The True Causesof Depression
By Lori Keeley, HHCP
Holistic Health Counselor,
Hypnotherapist and Reiki Master Teacher
What causes us to be depressed? If we consider how we feel, we are feeling hopeless. We have no direction and no purpose in our lives when we are depressed. We may have wanted something to happen that didn’t, so we are depressed. We may just feel overwhelmed with life in its present reality.
There are alternative ways to coping and overcoming depression other than through the use of drugs. Drugs are really just a band-aid to numb the pain that we are feeling. What we really need instead of numbing drugs is to seek from within ourselves the answers.
I believe that depression comes from a sense of hopelessness in our lives. I know that we are spiritual beings, soul beings inhabiting a physical body here on this earth plane. We are here to learn lessons, grow and evolve. We all have a purpose here and when we get off track as to what our purpose is, we feel hopeless and depression sets in.
We need to learn to allow ourselves to be guided from within. Our bodies are like our cars, driving our souls here on earth to fulfill its mission. So we need to quiet ourselves to hear what our soul is saying to us, to know where to turn, what choices to make that will bring us happiness and fulfillment from within.
I know that we all have a purpose for being here on this planet. The key is to find and remember that purpose. When we are able to connect to that, then we are fulfilled. We need to quiet ourselves and pay attention to the guidance that we receive from within. This would be through our intuition, our sixth sense. We all receive guidance in different ways. This may be through seeing visions, hearing a voice, feelings things within or just knowing what you know.
I believe that the passions we hold from within are our purpose. If you could do any job, anything, what would that be? This probably is your life purpose. It is our purpose to help others in some positive, productive way.
Here in the United States we are off base. We have forgotten the importance of having balance in our lives. We have forgotten how spirituality is to fit into our lives. Notice I said spirituality and not religion. Spirituality is about going within and seeking your own truths from within.
We all hold the answers to our questions in ourselves. Spirituality is about learning who we are as spirits inhabiting these physical bodies. It’s about re-learning the truth of who we are, why we are here and how we ourselves are the creators of our own lives through our thoughts, words, actions and feelings.
God is like a sun. God is a mass of light/energy and our souls are sparks off of that mass of light. So we all hold the same powers as God within ourselves. We are all Gods and Goddesses ourselves. This is what makes us all special and unique.
It is through this connection with God from within that we are guided. Our souls within are our higher selves will guide us if we only listen.
When we get off track, when we are not listening, we go the wrong direction; when we are off our path, depression sets in. It’s like we are lost and don’t know which way to turn to find our way back. It is then that we lose hope and feel depressed.
The key here to finding self-fulfillment is through spirituality. You do not have to attend a church to connect with God.
Spirituality is about the freedom to be who you want to be. This is about moving into your own self empowerment and taking personal responsibility for who you are and your own state of health as well.
Doctors do not heal us, we heal ourselves from within. We also create our own illnesses from within. We ourselves hold the power to heal ourselves of any illness that we may create.
We have given our own personal power away to church officials and doctors. The time has come for us to remember who we are as spiritual beings; to take back our personal power, to heal ourselves, to learn, grow and evolve spiritually from within.
This is how we overcome depression. We find a new hope for our lives by opening our minds to learning new ways to become healthy, happy, peaceful and free.
Lori Keeley is a Nationally Board Certified Counselor/Practitioner of Holistic Psychology, a Transpersonal Hypnotherapist, Reiki Master Teacher and Spiritual Guidance Counselor. She offers one on one sessions and classes. To learn more visit Healwithlori.com or phone 480-332-9190.