Depression, the soul cancer.
Depression is something all of us go through at one point or the other in life. The human soul is designed such that it can recognize two basic thing one is happiness, the other is sadness. These two regulate our state of mind, they have the ability to either make us happy or worried depending on the kind of occurrences we experience. The former is good for our health while the late is very dangerous to our health.
Happiness is like a gold, although free but not everyone has it. Each day of our lives we are faced with a lot of challenges and trying moments that wants to take away our joy. Sometimes we wonder if life doesn't want to see smiles on our faces, sometimes just when you are entering in a good phase of your life and trying to fix things up then challenges of life hits you so hard and brings you down.
There are so many people today with the issue of high blood pressure because they couldn't resist the blows of life. Like I said people are really going through difficult times. They Really want to be happy , they really want a life that is filled with joy and peace but they can't because they refused to take away their eyes from their current conditions, and embrace the fact that at the end of every tunnel there is light.
I Was Depressed Too
I cant number the times my emotions have been beaten down by challenges, I have had many times where , all that clouds my mind is worries upon worries. Especially now that I am becoming a man and things are very difficult in the country. The fear of tomorrow has always got me thinking many stuffs that leaves my heart with wounds at the end.
One time, just when I graduated from college and hoping to settle down. Take some time before I go in search of jobs, it was then my father passed away. I have a lot of siblings who are just in high school. Thoughts upon thoughts. It's not that my mother is doing any reasonable job to cater for all of us. And I want to further my education too. Now that my father is late, how do we go about things? Is it I or my siblings that we will put into consideration?
Others were crying because they missed him but for me, my tears was because I know we just entered our trying times. It was really not easy without him, I was so worried about a lot of things, of course you know I need to be a man now and not just for myself for the family. It was so painful to me when I see my mates furthering their studies but I am stuck down here.
I took many jobs but we all know how things are hard in the country, most of the available jobs pay less but I have no option than to stick like that, atleast if I can't get money to go to school or get a well paid job, I can get money for food. Most nights used to be sleepless for me. Often thinking about my life and my family and when I see the current condition fear always grips my hear and I get so worried.
Depression ate me up like cancer, I lost concentration at some points in life, I started hating everything and everyone around me. I became a loner, I felt life was not for people like me and you know what? even my physical body was showing that I was depressed, I lost weight and looked different from whom I used to be, the joy on my face that used to enlighten others suddenly vanished. All that was left was bitterness and low self esteem.
But I am glad today , I am no longer like that, I have moved on after I discovered some secrets.
We go through difficult times, not to die or loose hope but to become stronger and better versions of ourselves, my difficult times made me a man. When I discovered that it was unveiling things about life that I need to know, I choose to embrace the lectures and strive for a way to pass the test.
We get stuck in some problems because we embrace them and refuse to let ourselves see beyond the whips by refusing to believe that thing will be better again.
**How I Cope With Depression""
Well if I say, I don't still get depressed at some point in life I lied, I get depressed because bad things still happens to us but I don't allow myself get caged in the darkness. I often refuse to allow the pains of bad times dorminate my heart. It is easy to be worried about something if you allow it get through you.
One thing I keep telling myself is bad things, difficult times and challenges will always come , in case they hit me, I promise myself to rise and keep moving , no hard feeling, no regrets. For worries don't solve problems, instead of thinking and beating myself hard or wishing for manna to fall from the sky, I rather free my mind be happy and look for a possible solution.
Free my mind, how? By surrounding myself with positivity instead of negativity, if you concentrate only on the negative , you will be badly injured. I ensure my phones and everything around me including the kind of friends I keep are people of positive vibes. These often gives me hope. It takes my attention from looking just beyond today but helps me know that there are better days ahead.
Most people die of depression because instead of surrounding themselves with things that will motivate them, some end up listening and keeping things that will make them worried or sad, most especially music and friends. That is wrong, don't embrace depression, kick it off else it will take your peace.
Each time, I discovered that I am still alive and healthy, it gives me hope for a better day ahead, this is what gives me peace. The life and good health we have is what others are looking for to become successful but have it not. I can't trade mine for anything, not even depression.