How Depression Facilitates Self-Transformation

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[sfyn]

I am a 19 yo guy from a third world country, I have to tell your channel is a blessing man. I have learnt alot and became a better person ever since stumbling upon your channel. Never stop posting videos and thanks alot!

[ethanhunter]

I remember Jim Carrey quoting another person that the word "depressed" can mean "deep rest" - deep rest from the persona that we present to the world but is not our true authentic self. Sometimes depression is a signal that we are out of alignment with our inner self.

[samurai]

The greatest moment in your life is when you realise that if you can endure hell, then you can endure anything else, including the way out.

[JustinMetanoia]

This video came at the right time lol . Im currently in a mental battle trying to fight off my old self. Its been a VERY tough battle these past days but I wont give up .

[Leo-mrqz]

My father passed away at the age of 75 last month. He had been bedridden for a few years leading up to his death. I thought that once he passed, the pain of letting him go would be easier than losing him all together. It wasn't. My father was my hero, my protector, and the one man who loved me unconditionally. He is a man who will be truly and forever missed by me.

[debl]

"Most people shoot for happiness but feel formed through suffering."

So true.

[dialnchis]

No one will know the cost of this battle but yourself, I can only wish you good luck and know that there is someone who wishes you strength, take care of yourself.

[theoutsider]

Suffering is fire, a phoenix cannot rise from his own ash without being burned in the first place. Depression is like gas enhancing the fire.

[theodery]

There is an aspect of depression not addressed....some of it can be physiological. I had an underlying gum disease that led to low grade fevers, lethargy and impotence. Curing that, my outlook improved. Sugar, junk food, being out of shape can also cause a physical depression that no amount of therepy and or antidepressants can affect. If you had severe trauma, or family history is one thing, but also look for physical reason, which can be ameliorated physically.

[proximacentauri]

This aligns perfectly with my experience. Lifelong suicidal depression that culminated in personal and spiritual growth that I never expected. Never imagined possible. I had to face the darkness with no deceit or distraction. A lonely and painful process, the truth as merciless as it is necessary. It very nearly killed me. Yet now I feel so grateful to have suffered all of this that I laugh and cry in joy about it all.

Academy of Ideas, your team is brilliant. Truly exceptional. You all have my gratitude and love. ❤

[justmadeit]

Depends on the level of depression, some times it’s so extreme with anxiety and insomnia and ocd rumination that it seems very hard to see anything positive in it when you feel agitated and sui cidal

[StKildaBlvd]

This means so much to me. I'm 40 and have struggled with depression since I was a teenager. But now I'm confronting it and have been since the pandemic, and no longer see it as a bad thing.

[scentsoftravelmeditation]

Depression makes you realise what you don’t want in life (negativity). And after recovering, one’s mental health will be better than a person who hasn’t experienced depression because it’s a universal law that blessing is doubled after being tested

[tomdebevoise]

Brilliant, I went through a 3+ year MDD. Imagine your worst FLU: no energy, no light, and it does not go away. On the other side, life is full of joy. I would not trade this for anything.

[flubberyjubbery]

I think this explains the all to common scenario where a man breaks up with his significant other, and through the depression caused by that relationship he comes out a better person over the coming years. You are put into a position where you have to dig down into your subconscious for gold.

[usarmyveteran]

Take all your suffering- sorrows, pains, losses, fears, misery and the miseries of the world, and use them. They’re all vehicles for awakening. Each birth is precious and useful, a gift and a blessing.
~Ram Dass

[BSmithPPG]

Ever heard the 80s hit “Saved By Zero” by The Fixx? This is what they were singing about. Being saved by hitting rock bottom and having nothing left to lose and lifting up from there.

[shadowfax]

This resonates with me so much. My whole life I have fought major depression. Recently I decided to "give up" fighting and just be depressed, and paradoxically I found relief in that action.

[isaacjonsgaard]

Working my way thru a divorce after 14-years. Easily the most isolating and depressive state I’ve ever experienced. This video was incredibly encouraging in all the isolation and darkness. Thank you.

[Sunsn]

Reading through the comments, so many young people enduring hardships. For anyone reading this, the video presented here is very insightful and will be worth referring to for years to come.

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