LIVING OUT OF DEPRESSION By ADEPOJU FELIX

There is a saying that you don’t always appreciate what you have until you lose it, the same is applicable to our life. Have we ever wondered or pondered on why people suffer from depression or inferiority complex? It can be established that people who suffer from depression as a result of neglect or rejection fail to appreciate themselves. It all starts from you loving someone more than you can imagine then it gets to the point of you wanting to live the life of that person you envy or love. Of course we are all human, so delicate and vulnerable, we tend to blindfold our eyes to those who truly love us while we chase after those who want little or nothing to do with us. Depression also, is a factor of disappointment i.e. when you lose all you have or when someone did something you can’t imagine them doing to you. It takes a depressed soul to identify with another depressed soul because they share the same bitterness; it also takes a depressed mind to write a depressed note because it will be easy to express how it feels to be depressed in a text. When you feel insecure about what edge your friends have over you, it is a huge pointer to depression. When you always think that nobody loves or will ever love you is also a sign of depression. When you think that too much on how to be perfect so that you will not be blamed instead of you to be thinking of giving your best shot is another expression of depression. When you keep on blaming yourself or when you think you are the one responsible for what is happening in another person’s life, that also is depression. When you think you cannot survive the ordeal you are facing or when you wish the earth should just open up and swallow you just to put an end to your misfortunes, it is depression. Walking out alive out of depression, the first thing you always think you lack is what you need at this critical stage and that is LOVE. Love is the only thing that can give your life a shape you always desire. You start by loving yourself, appreciate the little skills you have, don’t let failures weigh you down rather see it as a booster to your success, take the sky to be your starting point. You may think that all these are hard to practice. What you must know is that the mind of a man determines his success. If you plan to fail, fail you shall but if you plan to succeed then success is yours. A man is said to be a product of his own thought and for you to live a depression free life, you must place a value on your life, stop thinking that you are worthless, stop blaming your fate for your own misconduct. Your life will be meaningful if you don’t live it like you are in a competition. Thinking is a cognitive exercise, it takes place in the brain, and it affects the mind but the mind manifest through the body. Use your heads as you live and work among outsiders. Don't miss a trick. Make the most of every opportunity. To be continued.............