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“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”
— Helen Keller
The rate of depression is rising. According to the World Health Organization, the international watchdog of health issues around the world, depression is currently the fourth greatest cause of human suffering and disability around the world. That observation alone tells us how serious and pervasive the problem of depression already is.
Even worse, however, is the World Health Organization prediction that by the year 2020, depression will have risen to become the second greatest cause of human suffering and disability. This unprecedented rapid growth rate is strong evidence that biology is less a factor in its spread and social forces the greater factor.
Is depression really on the rise, or are people just more tuned into depression as a general topic of interest? The best evidence we have suggests strongly that depression is increasing in prevalence not only in the United States but around the world. This is not simply because more people are seeking help for depression or because wary clinicians are diagnosing it more frequently. Rather, the increase appears to be the product of more and more people manifesting the signs and symptoms of depression.
What we do to each other can too easily become the source of great hurt in our lives and can result in an enduring way of thinking, feeling, and relating to others. But, we are relearning something of vital importance that has been too often overlooked in recent years: Just as people can be a source of pain, they can also be a source of comfort and happiness and a way out of pain. In light of new research, being the strong, self-sufficient "go it alone" type no longer seems the most effective route to personal fulfillment. Instead, science is confirming what we have probably always known in our hearts: We are built to be in positive, meaningful relationships with others in order to feel good. Yet, today, our relationships are damaged and suffering in unprecedented ways.
As relationships face more challenges, whether in love, family, business, or friendship, depression is on the rise. Depression spreads in part through troubled relationships and, in this sense, is socially contagious. You can't catch depression in the same way you catch a cold, but the latest research in neuroscience, social psychology, epidemiology, and genetics provides overwhelming support that moods spread through social conditions. Our social lives directly shape our brain chemistry and powerfully affect the way we think and feel. With modern scanning technologies, we now have evidence that our brains change with positive life experiences. In fact, brains can change as much with social circumstances as with medication. Drugs may address some of depression's symptoms, but they cannot change the social factors that cause and perpetuate it.
“Lo stolto cerca la felicità lontano, il saggio la coltiva sotto i propri piedi.”
"The fool seeks far the happiness, the wise man cultivates it under his own feet."
(James Oppheneim)
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Saturday, March 11th, 2017
This week's prompt is "Happiness Means..." for the Instagram project #portraitsofme. I had all kind of grand ideas for this prompt... family photos, a full dining room table, a car full of my family, all of us cuddled in bed... but the timing never worked out having everyone at home at the same time. So I started re-thinking this prompt and the work I'm doing on myself this year. What does happiness mean to me? In the past, it meant that everyone else's needs were met before mine. Now, I'm taking care of myself first. So happiness means (in addition to loving my family of course)...
~Making myself a priority.
~Making my health a priority.
~Working out and getting regular exercise.
~Getting those endorphins pumping while running full out on the elliptical, sweat flying, music pounding, singing at the top of my lungs, while leaving nothing left in my mind but joy.
I've been exercising everyday this week and today I did 35 minutes and 3.5 miles on the elliptical running as hard as I could for the last 15 minutes of it. Since my knee injury in November, this has been a slow and gradual healing process. Physical therapy is once every other week now. Today felt damn good.
[दिपावली-Diwali - national festival in India & Nepal]
Deepavali (also spelled Devali in certain regions) or Diwali, popularly known as the festival of lights, is an important five-day festival in Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism, occurring between mid-October and mid-November. For Hindus, Diwali is the most important festival of the year and is celebrated in families by performing traditional activities together in their homes. Deepavali is an official holiday in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mauritius, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, Suriname, Malaysia, Singapore, and Fiji.
«The purpose of our life is happiness.»
«Notre raison d'être est le bonheur.»
Dalai Lama
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hap⋅pi⋅ness
–noun
1. the quality or state of being happy.
2. good fortune; pleasure; contentment; joy.
Pixel is a very happy, outgoing dog. She loves to play, work, and learn. The look on her face is a pretty typical expression from her. I love this dog.