Cure For Depression

The Compass depression treatment found its way to light by looking at depression in the big picture. So let’s turn on an old school projector for a moment…

Before the modern era, there was very little depression (or stress) as we know it. Sure, people were sad, worried, angry, in pain, or afraid. But they weren’t very often depressed. People had different words for things then. But also, there wasn’t an epidemic. Class, customs, traditions, religion, the struggles of poverty and societal rules all provided a more solid backbone and a focus for our energies.

Put simply, depression thrives when we have little focus or direction in our lives. In previous eras, there was little time for many people to be depressed. And if we did feel “lost”, there were accepted ways of doing things, to pull us back on track to when we needed to be.

For better or worse, today there are a multitude of “tracks” we can choose from. We have a smorgasbord of choices, opinions, religions, and lifestyles. We can choose none of these belief systems, or pick and choose parts of many. We can exist idly, with time but very little money, or wealthily chasing large salaries. We might have doubt about which of these we wish to aim for.

For some, however, these increased choices come at a cost.

In the affluent modern West, our mind can easily become directionless, rudderless, full of double guessing and doubt - all the product of too much thinking.

Without relying on anyone else to save us it is up to ourselves to give ourselves the backbone once provided by society.

How? Well, big questions are tough. The easiest thing for us to do is to give ourselves some really clear goals and directions.

Here’s an exercise, which might help.

Write down what you want to achieve in life. And rethink and look at this list often.

It sounds extremely simple, but it can be a key thing for many. Whenever you’re lost, think about how focused you are on what you really want.

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