In this series we are investigating each day how to reduce depression, through increasing confidence and learning to meditate.
Today we will be looking at the triggers of depression, but most importantly how to try and stop this crippling emotion in its tracks.
We all know what makes us unhappy - it seems environmental conditions are largely responsible for a dip in the mood. When a relationship ends, when we loose a job, or supposedly fail at something, we fall ill, or things happen that we don't expect or disappoint us.
As well as our circumstances changing it is also important to notice how our critically important our responses are to the tides of change. When are responses become negative then this is when our mood dips - if our reactions are continuously negative then this begins the spiral process.
This is where meditation comes into play. If we learn or know how to meditate, then we can develop the ability to watch the mind and see negativity in its early stages. We can start to see the difference between our outer and inner worlds.
The way in which our outer world affects our mood depends on how we choose to respond to it - this depends upon our inner world and the responses that we are used to.
The well known practice of mindfulness is fundamental here - keeping an eye on the play of the mind, being attentive to the responses that we have. To achieve success, we need to distance our self from the thought process - we need to create some objectivity within.
This objectivity allows us to see the triggers of negativity threatening and helps us to move our mind in a more positive direction before the trigger is pulled and depression is fired.
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