| Here are a few things I consider to be unnecessary | | | | well not really, because you don't actually want more |
| ailments: Headaches, Flu, Arthritis, Hepatitis (any letter | | | | of that do you? Seriously what's really stopping you |
| of the alphabet), Eczema, Asthma, Insomnia, | | | | from being happy, fulfilled and well? What is it? Why |
| Depression, Stomach Disorders, Irritable Bowel | | | | are kids going crazy, why are all these isolated |
| Syndrome (I.B.S), Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - M.E or | | | | individuals not being happy even though they can |
| C.F.S, M.S, Diabetes, Cancer of the (anything). Some | | | | have everything money can buy? Why aren't you |
| people might be a bit upset because I've called a | | | | happy? I don't think that comes down to just being |
| terrible illness an ailment and then said it's | | | | nutritionally deficient does it?Why is it that there are |
| unnecessary, as so many professional Doctors say | | | | more searches for 'depression' than there are for |
| 'It's incurable, you're going to die, it's very painful but | | | | movie stars. After all 'those famous people' they've |
| sorry we can't give you anymore painkillers'. Well | | | | got it all haven't they, but ten times more people |
| what I have to say to them is 'Get Stuffed' and | | | | check out 'depression' instead. That's seriously |
| rather loudly too because... | | | | depressing. |
| ...there ARE solutions, there ARE answers, there ARE | | | | 'What's your name?'Imagine your name there in the |
| cures, there ARE simple treatments that WORK!So | | | | search box on google/yahoo or whatever - imagine |
| without further to do, and to alleviate all you | | | | seeing the results come up for your name. Imagine |
| sufferers out there. Here they are... no wait a | | | | what you want to see come up in those search |
| minute... 'Who is this?' You're wondering, 'Are they | | | | results. Imagine what you would have wanted to see |
| qualified?, 'Do they know what they're talking about?'. | | | | as a kid. Maybe it's 'Famous Astronaut' or 'Dancer - |
| All I have ever been interested in is what WORKS, | | | | Broadway' or 'Wrote the top bestselling book |
| not what doesn't work, or what might work or what | | | | worldwide' or 'achieved an Honours degree at |
| has side effects,; only what works. Read my 'About | | | | Oxford'. |
| me' to find out a little about what I've got better | | | | Probably you're dreams have changed over the years |
| from and how, and there to find a truly horrible | | | | maybe now, the dream you get to fulfill is to sit |
| picture of me suffering as you do occasionally (or in | | | | down with a cup of tea and biscuits now and then |
| a long term fashion) in a horrible suffering kind of | | | | and watch your favorite program on TV; a program |
| way. | | | | about someone else doing what they dreamed of, |
| I have often wondered why, when there are stories | | | | and then another program after that about how |
| all the world over of people having their miraculous | | | | many people have been killed in horrible ways today. |
| cures why Packs of Doctors aren't hot on their tails | | | | My professional advice is 'Turn off your TV' or have |
| like the Paparazzi and the headlines aren't 'Amazing | | | | fun seeing how much you could sell it for on Ebay |
| Individual Cured of -- (input various unnecessary | | | | (though maybe you'd want to hang on to it to see |
| ailment) because that's what should be happening in | | | | yourself getting the Best Screenplay award at the |
| an ideal world, and God (Input own god/other--you | | | | Oscar Ceremony). Have even more fun by holding a |
| pray to) knows 'An Ideal World' is where I'm building | | | | 'How far can you throw your TV set Competition' in |
| my house. That said in this and coming articles is a list | | | | your garden, plus you get exercise, which, don't |
| of all the things I've used personally and daubed on | | | | forget is good for depression. |
| other unsuspecting individuals to heal myself (and | | | | Follow 'all' the advice you can find out about |
| them), get better or otherwise look younger, jump | | | | depression the advice that feels kind. Notice I didn't |
| around, climb mountains, graffiti billboards (and other | | | | say helpful, or professional, I said 'kind'. The biggest |
| forms of subvertising), scale buildings, look at fish in | | | | thing you need when you're depressed is 'kindness' |
| their own environment or whatever it is you might | | | | and the person you most need to get that from is |
| want to do with the precious, beautiful, truly | | | | you. Once you are kind to yourself you can conquer |
| wonderful and delicious thing | | | | all, you can get all the brochures, do all the exercises, |
| that-so-many-people-take-for-granted, quality called | | | | take all the medicine (well perhaps not all of it). Doing |
| HEALTH. Health implies a scale; excellent, | | | | everything is a surefire way of curing yourself, finding |
| good-middling-bad-terrible-won't matter anymore | | | | out everything is easy and I made sure the |
| tomorrow. Where do you want to be on that scale; | | | | 'everything' that I knew was written in the top three |
| where are you right now? Do you believe it's possible | | | | search results already so I don't have to repeat |
| to be well, totally well? What qualifications have I | | | | myself with the 'take St John's Wort and sign |
| got? I am qualified as a Homosapien and have | | | | yourself up for a marathon or mountain climbing |
| evolved from being a tiny blip in the space time | | | | training program' to get better from depression or |
| continuum to where I am today which is probably still | | | | 'become an Outdoor Activity Instructor' which is |
| just a tiny blip in the space-time continuum, but we | | | | what I did (it became a kind of Uplifting Immersion |
| better not think about that had we or we might get | | | | Course and it worked) though next time I would |
| depressed. | | | | definitely drink less alcohol as now I know I'd have |
| Depression | | | | got quicker results (I was eighteen years old). |
| If you've done a search maybe you've looked up | | | | If you're reading this now, and you're depressed (I'm |
| 'Depression' or 'treatment for depression' and maybe | | | | sorry), or have been depressed, do this right after |
| the search engine comes up with a very helpful list. | | | | you've finished reading; open a window, or go out to |
| Lets try it right now. | | | | your doorstep - and breath some big lungfull's of air. |
| The first 'advert' says 'you might be nutritionally | | | | Then come in again (because you might not want to |
| deficient' hey maybe they want to sell you some | | | | do this in public) and jump up and down on the floor |
| nutrition. The second tells you what it is, and gives | | | | or a bed until you're in a sweaty mess and hurt. Then |
| you some broad good advice like 'eat whole foods, | | | | crawl to window and get more air, and maybe you |
| do cognitive therapy, take exercise'. The third from | | | | need a glass of water. Then repeat process (all day |
| the Royal College of Psychiatrists gives a link to a | | | | if you've nothing else planned) until you're bored or |
| very supportive and practical advice brochure. So | | | | exhausted (now this is important).Then come back |
| you've got your list of advice, now you have to | | | | and read the rest of this article. I said come back |
| 'motivate' yourself enough to do what it says on that | | | | AFTER!. Now go bounce, you depressed person you. |
| page(s) and that's where some of us begin to fall | | | | AFTER BOUNCING |
| down. | | | | If you're bored or exhausted from jumping, you're no |
| I mean maybe we didn't think it was depression and | | | | longer depressed at least right in the moment of |
| then slowly it dawned on us that it was, then the | | | | boredom/exhaustion. That's great, we've found out |
| Doctor gives us drugs, but did anybody stop and say | | | | that one - you can do an activity for an extended |
| 'Why have you got depression?', and does even | | | | period of time, so you can function, and two - that |
| knowing the answer to this question do anything to | | | | whatever you do if you keep doing it mechanically, |
| make you feel better? | | | | you eventually get not-depressed; and if you're |
| Try and explain to someone in a tribal/hunter | | | | bored/exhausted from jumping then you know you |
| gatherer society the words 'depression' and 'stress' | | | | can do something else/anything else. You've also |
| and you'll have a very difficult job. They don't have | | | | helped your circulation, your lymphatics, your brain, |
| any idea what you're talking about - maybe in terms | | | | your bones, joints and skin complexion; I'm sure |
| of overcoming a challenge/physical hurdle of some | | | | there's more but anyway you've done something |
| sort, but that's it, they don't really get it. Why not? | | | | great for you. If you're bored doing jumping, you're |
| Because they don't get depression, they don't get | | | | not meant to be a Jumper, maybe there's something |
| stressed. They don't have bills to pay. They didn't | | | | out there, that you won't get bored doing. You might |
| have to get a mortgage to put a roof over their | | | | take up the dream you've always had and just do |
| heads. They have always got someone to turn to. | | | | that; but I'll bet that when 99.9% of us were kids |
| They know they're worth, because they have a | | | | there wasn't 1% that would have said of our dream |
| purpose to fulfill within a social framework that | | | | 'I want to work in an Office from 9-5 when I grow |
| recognizes and rewards them on a consistent basis. | | | | up and then I want to get a Mortgage'. So if you're |
| They don't have it easy, but I'm beginning to think | | | | dream was 'I want to learn to be an underwater |
| that's not a bad thing, I mean I didn't want easy | | | | diver and then find treasure' and you're not doing |
| when I was a kid. | | | | that and you haven't even tried it, 'Come On!' |
| When I was a kid I wanted adventure; I wanted | | | | It's essential that you do something active, and yes |
| recognition for beating challenges. Perhaps not | | | | do address your nutrition. Turn over every stone to |
| consciously but proving myself to myself was | | | | make sure, you know more than the experts about |
| important. How strong was I? How far could I run? | | | | how to beat depression - it would be silly if you've |
| Was I clever, was I important? What was my special | | | | just got to eat more beans to be happy. |
| gift? What was I good at? Perhaps you never got to | | | | One last note, if all the depressed people in the world |
| find the thing you're good at, boy that would be | | | | went to volunteer and stuff envelopes for charities, |
| depressing. Or worse, you're really good at something | | | | there would be a lot less suffering in the world and |
| but nobody knows because you became a - instead; | | | | after a while there would be a lot less depression. |
| why, because you had the rates/bills to pay, the kids | | | | One day you'll look back at the time you were |
| had to eat/go to school, you're still paying for the car | | | | depressed and, believe it or not, you'll laugh - why? |
| and now the credit cards have to be paid for. So | | | | Because you can. Just because you can and you'll |
| nobody got to meet the next Michelangelo | | | | also know that you know the right way to be kind, |
| Buonarrotti/Picasso; (but we're waiting for you.) So | | | | in the nicest possible Mary Poppins type way of being |
| you go on the internet and search for 'depression' | | | | kind. |