Motivation & Positive Thinking Can Defeat Depression

The most common mental problems these days is depression. According to WHO (World Health Organization) more than 300 million people of all age groups are suffering from depression globally and it is the major cause of disability and disease and it can lead to suicide. Nearly 800,000 people commit suicide every year, that means one person every 40 seconds. The main cause of depression is tension and fear. If people start to think positively and not fear things before they actually happen or do not lose hope after something has not turned out to be in their favor then they will not fall prey to this deadly mental disorder.

Strong willpower can be the most useful weapon against depression, it is something that destroys depression and makes a person go through the toughest of times to achieve his/her goals. Just like Steve Jobs said “Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick: don’t lose faith” having faith in oneself is essential to keep your focus on the goals you set for yourself. There are times when we feel low like everything is going wrong and nothing can go right and that is where we fell prey to this deadly mental disorder called depression. No matter whatever happens we must stay focused believing that hard work pays off and one day everything will be as we planned it to be. We will not live forever so it’s useless worrying over anything that went wrong. Learn from mistakes and move on in a positive manner. Failures and difficult circumstances are a part of life that cannot be skipped but there is a lot we can learn from them. One should not ponder too much over the difficulties he/she faces or else it can lead to depression. Life is short and precious and one must not waste it by getting depressed. Depression can also slow down the healing process in an illness. I personally know some people who just cannot recover from their illness as they are too much worried and depressed about it. Depression is making them more ill and hindering the recovery process as they think too much about their illness and the human mind is very powerful it can either make or brake a person. At worst a person attempts or commits suicide which is ridiculous, one cannot just end his/her life because he was alone or something he/she desired did not happen. If you feel alone than go and volunteer for some social work or join a noble cause, make your life useful for yourself and others by doing this you will feel great and if you failed at something than work even harder to achieve it or move on. Neither failure nor success is permanent and in the end it will all end with life so live your life to the fullest.

A person who is suffering from depression needs a lot of support and motivation from his loved ones and surroundings as well. So whenever you meet a person who is depressed try to motivate him and distract him from his worries so that he may feel better. Positive surroundings have a huge impact on how we feel and it’s a huge source of motivation being surrounded by people who believe in you, support you and are there for you when you feel low and share your happiness with you. Stephen hawking is one of the greatest examples of courage, he got paralysis at the age of 22 and for the next 55 years he did such great work that will be remembered for centuries to come. He didn’t let his physical disability overcome his mind and this is what we all should look up to for inspiration. Just like Christian Nestell Bovee said “When all else is lost, the future still remains”. So stay happy, stay motivated and stay positive.

When Things Don't Go Right, Goes Left

As a young boy I have faced a lot of bullying, sometimes from some naughty friends and sometimes from my own cousins as I have a huge family and I was the youngest amongst them at that time but this doesn't mean that they didn't love me, they did but they use to make fun of me and the most irritating part was that they used to ask me to fetch water for them in every gathering, telling me that it will add to my good deeds and God will reward me for it. I never said no to them as I was a shy little boy but as time passed and I grew a bit old around 14-15 I started to get more and more irritated by them asking me to fetch water and soft drinks for them at family gatherings and making fun of me.

Then one day I realised that things are getting weird as I was not a little boy anymore and this has to stop now. So I started to ignore them at family gatherings and if any of them would ask me to fetch anything for them I would just vanish from their sight and never comeback with whatever they asked for. I continued this practice for sometime and felt the difference, then they rarely asked me to bring anything for them now what's left was the “making fun of me part” so I actually started to make fun of them in front of other people. I use to make jokes on them and intentionally humiliate them in front of other people because at that time the only way I could have saved myself for bullying was to become a bully myself but this doesn't mean that I support bullying, I am totally against bullying of any kind but at that time I guess that was the only option I had. With me bullying them the jokes on me stopped completely and since then things are quite good and even my relation with my cousins has improved a lot and is based on mutual respect.

When I started to stand up for myself my confidence also increased. Standing up for myself actually helped me gain confidence and believe in myself which proved significant in dealing with difficult problems. I did the same thing which I was offended by to help myself get rid of it. Always remember one thing that if you don't stand up for yourself no one will and Sydney Smith said “heaven never helps the men who will not act.”