Depression and Anxiety - Emotional First Aid

The whole world is caught up in a financial melt-down, and everyone's more or less worried or depressed about the situation. This is generating an emotional downward spiral that needs to be dealt with just as urgently as the financial down-spin.

Key Fact: Anxiety and depression are emotions that reduce our ability to deal with the situation. They are our worst enemy, in pulling out of the global economic collapse. If we let our minds and emotions continue to crash, there's no hope of resurrecting our material dimensions.

We must take charge of our minds and emotions, and focus our attention not on the scary depressing images of the future, but on maintaining optimum performance and optimism in this present moment - which is where all recovery will take place, right here and now, in each evolving moment of each new day.

What To Do: 

1~ Stop watching the news!!! These people are totally focused on the negative, right? They're helping to pull us down. Don't give them your precious attention, because they're not helping. Stop focusing on the most negative - realize the situation, and focus where there is hope and opportunity.

2~ In general, stop worrying about the future. That act undermines your power, your mental clarity, your ability to act and improve things. Develop the power to regularly return your attention to the here and now, where you can do something positive.

3~ And yes - do something positive! If it's only to give your wife a hug, or smile to your children, or be nice to yourself - do it! You are in charge of your mind and emotions. Where you focus your attention determines the content of your thoughts and feelings. Stop fixating on the negative - focus on your breathing, find some good feelings somewhere in your body, and remember that economic downfall causes discomfort, but almost never death - this is not a life or death situation - remember that.

4~ Talk with your loved ones about your feelings, let the emotions flow, so they don't build up and pollute everything you do. Express your fears, and they become diminished - that's a basic law of the emotions. Share your feelings ... and also, listen to others with a non-judging supportive ear.

5~ Get help where you can - we're working like crazy just now to launch the iUplift.com site as soon as possible, to make new 'mood treatment' support systems available for minimal cost and maximum impact. Others are doing similar efforts to get the tools to the people. And the bottom line in Emotional First Aid is this - your thoughts are what make you suffer depression and anxiety. Watch the thoughts you let run rampant in your mind - and begin to just say no to fear-based thoughts and imaginations.

Stop running your own interior torture chamber - quiet your mind ... tune into the present moment all around you along with your own breathing and personal presence ... and be open to a new experience beyond the grip of anxiety and depression ... more on this soon.