The world doesn't go for us the way we'd like it to go so boom.....depression. We lose someone important in our lives to death (parent/spouse/child) [the world isn't going the way we'd like it to go] and boom.....depression.
Depression is a creation of our mind. That same mind has an incredibly complex and powerful way to deal with good emotions.
The overwhelming majority of these types of difficulties (and I'm not speaking of those with an observable deficiency in seratonin or some type of psychosis) comes from things not being how we thought they would be. How many of you thought you'd be someplace in your life at a certain age, only to get there and feel sad because you never made it as big as you'd hoped?
Not to grandstand but Buddha spelled out how to deal with all this reality smeality (my word) about 2400 years ago and that's to understand that there's nothing that's "real." Form is emptiness and emptiness is form. Learn to control the mind and you life will follow.
Others have mentioned how they'd trade what they had to be dumb and happy.. Christianity too also says in their bible (and I'm probably paraphrasing)...Lest you become as little children, thou shall not enter into the Kingdom of God. (~2000 years ago) I've not seen too many depressed little children. I have a 7 mo son who's always happy just to be held in mine or my wife's arms.
It's all about training the mind and maybe, just maybe, watching a little less tv that tells you you're not ok and that you have to buy this or something is wrong/missing with you!
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The world doesn't go for us the way we'd like it to go so boom.....depression. We lose someone important in our lives to death (parent/spouse/child) [the world isn't going the way we'd like it to go] and boom.....depression. Depression is a creation of our mind. That same mind has an incredibly complex and powerful way to deal with good emotions. The overwhelming majority of these types of difficulties (and I'm not speaking of those with an observable deficiency in seratonin or some type of psychosis) comes from things not being how we thought they would be. How many of you thought you'd be someplace in your life at a certain age, only to get there and feel sad because you never made it as big as you'd hoped? Not to grandstand but Buddha spelled out how to deal with all this reality smeality (my word) about 2400 years ago and that's to understand that there's nothing that's "real." Form is emptiness and emptiness is form. Learn to control the mind and you life will follow. Others have mentioned how they'd trade what they had to be dumb and happy.. Christianity too also says in their bible (and I'm probably paraphrasing)...Lest you become as little children, thou shall not enter into the Kingdom of God. (~2000 years ago) I've not seen too many depressed little children. I have a 7 mo son who's always happy just to be held in mine or my wife's arms. It's all about training the mind and maybe, just maybe, watching a little less tv that tells you you're not ok and that you have to buy this or something is wrong/missing with you!