If you’ve been experiencing depression for the last few weeks, it is very possible that this could be one of the contributing factors.
Now, you’ve probably seen a lot of my videos about depression. I’ve become an expert on the subject because I’ve gone through depression a lot. A lot of my clients have gone through depression, and that’s why they come to see me.
In fact, we have a book coming out in a couple months called, “Being Unhappy Sucks, So STOP IT!” In it, we teach all the six stages of depression.
A lot of people experience depression without even realizing it because it’s become like this taboo word. “Depression? No no, don’t tell me I’m experiencing depression,” because people don’t want to even face the fact that they are experiencing depression.
If you’ve been overly stressed with everything that’s been going on, it’s very possible this is one of the reasons why. Not the only reason, but one of the reasons why:
Because you’ve been focusing only on yourself.
When we focus on ourselves, it’s a lot easier to fall into the trap of depression.
When we begin to think about other people and how we can lift them up, and serve other people’s needs, it gets our minds off ourselves, and it gets us into thinking about how we can solve more problems and make the world a better place.
I get it. That sounds really, really simple. And it is.
I remember not long ago, I had a really bad day at one of my offices. I won’t go into details, but I came home and I thought, “Man, today was just a weird day. I met some really, just interesting people.”
Now, my clients are awesome. I’m not referring to any of my current clients or anything like that. I only work with the absolute best people. I am extremely selective with those whom I choose to work with. If you are one of my current clients, especially one that comes to see me in the clinics, don’t worry, I’m not referring to you in this story.
That day, I just met a couple people that for whatever reason they were not willing to do what it takes to actually get the results they claimed they wanted to achieve.
One person came in and said, “I want ______ result. I’m hoping to achieve this.” I began to ask him questions, and it turned out no, he didn’t really want to do that. He didn’t want to do what it took. I met multiple people like this, and I got home depleted.
I had set a particular goal for myself in this office. I thought, “I don’t think I’m going to achieve it because of these other people’s actions.” Of course, I was thinking of myself, “Wo is me. I’m not going to be able to hit this quota I hit for myself.”
It wasn’t until I began thinking about our neighbors that I began to feel better. “Hey, what’s something I could do to brighten our neighbor’s day?”
Mother’s Day was approaching and I thought, “What’s something I could do to make it extra special for my mom who’ll be visiting, and for my wife?” “What’s a service project I could do?”
An answer came to mind, and it literally instantly got me out of that emotional funk because I stopped thinking about myself. I began thinking about other people.
If you feel yourself getting depressed, literally just take a moment and begin thinking about how you can brighten someone else’s day. You could bake someone cookies. You could send someone a text message with a funny meme.
Whatever it is, start thinking about other people, and watch how fast that brightens your day. Love you!
Watch, “Depressed? Are you making this mistake? (I’ve made it too!)” on YouTube.
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