Building Yourself Up When You Feel Down
We've all had those bad days, where all we feel like doing is staying home and crying, because nothing else seems to be able to please us.
Well, believe it or not it's actually quite normal to feel down from time to time, especially following a negative incident, such as a breakup, or the death of a loved one.
However, the problem arises when we let this depression overpower us, or take over for an extended period of time.
If it's been over a week, and you're still feeling depressed, than you must take action and try to get back on your feet as soon as possible, or you might risk going into clinical depression.
One of the first things you need to keep in mind is that sadness is like a life in itself.
As soon as it enters your body, it tends to feed on you, to take over, and attract other "sad things" into your life.
For example, I don't know if you ever noticed it, but when you feel down, you have a tendency to attract other depressed things.
For example, you'll feel more attracted to depressed people; you'll tend to prefer darker areas such as the night, or under your covers, and you'll also tend to attract and create negative thoughts, and ideas.
So basically, everything you attract, or put out will be negative.
But none of this is your fault.
It's Mr.
Sadness that's taking over, that's feeding on you, that wants to control your thoughts.
So how do you break from the routine? How do you get rid of Mr.
Sadness inside of you? Well, no matter what happened that made you feel down in the first place, the first step is to acknowledge that your depression is taking over, and influencing the way you talk, think and behave.
What you should do is sit down, and listen objectively to what your body is currently broadcasting at the moment.
Are you feeling anger? Do you feel like hurting someone or yourself at this moment? Are you seeing things very negatively? Once you've analyzed all this, the war between you, and Mr.
Sadness begins.
As you're reading this article, I want you to do this right now: Put a big smile on your face.
Smile as wide as you can.
Next, while keeping the smile, look around you, and say 5 positive things, about each item you make eye contact with.
For example, if you look at your desk, you might say: "Wow, I love the woody color, and it's got nice rounded edges to prevent someone from hurting themselves.
" Etc.
Even if it sounds silly, or you feel like you're lying to yourself, just keep doing it and you'll eventually trick your body into thinking you're really happy.
Follow these small tips, and before you know it, you won't even remember why you were feeling down in the first place.
However, whatever you do, make sure you don't let Mr.
Sadness take over.
Well, believe it or not it's actually quite normal to feel down from time to time, especially following a negative incident, such as a breakup, or the death of a loved one.
However, the problem arises when we let this depression overpower us, or take over for an extended period of time.
If it's been over a week, and you're still feeling depressed, than you must take action and try to get back on your feet as soon as possible, or you might risk going into clinical depression.
One of the first things you need to keep in mind is that sadness is like a life in itself.
As soon as it enters your body, it tends to feed on you, to take over, and attract other "sad things" into your life.
For example, I don't know if you ever noticed it, but when you feel down, you have a tendency to attract other depressed things.
For example, you'll feel more attracted to depressed people; you'll tend to prefer darker areas such as the night, or under your covers, and you'll also tend to attract and create negative thoughts, and ideas.
So basically, everything you attract, or put out will be negative.
But none of this is your fault.
It's Mr.
Sadness that's taking over, that's feeding on you, that wants to control your thoughts.
So how do you break from the routine? How do you get rid of Mr.
Sadness inside of you? Well, no matter what happened that made you feel down in the first place, the first step is to acknowledge that your depression is taking over, and influencing the way you talk, think and behave.
What you should do is sit down, and listen objectively to what your body is currently broadcasting at the moment.
Are you feeling anger? Do you feel like hurting someone or yourself at this moment? Are you seeing things very negatively? Once you've analyzed all this, the war between you, and Mr.
Sadness begins.
As you're reading this article, I want you to do this right now: Put a big smile on your face.
Smile as wide as you can.
Next, while keeping the smile, look around you, and say 5 positive things, about each item you make eye contact with.
For example, if you look at your desk, you might say: "Wow, I love the woody color, and it's got nice rounded edges to prevent someone from hurting themselves.
" Etc.
Even if it sounds silly, or you feel like you're lying to yourself, just keep doing it and you'll eventually trick your body into thinking you're really happy.
Follow these small tips, and before you know it, you won't even remember why you were feeling down in the first place.
However, whatever you do, make sure you don't let Mr.
Sadness take over.
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