| Copyright (c) 2008 Mary Ann Copson
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| | system. Insidious, crazy, and perverse.
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| Depression is awful � in whatever form
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| | Here is a little bit of the physiology
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| you may experience it. You would think
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| | about that:
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| that something that feels so bad would
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| | The thing about mood imbalances is that
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| propel you to do anything to get rid of
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| | the biochemistry in your brain always
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| it. You know- like a noxious substance
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| | seeks its current baseline - which means
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| that we accidentally eat and then get
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| | that it is designed to stay the way it
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| violent spasms to vomit.
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| | is. Your brain chemistry always seeks
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| You�d think that if you are feeling
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| | its neurotransmitter baseline and this
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| depressed you would be hightailing it to
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| | baseline is kept in place by certain
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| engage in some of the known effective
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| | enzymatic processes in the body. It can
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| strategies for getting rid of depression.
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| | take 6 months or more of consistent,
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| You might visit your doctor for an
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| | regular input to change those biochemical
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| anti-depressant or your local therapist
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| | enzymatic processes and thus your
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| for cognitive behavioral therapy. You�d
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| | neurotransmitter baseline.
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| start exercising. You�d be getting out
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| | Your brain chemistry drives you to think
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| in the sunlight more. You�d change your
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| | and do things that will keep your brain
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| diet. You�d learn to meditate and
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| | chemistry just the way it is. Your
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| develop a mindful approach to life.
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| | current brain chemistry is driving you to
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| You�d take some nutritional supplements
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| | avoid thinking or doing things that would
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| like 5HTP or St. John�s Wort.
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| | shift your biochemistry and provide a
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| But when you are depressed most of the
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| | physiological opportunity to shift your
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| time you find yourself avoiding any and
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| | moods.
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| all of those things.
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| | In order to find your way out of
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| The insidious thing about depression (and
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| | depression and other mood imbalances you
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| for that matter most mood imbalances) is
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| | have to reach deeply inside yourself and
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| this � depression has inherent in
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| | pull out a life spark of yourself � a
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| itself a hidden pull to stay depressed.
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| | piece of your inner spirit or your life
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| When you are depressed, there is a part
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| | essence -and take the first step away
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| of the depression that feels good because
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| | from imbalance. And every day you have to
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| it is familiar- as illogical as that may
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| | reach inside of yourself again and find
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| sound. In some subtle way, there is a
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| | that life spark again and take the next
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| tendency to keep yourself feeling
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| | step toward balance again � and again,
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| depressed.
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| | and again.
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| Rationally you�d want to stop being
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| | As each step fans that life spark, it
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| depressed because it feels so bad. But
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| | also gradually and over time changes your
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| anything that will help you move out of
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| | physiology and shifts your
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| depression also comes with this heavy
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| | neurotransmitter baseline.
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| internal response �It�s just too
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| | Changing your physiology is important
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| hard� or some similar variation such
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| | because it loosens the grip of that
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| as:
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| | perverse biochemical tendency to keep
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| I can�t do that.
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| | things the way they are. Changing your
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| I tried that and it didn�t work.
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| | physiology opens up a whole new world of
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| I don�t see how that would work.
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| | thoughts, emotions, actions, and
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| I can�t remember to do that.
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| | perceptions that weren�t readily
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| I�m too busy, tired, overwhelmed, etc
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| | available at the old biochemical
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| to do that.
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| | baseline.
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| That doesn�t seem like something that
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| | Hand in hand life spark and physiology
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| would work � something that would be
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| | work together and nurture each other
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| fun or something I want to do, etc.
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| | toward a new level of balance.
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| However you spin it, depression (and
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| | "Where the spirit does not work with the
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| other mood imbalances, too) becomes a
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| | hand there is no art.
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| closed system that locks you within the
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