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\nVedic Science offers a Guaranteed Solution<\/p>\n\n\n
If you are\nthinking multiple times in a day \u201cAm I Depressed?\u201d and have taken\nan \u201conline depression quiz\u201d, you are not alone. Depression is\none of the most common mental disorders to overwhelm our planet in\nthe recent past. This article, provides you with the understanding\nof this condition as explained by the Vedic Science and what would\ncomprise a solution that works and lasts.<\/p>\n\n\n
Depression has\nbeen traditionally defined as a morbid mental state characterized by\nloss of interest in life, low self-esteem, inability to pursue goals\nor relate with others, abnormal eating and sleeping habits, and a\ngeneral feeling that one is at a dead end. The problem is,\ndepression has always been seen as a psychological disorder and the\nsufferer\u2019s personal problem. This is compounded by the fact that\nthe disorder itself is characterized by feelings of guilt and low\nself-worth, with more than half of depression patients believing that\nthey are responsible for their state.\n<\/p>\n\n\n
It is only\nrecently that depression has been understood as a complex product of\ngenetic, biochemical, psychological, social and environmental\nfactors. Nutritional deficiencies, blood sugar imbalances, and\nimbalances in the endocrine axis can all be responsible for\ndepression. Low melatonin levels directly correlate with a genetic\nvulnerability to depression.<\/p>\n\n\n
The Vedic healing\nsciences, state that depression is the extreme suffocation of the\nbeing. It is caused and characterized by the shrinking of the subtle\nbody. This layer is deeper than the mental and physical body. That\nis why, its impact shows in the mental and physical layers. When the\nsubtle body shrinks, initially, thoughts such as \u201cAm I depressed\u201d\ncrop up and physical activity, including hormone secretion reduces.<\/p>\n\n\n
We rarely notice\nthe subtle body unless it is stimulated or disturbed in some way.\nHave you ever felt suddenly suffocated when entering a small room or\na cave, even though there is plenty of oxygen and enough space for\nthe physical body to move around? The pressure you feel is the\nshrinking of the subtle body that is actually our breathing space and\nemotional-mental boundary.<\/p>\n\n\n
To answer the\nquestion \u201cWhy am I depressed?\u201d, Vedic Sciences explain that when\nfree expression is suppressed from all sides, the resultant\nsuffocation leads to depression. In the initial stages of the\ndisorder, this shrinking of the subtle body happens due to external\ncauses. Since the subtle body also contains our prana (life-force)\nreserves, the shrinking of this body plunges us into an energy low,\nensuring that we never have sufficient resources to climb back out\ninto normalcy.<\/p>\n\n\n
Experiencing a\npowerful sense of suffocation automatically forces us to seek\nexpansion in some form. At this time, a person without proper\nguidance, can fall prey to substance abuse or even think of and\ncommit suicide.<\/p>\n\n\n
According to the\nVedic Sciences, the way to get out of depression is through Inner\nexpansion or spiritual expansion. In Vedic medical science,\ndepression is linked to energy blockages in the Sahasrara chakra\n(crown energy center). While techniques like prayer and meditation\ncan help melt down the resistance to these energies, yoga can help\n\u2018lock\u2019 these changes into our system, so that the\ntransformational energy garnered during these processes does not\ndrain away in regressive and self-defeating behaviour. One powerful\nway to get out of depression is to shift the focus of one\u2019s life\naway from oneself.<\/p>\n\n\n
\nWorking on inner expansion by meditation and completion techniques,\ncombined with Yoga, Puja and living a life from the context that\n\u201clife is for others\u201d is a way to come out of and stay away from\ndepression. Getting initiations from an Enlightened Master or\nIncarnation, whose bio-memory has zero patterns in them, is a\nsolution that works for this lifetime and lasts over multiple\nlifetimes.<\/p>\n\n\n