Sacred Sundays: How To Beat Depression Every Time 8AM PST with Lama Michael Gregory
Let me teach you how to become your own therapist.
Always question when you feel depressed - is there a real NEED that's not being met? No - your NEEDS are met. So, are you helpless? Helpless to get what met, if not a NEED?
The Irrational Belief of Depression
D = H1 (+) H2 (+) N
Depression = Hopeless (+) Helpless (+) a perceived inability to get a NEED met.
Do this everyday at least twice (depending on the severity) for 6 weeks please. Let me know what happens...
Try what's on this video and keep track of your depression score everyday 0-10, go for 20 minutes of anaerobic exercise outside in greenery, resist eating refined sugar and keep a gratitude journal (3 unique felt gratitudes everyday) and practice (specifically) 20 minutes a day of mindfulness meditation...just watch what happens?
Since many of you have either tried or are currently taking anti-depressants (or thinking of taking) try doing exactly as I've suggested first...and I'm offering this free of charge. Give it a chance and watch what happens before you accept a diagnosis.
If you're currently taking medications do not stop taking without speaking to your doctor. You can come off, but gradually and supervised as the withdrawal symptoms from these medications ought not to be underestimated.
This is the Fourth In Our Series on Ending Destructive Emotions (Anger and Anxiety preceded this instruction) and Emotional Elegance.
Each year I present a series that we call Emotional Elegance. Emotional elegance is shorthand for learning how to not to have anger, anxiety, guilt and depression. The process of cultivating emotional elegance begins with taking complete responsibility for the way one feels - meaning not blaming others for your life. Practical skills that have evolved from the Buddhist traditions will be offered with pragmatic and easy to assimilate teachings on bringing an end to destructive emotions through mindfulness meditation and highly effective cognitive behavioral techniques that have been studied and researched for their efficacy.
Each week we will work on one destructive emotion and provide the exact tools, teachings and understandings to heal, free your mind of this emotion and to experience greater happiness and well being.
Special thanks to Dr. Vincent Parr, Dr. Tiffany Chenneville and the Graduate research team at USF, Dr. Albert Ellis (REBT) and Dr. Aaron Beck (CBT) for paving the way. And of course - Siddhartha Gautama
#mindfulness #meditation #awareness #rationallife
