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Chapter Three

Kicking depression out!

Depression has become one of the deadliest illnesses around the world because it kills people very fast yet they remain alive. A person may be depressed and still carry on with life with no one having an idea what is going on inside of him/her. Depression is like a prison where the individual is both the jailer and the jailed; it is a state of mind that screams “I am worse, nothing is good about me…”, it is a battle of the brain that only shows symptoms when it's sometimes too late for the individual.

Causes of Depression

There are two primary causes of depression;

1. An attempt to imitate the lifestyles of others

Depression sets in when we get distracted from our journey and begin to imagine living like others. Now, when a person is unable to meet up with the standards of others, depression sets in.

2. Allowing negative thoughts get to you

Negative thoughts steam from overthinking about life and feeling like you are not enough. It starts with little ideas and then when a person feeds on it long enough, it becomes a problem.

Children below the age of eight do not get depressed, do you know why? It is because they are neither concerned about what others are doing nor do they have negative thoughts about themselves. I have mentioned before that if we are to live very productive lives, we must be like children. We are all born unique and individual as such; we must embrace our peculiar nature without looking back at what others have that we don’t have.

Depression sets in when we are not content with what we have (materially and otherwise) we feel a sense of loss whenever there is a feeling of lack for something we need and cannot get at the time. Now, what this means is that depression can be checked, it can be avoided, and you can live a happy life that is devoid of it. Listen, if you can beat depression in life, you will be able to fight off anything. Negative things happen to us and cause us to think negatively, but if you continue in that negative stead, you will gradually progress into depression.

Here’s a good suggestion, you should concentrate on positive things that will inspire optimism in you and cause you to see the best in all situations regardless of challenges. Of course, you will feel hurt and disappointed once in a while; it is a normal feeling that happens to the best of us but does not allow a setback make you drown in a well of depression. Whenever you feel like you are beginning to get negative thoughts, talk it over with someone you trust, do not keep such information to yourself. As you communicate, you will find solutions, laugh, feel like you have answers, no matter what always share how you are feeling with someone. When you take care of depression, you will have more value for time and utilize it as a valuable resource; time and its value is the focus of the next chapter.