Avoiding or evading Christmas depression

by | Dec 17, 2024 | Latest Post, psychology | 0 comments

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Funny how things hit me out of nowhere. So first, am I avoiding or evading.  Probably a bit of both.

When it comes to avoiding and evading, both terms involve steering clear of something undesirable. However, there is a subtle difference between the two. Avoid typically refers to actively staying away from a situation or object, while evade often implies a more strategic or skillful way of dodging or escaping something. Both actions involve preventing or escaping harm, but the methods and intentions behind them can vary.

With Christmas approaching it is all the more galling to be faced by the sheer number of political situations that I don’t think will go away.

Starmer our Prime Minister is on yet another foreign visit and may grace us with his actual return to the United Kingdom to supervise the farce of illegal immigration, the complaints of the farmers who he shows no signs of taking any notice of, challenges of the National Insurance contribution increase for the lower paid, the scandalous backlog in court cases around two years

I am on the search for a point of view that does not depress me, it’s got to be there somewhere.  Where do we put our focus or do we just shut off all together? Currently I feel I am looking at a the visible world  and just seeing different types of sewage. I know more than most why the situation is as it is but whilst that reduces the fear, it does not reduce the frustration.

We could take the point of view that everything is love but for me it doesn’t quite work that way.

I’m trying to balance the chaos of a three-dimensional world with the order in the spiritual world including that which pertains outside the planet in other words exopolitics. I wonder if beings on other planets have a sense of humour though I doubt associate humor with them, more with eccentric English people.

Can we be  truly happy living in this world?

As a birthday present to myself I’m trying to get some sort of dynamic equilibrium and so far I am failing. I don’t know whether there is an answer while we are in human form.

Homeostasis should be a dynamic surely?  or is that a condition where everything stays the same? (Homeo = the same  stasis = standing, stable). I think it is a balancing act between things you cannot do anything about, and things that you can do something about.

Maybe from what people feel or think,  our attitude should be to just be ourselves. We should do whatever we like and then have a reflection and ask ourselves did I enjoy or appreciate what I just did or do I not like doing that or not do it and act accordingly.  In other words you can actually test yourself retrospectively. You cannot get everything right and the system assumes that you’re going to do some wrong things,  so it is due to lack of understanding.

You cannot anticipate the results of something you do wrong because when you do something wrong which arises from lack of understanding it become repetitive.  If you didn’t have the prior understanding to know what you were doing wrong you will carry on doing what you were doing. There is no point in worrying about what you’re going to do.  It is irrelevant.  All sinners, including the devil, are restrictions of mind. That is IMO ultimately what sin is. The person who ‘sins’ thinks he or she is doing the right thing.

Speaking personally I do need some off time and I intend for this to prevail over the Christmas period. There is happiness and joy in heaven where there are no restrictions and so in this physical life we have to simulate that. We have to act out of character in a way in order words act differently from others.  That is why I enjoy my ‘street performances’ so much.

Beware the Mother Hen syndrome

I still tend to overdo my mother hen syndrome and worry too much about other people. It is really counter productive and doesn’t achieve anything. What is the point in getting depressed or overly concerned when nothing comes back. In other words there is no product.  I’m not being selfish but I feel I have to look after myself. I have a right to do that. Sometimes the Festival of the Absurd gets me out of my moods. Whoever gave me my sense of humour – thank you, life saver.

if he can laugh….

I do find MIlton Jones very funny with his one liners.  37:27

If I get serious about spiritual stuff I’ve lost the game because humour is a fundamental part of consciousness because it’s the only thing that you can’t program into an artificial intelligence machine.

The simplest possible remedy I can think of for depression, and I’m not talking about clinical depression, is to do something. When I feel the big confused I go into the garden and trim the lawn. Or I could do some tidying up. Pills just dull the nervous system and dont solve the problem. There is always a price to pay in terms of ‘side effects’ or should I say ‘effects’.

Unless you become like children, you will not enter the Kingdom of Heaven
(in the Bible somewhere)


Now follows a variety of sayings and jokes about depression

“That’s the thing about depression: A human being can survive almost anything, as long as she sees the end in sight. But depression is so insidious, and it compounds daily, that it’s impossible to ever see the end.” ― Elizabeth Wurtzel, “Prozac Nation”

“Depression is the inability to construct a future.” ― Rollo May, “Love and Will”

If you know someone who’s depressed, please resolve never to ask them why. Depression isn’t a straightforward response to a bad situation; depression just is, like the weather.”  ― Stephen Fry

What do you call two depressed bears? Bi polar

What’s the best way to overcome depression? Love it, so it leaves you as well

Did you hear about a website made for depressed tennis players?
The servers are currently down

Did you hear about the man who used to suffer from depression but kept working hard, was persistent, and never gave up?
He now suffers from anxiety and depression

Why was the archaeologist so depressed?
Because he life was in ruins

Why were photographers so depressed before digital cameras were invented?
They spent too long processing the negatives

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