Make Good Use of Your Depression

Perhaps the most delicate subject that anyone can ever attempt is one that depicts a disorder so painful as depression as one that has anything good to offer except emotional pains. It is difficult to explain away any good that depression has to offer because of how much pain its sufferers experience. But the main reason why people never want to talk about any good it imparts is out of what being depressed has caused many depressed persons to do to themselves; most significantly, self-injury and suicide. Their fear is not unfounded and should not be overlooked. But when we consider the life of some persons in the past-Leonardo da Vinci, Abraham Lincoln, Michael Jackson, and many others-we cannot but agree that depression appears to be to some both a curse and a blessing. Many persons are who they are today because of the burning need to express the pains that they feel inside of them. So the question comes: can anything good come from depression? The very first chapter of this book answers that same question. The second chapter proceeds to discuss depression's place in the cry for a better you and proceeds to outline some of the qualities common to depressed people that they can turn around to strengthen their relationships with others, rather than letting depression sever their relationships with them. The second section of this book discusses creative ways that you can use to take advantage of your depressed self to elevate your mood and become happier. The next four chapters in the order outlined below, discuss the following topics explaining why you as a depressed person can take better advantage of them and how you can do that. Chapter three discusses how you can use music in the form of instrumentals only, a cappella, and combined lyrics and instrumentals to help your mood. It started off with why as a depressed person, it is something that you can and should do. Chapter four discusses why you should consider using creative writing to express yourself and whom you can engage your feelings to write. Chapter five discusses how creating artworks such as paper drawing, sculpturing and wood carving can help to express mind states. It also mentions how you can take advantage of such activities and become creative. Chapter six discusses why you should make use of drama and dance and how you can do it. The discussion of depression and creativity is not limited to the arts; wherever you find yourself, you can begin to stand out at your work as very creative. Chapter seven discusses how you can make creativity a way of life in your profession. It explains certain characteristics common to the depressed and geniuses of the past and why a depressed persons can easily become a genius. This is a book you don't want to do without reading.