Who Gives a .... Anyway

Over the last 3 years I have found that meditation has really assisted me, in resolving the depression I have had. I have planned to write about my experience for a while, and hopefully will get around to doing that. However today having listen to the latest podcast by Dan Harris on 10% happier, so many things just clicked in to place, so I want to share it. To understand what is covered in the podcast I would recommend you understand what mindfulness meditation is, and what the default mode network in the brain is (see links below). Listen to the pod cast - but here are some extracts (which I do not have permission to publish - and will remove if asked). Link to podcast: tumello.com/listen/H11a5NYJf; or itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/10-happier-with-dan-harris/id1087147821 Chuck Raison, a psychiatrist and a professor of psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, and Vlad Maletic, a clinical professor of neuropsychiatry and behavior sc...

What makes you feel down, the scientist say it is a chemical that is released that makes us feel that there is little hope. Server depression is when you think there is no hope. Now this can be a debilitating disease for those misfiring chemicals, but the person in everyday life has times of depression too. What is that caused by. How have we evolved to have such a strange almost crippling emotion? Is depression there to make you want to better yourself, that sounds a bit strange since it can be so detrimental to believing that things can get better. I suppose we have evolved to feel depressed, but it is how we deal with it that is what makes us unique. When I am feeling a little down I start thinking about how I can improve my lot in life. I remind myself that I have felt better, and this may just be a passing mood. The problem is that sometimes you think at the same time “hell yes, we believe you”. Depending what the cause is I slowly work round to how to sort it out. There are ...