What Causes Depression? (Re-blog)

This is something I got from Seth Adam Smith's blog.

..."depression is sometimes what we experience as we are giving up our "old self."

“Since mentally healthy human beings must grow, and since giving up or loss of the old self is an integral part of the process of mental and spiritual growth, depression is a normal and basically healthy phenomenon. It becomes abnormal or unhealthy only when something interferes with the giving-up process, with the result that the depression is prolonged and cannot be resolved by completion of the process.” (Wisdom from The Road Less Traveled, 2001)."...

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The Strongest Storm

This is the strongest storm that will hit the Philippines tomorrow. Click the image to see the affected ares.

The Floating Red Balloon: Why are you stuck in love? (By Wam Rellora)

I admit. I fell in love once. I fell in love with him. It doesn’t matter if it took me 3 years to finally say this to myself, and out loud. What matters is I’m finally at this stage. Acceptance. If your major is medical related, or a person who read a lot online, you probably know who Elisabeth Kubler-Ross is. If you don’t, perhaps you’ve heard the 5 Stages of Loss and Grief? Most people I know call it the grieving process. Thanks to Ms. Kubler-Ross we now have a name for this process. The acronym is DABDA, a.k.a. Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance. Why am I telling you this? You know I don’t really know. I just feel like I should write about it. I’m not sure if I have the same experience as other people out there, but I know that there’s somebody out there who can somehow relate. Am I happy? I can’t really tell…but I’m also not very sad. Well, if you think one of the outlet of sadness is crying, then perhaps I’m sad. If you think some happiness involves cryi...

On Comparing and Listening

Your story is different from mine. Her story is different from mine. If we really care, we would listen intently. Most people just need someone to make them feel that they are loved and cared for. We prefer to be with someone who truly understands or someone who's doing her best to understand. We prefer that, sometimes unknowingly, than those who acts like they're listening so they can speak their mind and compare. It's good to have an intention to help someone gain faith, if he really needs it. But we can never induce faith. We can never force someone to have faith. Sometimes we may only need to listen to ourselves if we are truly acting through the guidance of the spirit or if we are only being self righteous. Posted via Blogaway Posted via Blogaway

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