Want To Overcome Loneliness, Depression And Bad Health? – Part 1

After the holidays the world is fiercely trying to get back to “normal” here in the Bay Area. At least it seems that way. Freeway traffic was stop-and-go already at 6:15 a.m. this morning as I was taking off to go to work at the suicide prevention hotline; where for most people life continues to be anything but normal. While I used to think that the holidays trigger sadness and hopelessness in our callers, it’s actually Spring time that is more of a tender time. As Spring emerges so does happiness within the souls of people, colors change, people want to break out from the hibernation stage and go outside; and yet some people fall deeper into a stage of sadness.

Callers are plagued by severe depressions usually ranging from loss of a marriage, lack of health or declining health, financial trouble and so on. There is one common thread amongst our callers: the overwhelming and overshadowing feeling of loneliness. No one seems to care. No one seems to understand. No one can relate. There is no one to call. No one calls them. Add to that mix declining health with a grim hope for improvement and possibly a spouse or partner who is now seeing someone else and we are dealing with a recipe for disaster.

I was at this very place, feeling devastated about having to wait to die of lymphoma and having to put my life in order by writing a Last Will. I felt stuck in a 15 year marriage that seemed like a true prison to me, one that was unhealthy for both of us. Yet neither of us saw or believed that we had a way out of this misery. My promise “Until death do us part” seemed to be fulfilled in just a little while, and for that I was proud.

I felt as though fate has taken everything from me even though there was no one to blame: my happiness, my marriage, my health, even my days were numbered. I had hit rock bottom. I had nothing else to lose

It was during this time that I had an inkling of hope, a flash of “aha!” popped into my mind: “What if I missed something?” “What if there WAS a way out and I had just missed it?” I did overlook something, the most important thing of all – my purpose, the very reasons for which I have come to be here. I did not know what that purpose was at that very moment, I just knew there was a unique purpose for me. I didn’t know what it was, but I trusted that it would be shown to me in due time. All I needed to know right then was that there was more in store for me.

A new desire emerged, a desire to find out, to give it my all.

Today I’m happy to share that I am healthy and happy and live an amazingly successful life, and I gladly show those who want to know how I did it. It’s easier than you think.

Stay tuned for Part 2 of this article where I share with you the simple steps that I took that helped me turn my life around.

Note: None of my articles and posts are meant to be a substitute for medical advice. Please consult with your physician if you think you are clinically depressed.

 

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Chaszey Sandhriel is an author and mentor. Visit her website for free tips on improving your life, http://www.itsmyweightloss.com. You can also visit her outstanding blog where she answers readers’ inquiries, http://itsmyweightloss.blogspot.com.