Survival Mode: The Right Mindset to Get out of Depression | Ruth Koleva | TEDxAUBG

The fifth annual TEDxAUBG conference took place on April 9th, 2016 at the Carl Djerassi Theater Hall. For this year's edition all speeches and performances were based on the topic of Patterns.

Bulgaria: breeding ground for musical talent. News to you? That's because Ruth Koleva is a different breed of artist. Born into a volatile world of corruption and hardship in post-Communist Eastern Europe, she endured a difficult childhood largely spent without her mother, found salvation in the classics (Marvin Gaye, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole) and became 'tour-hardened' by jaunts to far-flung destinations such as India and Thailand. From there, Koleva quickly developed into a rounded musician, spending an eye-opening year at the Hollywood Pop Academy and embarking on free-spirited excursions into several local scenes including soul, hip hop and the more ephemeral bass movement. In 2015 Ruth was awarded the Best Female Vocalist prize at the Jazz Ain’t Jazz Awards in Japan. Her debut album, RUTH, was an instant success in the UK Soul Chart and the BBC playlists.

[ujandjaveii]

This is exactly how I overcame my depression. I had been bedridden for about seven months during which time I lost about 10kg. One day my uncle offered me an assistant job with his training program and it was a traveling job. He took me across the country with him and seeing new places and different cultures and doing something for a greater cause snapped me right out of the depression. And after that stint I went back to my life and started over

[Ians]

Fell into deep sadness and changed my life in order to feel happy again. This isn't depression.

[aamandazittlau]

Why are all of these comments so negative? Why would you hate on someone sharing the most vulnerable parts of themselves in such an intimate way? Literally it doesn’t matter at all how many “uhm”s she said (personally I didn’t even notice) it’s about the message behind it. Also English isn’t even her first language so give her some grace.

[francinejones]

I feel so stuck atm. Things aren’t good right now for me. Thats why I’m here. I’ve fallen down the well…

[John-gois]

Some depression comes from already Knowing, not being afraid, and eccepting change. Then watching the world stand idle. Not even sure wtf this speech is about....

[er-s]

You're absolutely right. When we're in the moment where we are extremely scared and insecure, "Am I a fraud? Have I faked everything?(for me these were what the voices inside my head told me)", we tend to tunnelvision hard on our failures. In those moments I recommend just stepping out of your comfort zone just like you did. When I was struggling I didn't even know these were signs of severe depression.Thank you so much for the speech!

[goodintentions]

She's not talking about depression. She's talking about being unsure of her life path and boredom.

[Damian.D]

Awful. We should really be careful with using the word "depression"! It's a real struggle for so many!
This is so irresponsible!

[PinkiePow]

I love how they be like: go to an entirely different place! Do something different!
But it's only for people who can afford it, like, literally.
I guess despite being poor before she's doing fine now.

[hajnalipo]

Most people who deal with severe depression won't agree with her because what she's talking about is a very light form of it or is not depression at all. Despite all that, it is a good story for people who feel a little bit stucked.

[mumuuuuo]

This is a great story. But her situation is not depression, or at least a very low form of depression. Her story is rather how I got out of a rut, how I rediscover my passion.

[jean-sebastienpelerin]

Sometimes we need to go astray of our path to remember why we were following that path, I get that now, I hope I will be able to

[monalisakiti]

I totally Appreciate this talk, Very Insightful & Helpful for those of us who suffer, I don't even want to say the D word. Thank You for your kindness & courage in sharing.

[voila]

I read the comments here, the woman may has not presented some factual things and expertise but she simply shared her life story and what she learnt from it. Depression has many faces and one of them is what she showed and experienced. I only disagree with the advise for survival mode, , because if people have been abused shortly or lond time they go into survavial mode and live as another personality, different than themselves. Survival mode is a coping mechanism and also has its downs. What I am trying to say and leave here is simply let the woman shares her story, her feelings and experience, don`t ever disregards anyone`s life. You wouldn`t like that done to you? People who goes and have gone terrible things in life, deserve to be heard no matter how similar or different their story is.

[OCDTraci]

I feel bad for saying so, but this speech was painful to listen to (and not bc of depression.) Now I understand what interviewers deal with when they have to sit through a candidate stumble over every word

[aurakh]

I love the idea. Thanks. I used to love art and traveling. Now I'm just curling in my bedroom and do nothing for years.. I forgot who I am. You're right I will search on some part time job. I need to break free from comfort zone

[peterstye]

THIS IS BRILLIANT!!! I discovered that this is how you kill depression instantly. I was hoping that she wrote a book on this topic but i couldn't find any. Millions of people are suffering from depression and this is the cure i'm telling you.

[pauladrakeford]

This has brought together all my thoughts I've recently been having.thank you.

[ellenmmt]

Thank you for sharing your story with us!

[Onlinesully]

nice lady.
and some of the points are good.
I struggle to agree with the comment that it doesn't matter how successful you are or how much you love what you do.
i guess what she is saying is that even if you are very successful or love what you do, depression can still get you.
for many it is the lack of success or not liking what they are doing that brings them to the dark place.