Mental health and wellbeing

[Mick Dempsey]

[Guest Gimlet]

On 12/06/2022 at 07:44, difflock said:

I am just turned 63 and it is about time I revisited this topic.

"Normally" I came out of my extended period of hibernation some random Spring morning, literally "BAM" I wake up ready to take on the World and its many challenges afresh.

Which state of mind could last for as much as 3 months, until the mental mainspring unwound for another season. The positivity would have lasted longer when younger, but as I got older  .  .  .  not so much.

I had learned to accept this.

But, this past 3 or 4 years I no longer get that "BAM" in the Spring.

I see that my depressive and dysfunctional state is being really hard on my long-suffering first-and-only wife.

I have spoken to the MH Nurse and am seeing her again next week, but not sure that she can really fix anything.

I admit to being really tempted by the magic mushrooms/psycobabin research?

Any suggestions?

Marcus

P.S.

Regarding the illogically of depression, we are financially secure, no debts, both retired so no employment worries, and in a very sound 40+ year old relationship, so WTF have I got to be depressed about?

Answers on a postcard please.

 

 

 

 

Try reading this book and trying these techniques. Seriously. It's had remarkable results with many people. Have an open mind and read it through properly. 

When I started reading it, it reminded me of what magic mushrooms are supposed to do. In essence, a lot of our emotional and psychological responses are learned through repetition. There's an event, a trigger to unwelcome thoughts or emotions, and in anticipation of them we keep responding in the same way, producing the same undesired outcome that becomes hard-wired into our psyche. And each time we do it we create a mental habit, a pathway that becomes increasingly difficult to break out of. That's particularly true of addiction, but can equally so for anxiety, depression and anxiety-driven procrastination (which is a problem I have). 

I read somewhere someone describing it as being like ski-ing down hill repeatedly by the same path. With each descent your tracks become deeper and deeper until it becomes impossible to steer you way out of them and take a different path. you're quite literally in a rut that you can't get out of. Taking Psilocybin was likened to a fall of snow that filled those ruts and allowed you to steer wherever you wanted. Basically it presses the reset button like clearing your psychological cookies so you can choose to respond in a different way. 

When I started reading about thought field therapy, it really reminded me of that analogy. 

 

Worth a try for £8. 

Tapping The Healer Within: Use thought field therapy to conquer your fears, anxieties and emotional distress by Roger Callahan | WHSmith

WWW.WHSMITH.CO.UK

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Edited June 17, 2022 by Gimlet