyond them- I wanted you to see the simplicity and I think that's what shocked or made many of you uncomfortable.
I want you all to know how powerful you are and how damaging the labels that we let people ascribe to us are, I want to remind people of their inner power and strength.
If you would genuinely try what I said and move beyond feeling hurt or personally attacked by my words, then I think you could glimpse your inner power.
Thoughts are powerful, they shape our reality-I'm sure many of you have experienced this.
I would be more concise and type more, I'm about to go on at work though.
I appreciate the responses, Im trying to address them all Im at work on a phone though.
I hope some of you who tried these things or read through the post can find something that can help you.
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Okay, here's the thing. I have tried what you have said. And I mean genuinely tried. I've lived with depression for over ten years, so believe me when I say that I've tried it. Thinking positive thoughts, therapy with and without medication, lifestyle changes with diet and exercise, increasing my magnesium, etc. I've tried. There are some of us, that, it's not that simple.
Your post can probably help many on here. But there are also some that it comes across as hurtful. And it's not about feeling personally attacked, or not seeing beyond our own personal feelings. It's this air of false expertise your post brings. Most of us have researched our illnesses well, or just through experience alone know them inside and out. We know what it is and what it isn't. It's different for everyone. It's never simple. It's complex and it's cruel. And if we never face it, never face that label, how can we hope to overcome it?
You want people to have control over their depression? Help them to know it first. To understand what depression is, not just what you think it is. But what it is to them. Because as I said, it's different for everyone.