Mastering Depression and Living the Life You Were Meant to Live

“It’s a part of who I am. I don’t think of it as mental illness or a disorder or a disease. It’s just part of the way I’m wired.”

-Daniel Jeffries

article excerpts by: Daniel Jeffries

Depression…

“I’m talking about the times where you wake up and can’t get out of bed and you feel like nothing will ever go right again and your whole life is meaningless.

It is that absence of being able to envisage that you will ever be cheerful again. The absence of hope. That very deadened feeling, which is so very different from feeling sad. Sad hurts but it’s a healthy feeling. It’s a necessary thing to feel.

That’s the nature of the demon. It’s the absence of feeling. It’s the end of hope. It’s feeling like nothing will ever be good or bright or wonderful ever again. It’s feeling like you’ll never have anything but failure, you’re not good enough for what you want in life and you’ll never get it no matter what you do.

Dealing with depression starts with understanding.

Know thy enemy.

I don’t hate writers and celebrity teeth whitening pushers, not at all. Sure a number of them are outright, cynical hucksters but many of them are probably sincere. And that’s the real problem.

They’re unwitting agents of delusion.

They don’t know they’re creating delusion. They believe their own lies and think they’re helping people.

But it’s all a lie.

What they’re selling is the easy button and there is no easy button here. This is something you will deal with every day of your life.

The faster you realize this the faster you can start to heal yourself and live an authentic life, the life you imagine for yourself.”

I came across this article and strongly recommend reading it in full! I found that Jeffries’ perspective on depression, having experienced it himself, was a very real, honest, and moving explanation. He provides some amazing advice for dealing with depression and getting back to a good, healthy, and healed place.