Depression As A Whole

Ever pause to read one of those AOL topical extravaganzas? I happened to stop on the one dedicated to depression; its permeation's and symptoms. What are the causes et al; very disheartening. I'll share with you, I suspect most of us are seeking that link to

   'what's wrong with me'

 In such situations the tendency is to skim over the provided list looking for attributes we ourselves are presently feeling or can recognize.

   "Yeah, yeah, that's me, Oh my Gwad! Uh, oh...no...No now wait a second, no dreams of me naked on a Llama.  Thank God!!"
Ahem....sorry, I just had to dash in some lightheartedness. As I continued to read, it dawned on me; outside from a preponderance of 'not knowing what causes' such things was a scarecrow 'genetics' as fall back conjecture. It reminded me of in my youth wrestling with the really interesting religious questions and being told 'It’s a divine mystery'

Yeah, right so is the reason I jumped from my parents roof into the pool.  But then, no, I can attribute those antics to my adolescent undeveloped frontal lobes…the rational portion of my brain; which by the way are not fully developed until, they guess, twenty-five years old.  Good reason not to let us play with fire until we’re thirty huh?
    My view is our depression is more likely our inability to reconcile our lives.  Isn't it interesting that treatment for all of the categorically separated types of depression (and anxiety for that matter) includes drugs?  Well, real-ly. Anesthetize the pain and the problem goes away? 

 I ponder, does anyone see the forest? Now I am not going to get on a soap box and renounce the woes of our culture and society. No, that's not where I'm going with my thoughts this morning. I'm at that place of wonder; 'well how about that?' so then labor to free my own mind from jumping to conclusions. I suspect the source of most of my own discomforts is born on ill informed conclusions, along with those leaps prodded by a deeper desire to control outcomes. I easily forget too often the basics: God is love, and now is the perfect time.....so then, relax.

   On the flip side of that coin, it bears mentioning, the phrase my friend Margaret used to say when any of us felt like a victim to circumstances. 

  “Expectations are installments on the disappointment plan.” 

Translated by my experience; we can live authentically with the facts, adjust accordingly without taking change personal; or we can deceive ourselves into believing we alone are entitled to dictate the order of the universe to suit our preferences; But it’s always our call.