As the title says is there a way to do it but of course not over the top happy.Just enough to not have a depressive and suicidal thoughts.
Is there a way to reprogram yours so you can feel happy?
Jordan Nelson
Mason Fisher
Neuroplasticity. Brainwashing. Positive thoughts. Yes.
It's not easy, and it's not quick, but yes it can be done.
Cooper Bailey
Try taking magic mushrooms or LSD.
Psilocybin (the active part of shrooms) has recently been in the news, they've been doing trials with psilocybin against long term depression sufferers.
You have something in your brain called the default mode network which you could say regulates your mood. Sometimes it can get stuck in unhealthy patterns (such as the chemical imbalance which causes depression)
Using psychedelic drugs seems to have the effect of resetting this default mode network, or so the current theory goes.
The trials have been using psychedelic drugs mixed with therapy to help people reach the route of their issues.
Speaking from personal experience, LSD changed my life. I used to be a heavy drinking and a major pothead until I took LSD, LSD revealed to me that the reason I smoked and drank was because I was bored and depressed, and getting shitfaced was a way to pass the time and distract myself because I was literally bored with life.
Because of that trip I learned I had to spend my time better; and thats what I did. I started spending more time with friends, I started training/exercising more.
It has had other positive effects in my life too, but the main one I'd like to share is the fact that it put me off alcohol and drugs. If I try to drink alcohol now I can't because I feel anxious about it, the entire time I try to drink I'm aware that I don't really want it and it's a way to numb myself. it's made me really aware of alcohol and weed being a way to waste our lives.
I realize I'm on Veeky Forums right now but I'm at work, in my personal time I am really active and outdoors/socialising alot.
Carter Hughes
Samefag here
Watch this short 2 minute video. Theres tons of articles in the mainstream media about the studies also.
Dr Robin Carhart Harris of the london imperial college is leading the research. It's absolutely fascinating.
Jacob Ortiz
>Neuroplasticity.
>Brainwashing
Please elaborate.
>Positive thoughts
When I have positive thought only the worst things happens.Its like I'm cursed.
I want to do it the hard way and while this might work I'm not sure if I will be even able to handle it properly and right now am way too poor to afford anything.Also you seems to already had decent life(you had friends) so it was just a boost.
Sebastian Stewart
If you want to do it the hard way then I suggest buddhism. It's about changing your perceptions.
Deep down there is something making you unhappy. It's on you to either accept it or change it because it won't go away.
Everytime you use psychedelic drugs whatever is bothering you WILL come to the surface and you will have no choice but to face it. The other night I had a trip and I had to face the fact I still wasn't over my ex girlfriend. But now I feel better for it.
Find what is hurting you and change it bruv.
Benjamin Long
ted.com
Buy his book. It's exactly what you want. I've been through the same shit OP and his book helped me alot.
Matthew Perry
Yes. Get a girlfriend.
When you have someone who loves you with all their heart by your side, you just stop caring about anything ele
Adam Reed
Manly P. Hall - Psychic Self Destruction
youtube.com
This man played a huge role in helping me overcome depression and anxiety. I suggest checking out his talks to see if they can do the same for you.
I've also gotten really into Japanese vajrayana Buddhism as well as Western occultism over the past couple of years and use certain techniques to consciously reprogram my subconscious mind but this sort of thing obviously isn't for everyone.
Jaxon Campbell
>It's on you to either accept it or change it because it won't go away.
The things is that thing is something really important and I don't even have a choice to accept it or not because it has already been done but it stunts my "future" that much.
Thanks both look really interesting will sure check them.
>b8
Owen Gonzalez
Meant both
Christopher Bennett
Don't let bull**** you, OP.
Jacob Thompson
Never tried it myself but I known St John's Wart has some merit it to it and it's appeal is that its natural. Maybe try it OP?
Christian Walker
I want to reprogram my way of thinking because I think it will be way better in the long term than simply using a herb/drugs.
Caleb Ortiz
>Please elaborate.
Our experiences and emotions are entirely defined by our brain activity, which is defined by the neural architecture of the brain. Neuroplasticity is a term that simply means that the brain has the ability rewire itself, based on repeated neural activity. This is how we are able to learn new things, form memories and change our minds and opinions. The way this is done is very similar to building muscles, by repeat application of movement. The 'movement' in this case being the desired thoughts or emotions, while at the same time letting the neural circuits that cause negative thoughts atrophy. This is of course somewhat simplified, because these neural circuits are not necessarily disjoint, meaning that reinforcing certain thought patterns are not necessarily without effects on other thought patters, but that's the general gist of it.
I think of it as brainwashing, or "fake it until you make it". The faking is not intended to fool others, but rather forcing your brain to, through repetition, adopt a certain structure to make it not fake anymore.
Some people speak about Buddhism, meditation or spiritualism. I believe this to be the same thing i'm talking about, only described in different words.
Nicholas Long
The thoughts you think create pathways in your brain. You've probably been thinking negatively for years or decades. Everything that happens to you is filtered through that lens of negativity.
How can you change? Force yourself to think positively. Do it over and over and over again until your brain rewires itself and creates new pathways. It will take time and dedication but this is literally all you need to do to have a happy and fulfilling existence.
Xavier Cook
>is there a way to do it but of course not over the top happy.Just enough to not have a depressive and suicidal thoughts.
Get your Vit D level to between 60-80ng/ml. Some possible symptoms of low Vit D is depression and/or suicidal thoughts.
Use D3 (what you'll find on the shelf) not D2 which is what doctors generally prescribe (it raises levels but confers little to no benefits).
Aaron Butler
Get and read PsychoCybernetics.
Christian Ortiz
"The Feeling Good Handbook" by Dr. David Burns
You're welcome
Adam Collins
Yes. I first tried to kill myself at 11, tried countless more times and was out in a psych ward shortly before my 12th bday. Was out in a short time and went straight back to trying to kill myself, out back in the ward at 15 or 16. I'm 19 now and generally happy, going to uni in the fall and have a pretty cushy job at a consultation firm
What worked for me was:
>Time
The thing that started my whole bout of depression was my dad jumping off a bridge, as time went on and it became a more distant memory, things started to heal
>Willpower
I went from laying in bed literally all day, to trying just one thing.
I think the first thing I tried was changing my socks and boxers and then going straight back to bed. Then I added in totally changing my pajamas. Taking a shower. Walking a lap around our upstairs. Walking a lap around our house. Watching TV at my computer rather than my bed. Gradually building up. Willpower is like a muscle, like stamina I should say. You have to build it up but you really only have so much in a day. Start small like you do with weights, and then conquer big things (going back to school for me)
>Optimism
Really fucking hard, my mom literally just forced me to say positive things. I'd be mumbling about how so and so died and the world sucked and shed force me to say shit like "we have a nice house" or "at least I have good friends", shit like that. Eventually optimism just became a mindset, though I still struggle with it honestly.
Jackson Watson
Cont.
>Meds
I've been off them for almost a year now and I wouldn't be overjoyed to go back on them, but they certainly did help to stabilize my mood a bit. I was on a whole cocktail of shit though which I wouldn't recommend, things interact with each other and I threw up almost every other day. They did do nice things like making me not suicidal though.
In short, I'm happy to be off them now, but they certainly helped and I would recommend talking to your doctor about them
Also on the note of meds, I would stay away from non prescription, or more accurately illegal drugs. Everything affects people differently. Don't self medicate yourself. Talk to a fuckin doctor. Fuck anyone who tells you weed shrooms or acid are a cure-all, because they aren't. They really really aren't. I'm biased because I've had some really bad experiences with acid and dabs, but even if they don't effect you negatively I just don't recommend trying to medicate yourself.
>Lifting
It takes a lot of willpower so its definitely not the first step to feeling better, or at least wasn't for me. It definitely helps though. If I was back in a state of depression I think I would try exercise earlier. I only started lifting when after I got off meds and was really stable. i wish I began just stretching or something around the time I was able to stay out of bed for a whole day
Eventually after being on life support long enough, wanting to hit the snooze button on my life, my mom on her knees crying next to the hospital bed, God spoke to me and said "time to wake up faggot". That's when I decided I wanted to get better. That's what really ties all of this together. Nothing I've listed here will help you if you don't want to get better. The first step is telling yourself, not thinking, literally speaking the words "I want to get better". The fact you made this thread says that there's hope for you op. So do it.