Heal depression naturally
When we apply the CMR process to create a healthy and enjoyable life, depression can certainly be transformed into hope and joy. Depression starts happening when the life force inside of us gets suppressed. It’s like a flat line with no aliveness. We often label depression as an emotion, but it really is not. it is the lack of it.
The rule of the day is: DONT FEEL. The more numb I get, the less I care about getting numb. Depression always starts with numbness, denial, avoidance, excuses and justifications. The fear to live and express our feelings frequently leads us to depression.
To be depressed is very common these days where most of civilized humans wear a mask and pretend to be or feel differently than they do. We are masters at saying YES, when we want to say NO. And the culture we live in rewards us when we do that. On the other side, if we are free to ask and be spontaneous, the same system punishes us. And who wants to be punished when you are 5 or 7 or 9 years old? So everybody pretends and all is well. I see it like a “viral contamination” that we get when we are young mostly through imitation and training.
Since suppressing is so unnatural to our original design, it hurts us very deeply. We get used to it and the seed for depression starts sprouting because of this Self betrayal. That is the time when negative feelings start arising in us. They are not the cause of the depression; they are the result of the suppression of life in us and the stagnation of the spontaneous loving being that we all are when we are young children.
When we expose our bodies to these frequencies on daily basis, any neural-hormonal chemistry can be altered. And when that happens we have another problem to add to the old habit of suppression: our brain is not longer able to create what is necessary for us to feel health and well being. Now we feel that we are trapped into what feels like a rock in a hard place. Where do we start?
Activating our natural design is crucial. This is what I’ve learned based on my experience working with many people who have struggled with depression (myself included). This means getting in touch with our suppressed feelings to bring the aliveness back. Life manifest through our feelings. Our feelings are a guidance system to our deepest values (love, peace, freedom, integrity, compassion, joy, play, creativity and so on). When we disconnect from our feelings, we disconnect from our radar and we feel lost and confused. We lost connection with our inner core and our values. The good news is that reconnecting with our authentic feelings, will bring life back to us. When we allow the feelings that arise when we are depressed, lost and confused; we find they are exactly those feelings that we were persuaded were bad to feel.
Avoiding and denial creates suffering. The resolution for the pain is in the pain itself. The exit out of the conflict is through the conflict itself. The solution to the problem, is diving into it. Authenticity is the key secret that we need, to be able to unlock the good feelings we all want to feel.
So, the questions are: Am I willing to be authentic? Do I want to? Do I know how to? What am I afraid of?