Understanding depression and the subconscious

Understanding depression and the subconscious

On May 15, 2018, 6 Minutes Medicine, an online medical forum publication, published an article titled "8 Facts About the Downsides of Doctoring - Dealing with the Elephant in the Room."

It was a plea from a specialist head and neck surgeon at the combined annual scientific meeting of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and the New Zealand College of Anaesthetists: "We know there's an elephant in the room, but we really don't do it." I don't know what to do with this elephant. Doctors fight and they fight quietly. “

He compiled the latest statistics on this topic based on a BeyondBlue survey of more than 12,000 doctors:

“1 in 5 has been diagnosed or treated for depression.

One in four people have had suicidal thoughts.

And one in 50 has attempted suicide.

Women are at higher risk.

The special hotspots for suicide are general practice, emergency medicine and anesthesia.

One in two people is emotionally exhausted.

1 in 6 or 7 are not effective due to burnout.

Of those who suffer from burnout, one in two describe themselves as extremely cynical. “

I've been writing about the problem of mental health for a while and realized that it's just a perceptual disorder. It is only the degree that determines the point at which it becomes a clinical disorder of behavior and action. But the medical community isn't listening.

From the statistics above it is clear that the medical profession, like many of their patients, also suffers from a cognitive disorder. When it comes to mental health, they don't want to look at themselves out of fear that they need to change direction. However, if they do not realize that we are hypnotic beings and that our perceptions evoke physiological and biochemical properties in us, all our research will prove to be just shadow chasing, not substance.

We must acknowledge the fact that our hopes, fears and desires influence our perception of reality. Our perceptions cause us to think in a certain way and thus influence our thinking. Our thought process is hypnotic. It consists of words and sentences. It influences our subconscious positively or negatively depending on the type of words we use. Meanings or beliefs don't matter. Now our mental and physical health depends on our immune system, which is directly under unconscious control. So it is the subconscious that is the elephant in the room and the way we influence it is what we should address.

As I said, how you feel at a given moment depends on how you stimulate your subconscious. If you are happy, it means you are stimulating it positively. If you are depressed and miserable, it means you are stimulating it negatively.

If we look around, each of us is an ego tripper and a time traveler. From the moment you are born you begin to acquire an identity. You get a name and then everything we do becomes me, me and mine. This self-centered act leads to obsession, which in turn leads to being obsessive about “my house, my car, my wife, my husband, my children, etc.” thinks. You don't realize that when we go through life this way to gain wealth, knowledge, power, etc., it is a self-isolating process. This process leads to the building of a mental wall around us. Sooner or later, depending on the circumstances and conditioning, if you are not aware of it during the day, you will definitely feel completely isolated, completely surrounded by this wall and completely alone.

This is the dark side we refer to when our perceptions create a very bleak picture of reality where there is utter despair and everything in life becomes meaningless. This, of course, is a distorted picture of reality that an individual acquires through self-centered thinking and lack of self-knowledge. Please understand that our thought process is a hypnotic process and we are constantly hypnotizing ourselves. Under this hypnotic spell, the ego tends to convince itself to do extremely stupid actions.

If any of you find yourself in this precarious situation, my advice is not to take yourself too seriously. The wall you have built around yourself is of your own making. It's in your head. You can break it down and move beyond it by first becoming aware of it. Consciousness is the weapon you use to dehypnotize yourself. Once you have the perception that it is a self-created barrier, it will melt away. It is a wall that you have built through ignorance. You are a part of this universe and timeless reality. When you clear your perceptions, you will realize that there is a whole world beyond the cocoon you have created. However, when you retreat into your shell, you only reinforce that wall.

Verbalizing our feelings is a habit we develop in our thought process. We use words and phrases to express our feelings and as a means of communication. Now these words can have a powerful hypnotic effect on the way we feel about a situation.

Please let me explain how words intensify or shape your feelings. Suppose you are very angry. You start expressing your anger with words like “I hate so-and-so, etc.” to express. You will find that if you continue to use negative words and language, you can become quite upset emotionally and tend to act destructively. But if you haven't verbalized your feelings and just tried to understand them and stay with them, you will find that they have no life of their own. The feelings will just melt away. Yes, it is the words that activate your feelings. Try holding the feeling of anger without saying anything in your head and see how long you can keep it up. You will find that without words, your feelings have no substance.

Another habit of the ego is to further analyze the negative experience you may have had. Well my friend, if you continue to analyze the situation, you will become even more miserable. This is because once you use words, they give shape to your feelings and activate the thought process even more. You will run around in circles like a squirrel in a cage. So my advice is to stop analyzing. If someone doesn't want to talk to you, don't ask yourself why, etc. You should say in your mind, "If you don't want to talk to me, I don't have time for you either. Goodbye and good luck." You will be amazed to be instantly free from negative feelings.

Since we are all ego trippers and time travelers, sooner or later we can expect the dark curtain to fall on one of us out of the blue. If you think you love someone and it causes you heartbreak, your perception is clearly distorted because love never makes one unhappy. Love always makes you happy. It is your selfishness and ego that make you unhappy. Learn to understand what love is. If you; Love, you are always a winner because when you love, you never own a person. However, if you possessed someone, it is not love. You will have a feeling of loss. Love and possession cannot coexist. This is the basic law of the mind. Please learn to understand what love is and how your ego tries to manipulate it. Love cannot be manipulated. Once you clear your perception of love and possessions, you will be amazed at how open and free you will feel.

Don't rely on the world to make you happy. You have to make yourself happy. Stop feeling sorry for yourself and having regrets. Life is never meant for regrets. All experiences in life, the good and the bad, are good for you. They teach you a lesson in life and should make you a better person. Learn from these experiences, make amends and move on. Make the whole world your oyster, not just your little clam.

Therefore, my message to the medical community and to all people suffering from depression, anxiety, etc. is very clear. If you don't want to be one of the statistics in a mental health survey as described above, please don't ignore the elephant in the room. Be willing to change your perceptions and harmonize with your subconscious. Ignoring the facts doesn't make them go away.

Inspired by Mal Mohanlal