Depression Self Help 2: Healing Self Defeating Attitudes
Depression Self Help Part 2-The PAST
It is impossible to measure how deeply affected we are by the "simple twists of fate" in our family histories.
How many families, for example, were fathered by men mentally and spiritually injured by war? How many women lived disempowered lives? Did your ancestors value authenticity?
Maybe your depression ISN'T YOU. Maybe it is the result of influences and unconscious ways of coping passed down for generations. Our ancestors did not have the healing resources that we have.
When you were a child, did your family whisper in your ear...
Don't Fly Too High!
"~dreams do come true
~what you can dream, you can
become
~follow your heart
~be true to yourself
~connect with the infinite
~listen to your inner wisdom
~believe in yourself
~trust yourself
~do what you love and the money will
follow
~you are a unique, special child of god
~only you can bring your unique gifts to the world"
Risk Taker? Idealist? Who....Me?
So...you weren't groomed to be a creative-thinking visionary in the big bad world? You weren’t taught to take risks, rather than avoid them? Join the club!
How about the ideals of your inner world? Many families encourage qualities of character. The risk is lofty idealism. Fear of personal imperfection can weigh to the point of paralysis and emotional devastation, especially for the experimental stages of youth.
Cursed with Wonderful Parents?
I've worked with people whose parents were so wonderful that the need to please them created an inner world of self-doubt, self-blame and guilt. Conflicts between their needs and their parents' values interfere with thinking for themselves, with taking action, and with personal responsibility.
WHY DO THIS?
1) There are SOooo many reasons why you may not believe in life or in yourself.
2) The influences of your past are invisible and powerful.
3) These past influences can be shifted.
4) You have to start HERE to get THERE and this brings your HERE into more awareness.
5) Awareness is the first step in freeing you from the spell of the past.
6) You look at the present through the filter of past learning and your reactions to things come from past experiences. Depression self help can't succeed without this awareness.
7) Unresolved aspects of the past form links on a chain holding you captive. Each experience of breaking a link empowers you to be more fully alive in the NOW.
8) NOW is the only place of power.
Remember! The best depression self help understands that the past -- when unresolved -- is invisibly creating the present and the future. Start there for the best results.
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