The power of positivity
One of the greatest battles with depression and/or anxiety is the overwhelming feeling of doom & gloom. It’s at time like riding a merry go round where our thoughts begin to stir our emotions & we loose that sense of control. I have heard many times while counseling others, “I don’t have a switch to turn it on & off.” I agree with that to a sense. When our thoughts & emotions gets too far out of hand, we do become overpowered by negatives & overshadowed by fear or helplessness. I myself have experienced this with both anxiety & depression & found my self in a place of acceptance & complacency with my dilemmas. I felt it was destiny for me to sink lower & lower. One of my granny’s favorite sayings was, “If it wasn’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all. I have felt that way!
It wasn’t until I became so fed up with my condition that I decided in myself that I wasn’t going to accept it without a fight. Nobody could help me like I could help myself. I realized the power of my negative thoughts & the effect it had on my emotions & body, & I decided if negative thoughts could have that power then the same must be true about positive thoughts. After all, I’ve witnessed the power of positive thinking in friends & family members experiencing heart attacks, strokes, diabetes & even cancer. One nurse shared with me her practice & it was surprising to me. My grandma was in a coma & had pneumonia & fluid on her heart & lungs & I was in her room by myself & praying for her out loud. Not loudly, just a normal inside voice. She came in afterwards & said that many people believe that there’s no hearing or comprehending while a patient is in a comma, but she New better herself because of her experiences. She said she would always bend down a whisper in her patients ears while taking vitals & tell them that there is still hope & they can make it out. Not always, but many times the patient made it through, & some even remembered her encouraging them. I’ve witnessed people beating cancer with the power of positivity & great desire to live. While this isn’t always the case, it certainly has been the case in my experience many times. I’ve also witnessed the opposite. I coached my boys in wrestling & it never failed when a wrestler was scared & negative about a match they 100% of the time lost their match! I’ve made conscience purposeful decisions to be as positive as possible & feeding that positivity with positive music, poems, books & thoughts! I choose to find the good above the bad & the positive above the negative. It’s not always easy & I have bad days once in awhile, but it’s every bit worth it & looking back how far I’ve come reiterates to me the power of positivity. I have struggled & fought to regain my confidence. Without confidence in myself, I’m useless to anyone else. I’m thankful today that I fought to regain some control over my life & chose the power of positivity!! I want you my friends to know that there is great power in positivity!! Do you struggle with this? Today is a great day to fight back with the power of positivity!!
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Hello all- I’ve had depression and anxiety all my life-I’ve has many medications, many attempted breaks from medications that didn’t go well, Counselling, CBT, therapy groups. I’ve had friends kill themselves, another friend die from a drug overdose, had a failed attempt to overdose, substance abuse,alcohol etc. It’s only since I had some wise words from a GP, who told me to literally leave anything negative out of my life- cut ties with some friends and family and surrounded myself with positives. I can’t say I’m now happy but I’m ok. Also I know it sounds dumb to some people, but I pray every day for my nearest and dearest! Sometimes i’m really chatty, talk to everybody and go on the forums, Other times I just have to be away from everybody and happy even speak to my wife. I have a young daughter who is the only person I’ve ever felt ok with ( don’t snap or shout etc). Now my aim is to see her grow and get married and have kids- it’s the only thing keeping me ok. Sorry to post this depressing stuff. Sometimes it just helps to vent
Hey bro, thank you for sharing that!! There’s absolutely nothing dumb about praying my friend. I’m here because someone prayed for me. You can come here & vent anytime man, that’s why we’re here!!
This is some real stuff man.
I am very calm guy usually, and my relationships with people is quite friendly.
But i lack emotions sometimes. And my girlfriend is pissed at that.
That i seem sad, distant, depressed, unhappy and so on. But the thing is im only in my head, thinking about shit thats going on, and not actually sharing anything. Its fucked up, and i wanted to try halo, so i watched a lot of videos, and read a lot of forums about the efects and defects from it! I still was stubborn and wanted to try! to have that extra push in gym, that aggression!
I used it a while, low doses, lowest possible. Diddnt feel a lot, almost nothing. But it worked. It completely switched of the emotional side! The side that communicate, tell how i feel, care even. I diddnt notice that, i diddnt notice any aggression, bu it was there, hidden really well under all the shit i was giving to her!
So i stopped that.
Few weeks passed, and im back,
And i must say, when feelings and emotions come back, for me it was so hard, well plus little problems with estrogen, but i was crying like a bitch if in a tv show i saw a cute puppy (no homo). It kicked me really hard. I still read on on that rebound , cant find a lot of info about that.
What i know, dont mess with halo if you not ready to suffer!
What you sad in your post just made me write this, Positive way of life is much better man!
I know what u mean bro. Ive never felt better than when I ran tbol. I know it binds strongly to SHBG but so does proviron and I felt much better on tbol compared to provi. Hated to give up the tbol to bro. Few days later and I was back to feeling the same. More anxious and irritable. It was definitely a welcome side effect.
https://youtu.be/Ehlw-9PJkIE
I think I may have posted this before but it goes with what you're saying.
Maybe if I start praising this bunk test I got it will get stronger
Your right Jar. The mind is a powerful thing. Its so easy to let negative thoughts sneak in. Ive struggled with this forever. Severely depressed since my senior year of high school. Didn't know what was wrong with me just hoped it would go away. Well it didn't. Zero confidence, zero drive and no hope at all. Self medicated and became severely addicted to opiates. But I would do any drug, even ones I didn't like just to feel different. For some reason I lived and have been clean many years now. Two prison numbers. Last one was a 5 ball and that got me. I'm lucky enough to be from a great family and that always made me feel worse about being junky scum. So many people have nothing, especially the guys I was locked up with. While I was locked up my sons mom who was always trying to get me straightened out started getting high and my mom got custody of my son, thank God. But when I got out I would get us all together because my son loves him mom. She was still getting high and I knew it but always figured shed straighten out sometime. Not long after that they found her dead in the back of a car that had been parked for a few days. I cried like a baby and had to tell my son whos 11 now 9 then that hed never see her again. We still talk about her. Its insane because he looks just like her. So I try to be a good dad. I'm lucky because a lot of my friends are in recovery and were all close as hell. But I know what u mean. Its easy for me to slip off into negativity and anger without really thinking about it. It just happens. I try to catch myself and think positively. Its strange because thinking negative can almost become a hobby or pastime and getting all worked up about nothing. A strange, natural instinct. For me anyway. So ive been trying to retrain my mind to stop those thoughts faster and faster. Sometimes its almost like something is telling me to get deep into those bad thoughts and it takes some work to turn it around. Well thanks Jar. Your a good dude and give a lot. See ya