Last weekend I watched a movie that I highly recommend you see:
The Intouchables (2011)
It is funny, emotional, serious, moving and totally enjoyable!
What more can I say apart from: ‘Please watch it!’
Here is the trailer:
Lift My Depression Cinema: The Intouchables (2011)
Relationships: where to start?
I don’t think anyone needs an explanation for why our relationships are so important. We need them, full stop.
There are also moments in almost every person’s life when, wallowing in self-pity and crying our eyes out, we might whisper to ourselves: “I don’t need anyone…”
But,
in that very moment,
does our intense emotional pain (which can also make us physically sick) indicate that we are lying to ourselves, hurting ourselves and moving away from our primary social needs: attention (giving and receiving), intimacy, friendship, belonging and so many more? Continue Reading »
Your parents did to you…what?
What is one of the most common things any psychiatrist or mental health professional asks during your first meeting? I think it’s ‘Tell me about your childhood’.
So, you tell your ‘story’ and it gets written down and filed in your notes. The next professional comes along and asks you to tell it again. Some of them will try to ‘dig in’ deeper and deeper to find a cause of your depression.
5 Great Reasons to Smile a Lot and Often
How often do you smile? Do you naturally greet people with a smile or are you saving your smiles for better times?
In case you are wondering ‘What is there to smile about?’, ‘Why smile when I am feeling pain or numbness inside?’ or ‘Why deceive everyone with my false smile?’, I hope I can encourage you to review your attitude.
Smiling is good for you! Here is why: Continue Reading »
The Power of Compliments in Lifting Depression
Giving compliments is a hard task for a lot of people suffering and recovering from depression.
Coming out of depression involves a process of rediscovering and re-learning the powerful and vital social skill of giving compliments.
When I was wrapped in my own depression, my inner suffering locked me away in some kind of socially-isolated cocoon.
Before long, I formed a habit of not noticing the good and the positive about others and myself. I stopped giving complements to people. Why should I, when my own happiness and optimism had vanished? Continue Reading »
