Psychological well-being is giant in the media right now. Campaigns abound to raise our awareness and famous folks talk regularly about stress, depression and panic episode derealization hysteria and the devastating effects they have had on their personal, work and family life.
Actually, one recent article claimed that almost 1/2 of Australians are have or have had a tiny form of mental sickness. Why, as the mavens agree, are 75% of us stressed out? Why are our lives so busy and what are we getting out of it? How will we live with this building up of pressure within us without exploding? How do we find the balance between achieving our goals and relaxing into the present moment? Terribly huge questions. Clearly, mental contentment doesn't just occur. We want to work on it. Daily. This may sound like a massive ask but the alternative is rather annoying. As more of us become acutely aware of our high stress level and how it can adversely impact our health and relations, more of us look for answers. One choice is to turn to the pros, say we are sorrowful and be prescribed potent mind-altering medication that might or may not address the symptoms and ignores the cause.
We would be given a diagnosis and be told we have "panic attack derealization anxiety" or "post-natal depression". We may see a specialist long term who listens, we may talk about our infancy and analyse our feelings and thoughts. The medical model is designed to focus minutely on what is wrong - a specific neurotransmitter, a selected behaviour, a diagnosis or a collection of events that occurred when we were young.
An excursion down this simply available trail has definitely saved many lives but has enabled many to remain stuck with no direct relief from their pessimistic feelings.
Another choice we would have an interest in is the trail of healing, of spirituality, of preventative drugs, crystals, channeled entities, re-birthing and reincarnation. Veganism, sorcery, mantras and 7th dimensions need us to be open with a child-like curiosity about the world and the way energy works. This trail focusses on what's right - on the perfection of what's happened inside the individual. The sole problem is, rainbows and dolphins are not taken too seriously by traditional thought in psychological well-being and medication. So, what's another option? Perhaps eventually the sole one that counts. The one that each individual selects for himself with no regard for sex, background, culture, faith, education and life experience. A trail that isn't exclusive, that demands no bias or preconceived ideas or understanding of anything especially. A trail that welcomes 50 5 year old Bosses who drive BMWs, the fear locked, vegetarian hippy from Byron and the person just living their life, doing what they do ; sleeping, eating, drinking, working, giggling, crying, playing and dying.
All this trail needs is the development of a personal philosophy that may be practiced amid the chaos of our ordinary lives. A philosophy that fits our unique view of the planet and gives us something to hold on to when we need it most ; on occasions when we are truly stressed, have an intensely worried mind or are feeling blue and unable to join with anybody or anything around us.
A philosophy I've rigorously cultivated is "Anything that ever happens to me is for the best." This belief saw me through determined uneasiness, eating defects, relationship breakdowns, obsession, debt, economic failure and more. With consistent practice and time, I have developed a positive view of life, a method to feel better about where i am right now, to accept change and to accept conflict and loss. Your own private philosophy exists outside the medical model, religion and self-development practice. It exists only in you and you take it with you wherever you go and whatever you do.
There's so very much more, but this is where we begin with stress relief for reality. What's your private philosophy? How has is it served you? Is it time to make a new one?
By: Sharon Monaghan
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