Depression And Your Spirit

By Lilly

I wanted to write about how depression affects us spiritually , our Souls, and the way the energy is depleting our Spirits with this emotional event.  When first you start to read about this, please try to sense that this article is written with the hope that this information will help you deal with something that is very important, and perhaps even something  you are trying to face alone and without mentioning it to your family and loved ones.  I know that this makes it even harder to deal with, but there is something about depression that makes people feel embarrassed to talk about it, as if it is a failing on their part to handle life, thus causing their self-esteem to be lowered.  They try to hide it, thinking it will "just go away", not wanting others in their family to be upset by it, but covering it up just doesn't work.  With the symptoms of depression and the disruption of regular sleep patterns, trying to cope with it gets harder over time.  So the advantage there is to talk about it with your family and loved ones.  Make it something that is not just you privately trying to cope with it.  It will make it clear up faster if you do have loving support.

Quite often people are not even realizing that they are indeed dealing with depression, as they might have not noticed the gradual effect depression has on them.  It can come on gradually you see, not just overnight, but steadily and slowly.  That's what is so surprising to people, the fact that they are slowly "going into depression".   Sooner or later, either they themselves notice that they are having signs of depression and get worried about it, or someone else close to them notices the signs and mentions it. 

Why is it so difficult for people to admit they have depression?  Pressures upon us is one reason, the other is that they have difficulty now with depression to just go through a regular day. Often people feel that admitting they have depression is like admitting they have failed at life.  With a society geared around success, saying you are depressed upsets some people.   Dealing with life in general is harder nowadays compared to how things were a few generations ago.  Trying to be so much "more" in our lives with our careers, private life, finances, sports, romance, etc. makes people feel  admitting to having depression is difficult .  We don't want to worry our family and loved ones, so we may slough off their comments about any signs we are showing, just so that our own Egos are not deflated, but does that attitude really have our overall best interests at heart?   Ignoring something like depression is like not treating a festering wound.  It will only get worse. 

Over the years working with men and women with depression, I have found that they would prefer going to a person like myself who doesn't know who they are, etc. and assures their privacy, so that when it comes down to it, their personal life will not have any trace of their seeking known help.  So you can see that with this issue of dealing with depression, working it through with the thought that there needs to be no shame about having depression, as it does not mean that the person is not capable of handling basic life issues.  It just means that at this time they are overwhelmed.   It is because they are trying to be strong, stay strong for others who depend upon them, plus deal with life's responsibilities along with this unexpected issue of depression and they try to handle it in a secretive way.  I've been told that hospitals "get the strong ones in there not the weak ones", as those who are depressed try to cope quietly with it, while still trying to handle all their regular demands upon them.  If you overload anything beyond it's capabilities, then the results are going to be trouble.  It's the same with depression.  People these days are working long hours or even several jobs, taking care of children, home, finances, managing as single parents, all of which can stress a person out.  It's when you keep going even though you need to refocus and realize that it is too much, is when that weight gets too hard to carry.  Noticing the warning signs early is obviously very important.

Many people do have bouts of depression that are short-lived and then get over it, but  with this article I am addressing the long-term or chronic depression.  Grief, loss of a job and can't find another one, break-ups in romance, all those life issues are what are called "event-related depression". With event-related depression  they are normally not experiencing depression beforehand, and this type of sorrow-related depression in time will pass.  If it stays with the sorrow lingering, and becomes chronic, then you need to delve deeper into just what is the source of this depression and why it is staying. 

Much on the Internet is offered with depression and it's symptoms, but I will briefly outline major symptoms just so that you can sense the issues here.  Then I would like to discuss how depression affects our Spirit, our Chakra, and our Auric Field.

The common symptoms are Sleeplessness, anxiety over things that never upset you before, worry, moodiness, restlessness, difficulty making decisions, (even simple ones), impatience, mood swings with extreme highs and lows, and low self-esteem.

With the covering up the fact of your depression for others' sake you don't want to worry others about yourself, plus you worry, too, about their suggestions you know they'll make about bringing it up to your doctor.  It seems to make the issue feel like it is now escalating with that idea, and might make you cringe as you sense the problems of you thereby being put on medicines to affect your mind and body, and for how long.  Usually with those prescription drugs, it is not a "quick fix" as they take time to build up in your system, so the results will come later.  When it is time to go off them, again, it is usually done gradually.

Anything with the mind as a problem becomes more of a scary situation for many people as they are worried about the repercussions.  So the easiest thing for them to do is to pretend that "nothing is wrong".  That in effect prolongs or even allows the depression to get worse.  You see, with the lack of doing anything, the cause usually still stays there, plus you get more and more worried.  All that can cause a chain-reaction of anxiety causing sleeplessness, so dealing with depression is the best.