Quote Originally Posted by blissrunner View Post
I 100% agree with this. Depression is a symptom caused by emotionally responding to people and stress and/or thoughts incorrectly.
For most of my life I thought there was something mentally wrong with me and wasted a lot of years being miserable or trying to get "fixed" through counseling, self-help books, antidepressant supplements, meds, etc. Even when I had figured out it was related to my physical health, I still thought it was a mental issue. Then I finally started seeing real results with being raw (and later a specific amount of exercise when before exercise alone didn't do anything noticeable.) and really could experience being my true self for the first time in my life. That's when I realized it positively was just a symptom of my physical health and had very little to do with mental health. When I'm healthy, I can handle stressful situations much better, I can talk & respond to everything much better, my brain itself functions more normally, etc. It's really about 3 issues: getting rid of toxins, absorbing nutrients fully (through diet & often supplements) & moving your body. To improve your life even further (or anyone's life regardless), being on some type of spiritual path doing things like meditation, prayer, yoga, etc. is a great help. People often will naturally gravitate to doing that anyhow because it complements a healthy lifestyle.