Mental Illness And Mood Disorders

Last Updated on Tuesday, 18 October 2011 04:21 Written by Natural Health Team Tuesday, 18 October 2011 04:21

Health Information about Mental Illness And Mood Disorders

Mental illness and mood disorders have been with us forever and affect all living creatures on this earth. Funnily enough, can you imagine a dog going to its own clinic for therapy? What about the lioness in the wilderness whose lone cub was killed by inadvertently going astray from the comfort of its mother. Think about the necessary therapy that she requires to recover her loss, hardly imaginable eh?

We may not be similar to those instances of aloneness, yet society has made us as alone as those two examples and many of us never find solace thus we live forever in our darkened caves. The good news is your life can change and it will if you become receptive to solutions. Here are a few questions for you to consider answering as appropriate to your circumstance.

A) Do you run home from work, lock the doors, and remain all alone until the         following morning when you have to go to work?

B) Do you avoid contact with your fellow workers?

C) Do you continually punish yourself without really knowing why?

D) Is suicide always on your mind and maybe you have attempted suicide many                 times or at least once?

E) Your family and friends have probably not contacted you for ages as they are             at a loss for an answer.

F) You visualize yourself in every tragedy that you see on TV and in the papers.

All of these and more are normal occurrences when living in the cave and please let me assure you here and now that you are not alone. Recognizing that you are not alone is a start. Asking for help and desiring an improvement during the brief interludes when you escape the cave will assist you in developing awareness that maybe there is hope and the cave may be left sometime soon!

While medicines may have a place in our recovery it is also important to measure the level of participation we place in our recovery as this will determine how long we will have to remain on the meds. The question to ask is: How strong is your desire to live a healthy life and are you willing to do what it takes to live that life you desire? ‘The mind in itself and in its own place can make a hell out of heaven or a heaven out of hell.’ John Milton

You see not every one is able to light their own fire and neither is everyone able to know why they need to light their own fire. Introspection is a gift but unless one is blessed with amazing clarity through presence of mind, one will be unaware of the need to service ones mindset through self-analysis. To look on mental illness and mood disorders as a form of adversity to be overcome through creative options and mental health, education will allow your successes to be more rewarding.

To conquer adversity irrespective of magnitude it is extremely beneficial to study self-help books so please consider studying them and join the ranks of millions who depend on these books for their very lives. If you would like a suggested list of some good books let me know and I shall gladly introduce you to ones that may be relevant to your particular requirements.

Consider too the art of meditation and it is a proven method of success for managing mental illness and mood disorders, thus it is worth exploring. Some mental suffering may be as a result of over indulgence in addictions of one sort or another and meditation also gives tremendous benefits for combating those as well.

Here are nine suggested avenues that shall benefit your life as you decide to embrace change and welcome the gratification of triumphant success; a) gratitude  b) Persistence c) Attitude d) Discipline  e) Vision  f) Purpose g) Focus  h) Action i) Humour.

If your answer is yes you desire solutions and you are truly in earnest without reservations then please commence with an open mind that other possibilities may guide you towards that life you desire! You have only one life thus it makes sense to explore it to the fullest allowable possibilities you were intended and it is within your grasp.

Having mental illness or a mood disorder does not have to be a death sentence so please follow my lead and embrace the endless possibilities we have been presented with through advances in psychology and neuroscience. God bless!

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