In the light of passing fantasies and frauds, one truth remains. How do I get myself out of a predicament that the mind has difficulty in solving? When turning to mind therapy exercises as I often do we shouldn't forget that one who is bogged down with chronic illness or chronic depression there seems to be a way out but in the end it can lead to further entanglement. The ruminating mind sits alone in a dark room pondering where and what and why they have done wrong. As it should not be the mind should be able to float freely thinking conscious thoughts as those thoughts come to them. Dwelling on a problem can only make it worse, for one the problem will not go away and ruminating on a solution to the problem can even make the initial problem even worse. Mindful or awareness of those wet weather patterns in the sky the ones that keep you secluded and isolated, make one feel that their chronic depression will never go away.
I have come recently to learn that dwelling not on the problem but being more aware of what is actually going on around me can actually bring me through a very difficult time in my life. Whether these mindful patterns are brought about simply by just being aware of my physical body, in that case focusing on my breath and how my breath relates to the sensations that I'm feeling in my physical body right now. Or having an open ear to the sounds that are around me, How sound affects my mind and how sound can get me out of destructive thinking patterns and negativity. The reason why mindfulness is constructive and not deconstructive is that the tendency to be doing things all the time instead of being in the actual moment in which it exists, puts us in sort of a mental prison where we do not see the solutions to any problems. The chronically depressed mind fusses and fights over solutions to problems that have long gone by but still dwells on them. Simply being aware in the present moment can bring release to those who are suffering from chronic depression.
If I wake up in the morning feeling very tired the first thing that I should do is bring more attention and focus to what my body is feeling through mindfulness awareness. We are mindful of things that we do every single day and things done with intentionality, bring a greater awareness to our mental condition. Cognitive-based theories based on mindfulness can be helpful to those who are suffering from chronic depression. Where medication is failing and everything seems to be spiraling out of control, mindfulness awareness can bring a calm to the mind that is already ruminating on something that shouldn't be there. The default position of the mind is problem-solving. When the mind cannot see a solution to the problem it begins to ruminate. The way out of rumination is not so clear. Just being aware that your mind has begun thinking thinking thinking about certain things where there seems to be no solution, is the first step to allowing mindfulness and awareness to enter into your daily experience of life. Cognitive-based therapies with this in mind of bringing awareness to the current situation through the body, can be very helpful for those who are suffering or may be on the verge of suffering from chronic depression. Without aversion we can see things as they actually are and make the choice now in the present moment to breathe to feel to sense and to think in the way that God intended us to be. This is Mike.
I have come recently to learn that dwelling not on the problem but being more aware of what is actually going on around me can actually bring me through a very difficult time in my life. Whether these mindful patterns are brought about simply by just being aware of my physical body, in that case focusing on my breath and how my breath relates to the sensations that I'm feeling in my physical body right now. Or having an open ear to the sounds that are around me, How sound affects my mind and how sound can get me out of destructive thinking patterns and negativity. The reason why mindfulness is constructive and not deconstructive is that the tendency to be doing things all the time instead of being in the actual moment in which it exists, puts us in sort of a mental prison where we do not see the solutions to any problems. The chronically depressed mind fusses and fights over solutions to problems that have long gone by but still dwells on them. Simply being aware in the present moment can bring release to those who are suffering from chronic depression.
If I wake up in the morning feeling very tired the first thing that I should do is bring more attention and focus to what my body is feeling through mindfulness awareness. We are mindful of things that we do every single day and things done with intentionality, bring a greater awareness to our mental condition. Cognitive-based theories based on mindfulness can be helpful to those who are suffering from chronic depression. Where medication is failing and everything seems to be spiraling out of control, mindfulness awareness can bring a calm to the mind that is already ruminating on something that shouldn't be there. The default position of the mind is problem-solving. When the mind cannot see a solution to the problem it begins to ruminate. The way out of rumination is not so clear. Just being aware that your mind has begun thinking thinking thinking about certain things where there seems to be no solution, is the first step to allowing mindfulness and awareness to enter into your daily experience of life. Cognitive-based therapies with this in mind of bringing awareness to the current situation through the body, can be very helpful for those who are suffering or may be on the verge of suffering from chronic depression. Without aversion we can see things as they actually are and make the choice now in the present moment to breathe to feel to sense and to think in the way that God intended us to be. This is Mike.
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