From Depression to Ecstasy in a Few Moves

You have to break the pattern

I touched on this topic when I wrote about why we have 5 senses. If you examine the behavior of someone depressed and compare it to someone who is in ecstasy there are a few noticeable differences.

A person in depression draws into themselves like crawling into a black hole. They avoid contact with others, avoid exercise, and lose touch with their senses.

A person in ecstasy is experiencing all five senses. Their body and mind are alive and pulsating.

Depressive thinking is too much about the past and future. All the things that went wrong and little hope for the future. That’s what makes the present unbearable.

In ecstasy, it is all about the moment. This is the moment I am alive and making the most of it will bring me the most pleasure.

What can I do right now that would be healthy and create body movement involving my senses? When my senses are all working it is difficult to have too many thoughts. The senses all working together help us escape thoughts.

Take a small step. Take a walk, run, bike, or dance. Climb a tree, hill, or mountain. Climbing works the muscles, legs, lungs, and heart. It is difficult to think about much when you are working hard.

Realize that we only have 25,000 mornings and it might be fun to see a sunrise and watch a sunset. It might be even more fun to exercise during either. Get the senses working and move into ecstasy.