Do not let anyone tell you you are crazy.
Depression symptoms and related mental health issues are more complex than we once thought. We are grateful to science and the holistic perspective for contributing to mental health awareness and enabling us to provide understanding and compassion to people who struggle with depression and mental health.
First of all, a mental health issue is a SYMPTOM. It manifests just like a cold, allergies, a headache, chronic headaches, chronic illnesses such as gastrointestinal issues, and diabetes or even cancer. They are symptoms of a systemic or a body-mind imbalance. Many doctors will tell you it is a "disease", or "dis-ease", the body is not at ease, with an aglomoration of symptoms. With any disease, no has the exact same list of symptoms.
Certain conditions need to be present in your body-mind for a "disease" to manifest. A cold may arise for various reasons such as our immune system is not strong. You may have recently gone through a stressful time weakening your defenses, and you may not have been sleeping due to stress and enjoying yourself by going out, therefore exposing yourself to more bugs, infections or viruses. Would you blame yourself for that? No, of course not. It is the same with depression symptoms. You cannot blame yourself. The information you are about to read will only give you tips for good mental health and more self-love and compassion.
Depression is not in the brain, you are not crazy, there is nothing wrong with you and it is not your fault. It is a holistic body-mind-spirit and generational issue that affects millions or billions of people worldwide. From the BodyTalk perspective and the holistic perspective, depression symptoms arise from an intertwined set of factors, like a perfect storm. It is a combination of the following:
Physical Health - Biological and Physiological Factors.
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Emotional and Psychological wellbeing, including belief systems and inherited emotional patterns of your primary caregivers
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Your emotional environment and a lack of supportive relationships
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Your physical environment: lack of access to nature, or exercise, a poor quality school, physical toxicity in your environment.
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Spiritual Factors and a feeling of lack of purpose
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Genetic and known or unknown generational trauma - if someone in your family has had depression, someone is likely to develop depression in future generations.
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Habits and Nutrition: Not getting appropriate rest, exercise and nutrition can also
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Trauma can bring on the onset of a depressive episode.
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Your gut health. New research studies in the last 15 years show the gut is directly related to mental health, making nutrition even more important.
BodyTalk can help you with all the factors above and strengthen your body-mind so that you can more easily live your depression and healing. Depression feels like it will last forever, but it will not.
In the next article, we will detail a bit more about these factors, and what you can do to make this process easier for you.
First, do not blame yourself and second be compassionate with yourself. Educate yourself and educate those around you. If you have a child with depression symptoms, please do not tell them "Just snap out of it!". It is far more complex than you may think and they need love, understanding, compassion and support.
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