As a teenager in late 90’s- I was so confused about life. Every bad thing that happened to me then, was taken to the court of God (my hypothetical Place of ultimate justice), where I cried and complained and wished why don’t you kill me. Now standing at the fag end of the year 2021 some odd 20 years later- I am praying and am gratified for each day that I survive. If someone happens to ask me what is the most precious thing that I have today – that would be MY GOD DAMN LIFE. So you must be wandering what made me a gratified one over the complaining one. The answer is – while fighting all the odd battles of life, is when I realized that- each battle I won or loss actually helped me to acquire the taste for life the taste for never giving up on life. I remember post my graduation and first break up- I thought my life was doomed and I had to carry the baggage of life throughout. That moment I met random people, heard their stories (a quality I think I am blessed with - people are
Depression is very real, and what causes depression is stress, so how do we identify stress right from that mild headache to suicide everything revolves around being stressful. So how does a human react to stress in general, when he/she is stressed- handle it with "FFF"...no I don't mean the cuss word rather I meant FIGHT//FLIGHT//FREEZE - what's ur style to deal with it?(I will write about it on demand- let me know if you want to discover your stress combat style). Blessed are the ones who knows how to combat it. Mostly the stress that we get today are more cognitive and less physical in nature so here are the ways to deal with it 1. Meditation - finds its traits from old Hindu or Buddhist beliefs. Scientifically the Prefrontal cortex of the brain becomes highly active and helps in stress reduction. One myth about meditation is that u have to stop thinking everything while meditating. Instead, initially while meditating your brain will s