Raikark Posted October 16, 2016 Posted October 16, 2016 I I joined a while back but watched FDR for many months. I am already being confronted with friends who are not really and very few even want to talk about the issues...it is soooo frustrating. How do you prevent from becoming despondent? depressed?
aviet Posted October 18, 2016 Posted October 18, 2016 Hi Raikark, welcome to the forum. I started listening a year ago and I also went through a depression phase. Here are my tips to avoid depression: 1) Exercise 2) Eat healthy food 3) Avoid interactions with toxic people if possible 4) Don't try to force your way of thinking on people in your social circle. If they are not interested, let them be. I hope this helps. The most important of all is to absolutely and 100% refuse to ever become depressed. Depression is a choice. How old are you? I experienced something similar many years ago. If you are going down the route of self-reliance, not blaming other people, having a philosophical approach to life, you are probably on to a winner. At thirty, it is clear to see how people who have rejected some or all of this ballpark are unhappy losers who shift responsability, "I'm like this because of my mother." "I'm like this because of the bloody TORRIES!" "I just want to have fun." (while not having fun) And so on. I can't think of the names of any of the videos, but one thing I have heard Stefan mention in several videos is that there are people around you who only want to be around you so they can at least be equal. If you start excelling away from them, they will pull you down. Think socialism. One of the videos this was covered in was a video with a woman who married a man (I think an FDR listener) and moved with him to Australia and her friends at the time were not happy as she was essentially trading up out of their circle. A message from Ben Shapiro.
Izzy Posted October 18, 2016 Posted October 18, 2016 I consolidate my depression because I've found that for me it only draws things out if I try to suppress it. If I feel low, I make myself feel worse, and usually that makes the next day much better and happier. Works for me, but might not for others.
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