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Hey this is Omar. Today I am North of San Diego, California, in a town called Carilsbad.
Here there is a mall. It is an outlet mall so you have all these name brand shops selling
stuff at discount prices. So I have been shopping all day. There is actually a lot of stuff.
I have been here all day shopping.
I want to talk to you about depression and shopping because a lot of time when we are
depressed we might go out and go shopping. But we are actually shopping for stuff we
do not need. We are just going out to shop to feel good about ourselves and also because
we have been conditioned to just buy stuff.
The thing is that when you go out and buy stuff that you do not need and you are just
putting stuff on your credit card, you are not actually solving anything about the depressions
or problems, okay? You are just feeling good about yourself for a moment and then at the
end of the month you get the bill and boom, what happens? You have to pay it and now you
have more debt. How do you get rid of the depression?
You have got to deal with the root cause, not just the surface stuff. Shopping is just
bandaid solution. You feel good for the moment but then the novelty wears off. The three
part formula that I have come up with that has helped me get over my depression is: Desire,
Discover and Do.
You have got to have the desire to get over your depression which means there are all
kinds of blocks that come up for you. So you have to have the desire to push through and
have that willpower to really push through that stuff. And then discover what the root
cause is. What is causing those automatic negative thoughts in your mind? What is causing
those emotional addictions that are causing you to stay in that emotional state? What
is causing that physiology of depression?
It is not just your mind. It is your mind. It is your body and it is your emotions. Shopping
itself is not going to get rid of those things. You have to really discover what those are
and then do. Do something different. Take some kind of action that will help you get
over those issues.
Usually it is childhood issues, childhood conditioning, childhood beliefs that you have
gotten ingrained in your body, in your mind and in your emotions. So just going out and
shopping for stuff is not going to help. If you do want to go shopping, buy some running
shoes. Buy some exercise shoes so you can go to the gym and move your body, or buy some
shoes that you can go dancing with and meet some person that you can have a relationship
with. But just going out and indiscriminately buying stuff that you do not need is not going
to make a big difference for you. Maybe you will for a day or two but then the novelty
would wear off.
So if you want to have more information and tips about depression and how to get over
depression, how to beat depression, learning stuff that I have learned that has helped
me beat depression, then go to DepressionHero.com and there are all kinds of more videos there
and I look forward to helping you beat your depression and help you become the hero of
your life.
So this is Omar and I will see you there. Take care.