jungleheart wrote:I read somewhere not to identify with low moods. Not think of them as yourself. You aren't yourself at those times.
I think it's true, because our true self is happy, healthy and thriving. When you are feeling negative emotions, your spiritual center and intuition take a back seat. You are clouded by emotions. It's tough to trust our gut instincts at those times. Better to wait until getting back to a better place before taking any significant actions.
I tend to look at my depression as some sort of demon or another mind to help me not identify with it. A big factor in managing it imo.
And it's hard to wait when it's something that's constant, but if it weren't constant then I'd completely agree.
What prompted my posting of that article is that for a while now I've been experiencing significant cognitive issues for long periods of time. My memory and recall are a struggle. I'm listening or reading things more than once. It's been harder to focus and pay attention, it's hard to think often, even reading has become somewhat difficult. I have moments where I'm where I sort of expect to be, but the lulls in that have only gotten longer and more frequent.
Doing what I can to manage and remedy it, trying to handle it all with grace.
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What if the "truth" is: the "truth" is indescernible/unknowable/nonexistent? Then the closest we get is through being true to and with ourselves.
Know thyself, nothing in excess, certainty brings insanity- Delphic Maxims
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Question everything... including questioning everything... There's so much I could be wrong about and have no idea...
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