Releasing Depression from your life and restoring Balance
The Facts
The rates of depression in our society have been soaring over the past 10 years.
Much of the research provides evidence we are isolating more and not spending time with others enjoying the company of others. We can point our fingers at COVID, but the wave of depression started before the virus hit our lives and COVID only amplified it.
We humans are fragile and when we become overwhelmed with specific elements of life, we believe we cannot “control”, we have a tendency to fall into despair and then the mind starts to take over. We begin to tell ourselves stories about the event, be it minor or major in our lives. These stories begin to grow and fester and disproportionately amplify the event. Then we create a new “norm” in our lives around the event. We all have choices to make and I whole heartedly believe falling into depression is not one of them. We begin to live in the past, not the present, and we struggle to grow and expand our lives because we are being held hostage by our minds. Anyone can control the mind and there are simple ways to do so.
That my readers is the condition of being human.
The illusion of Control
Some time ago I experienced a great tragedy in my life. I was in a car accident with my sister and she did not survive. I was eighteen and she was twenty. Found myself in the hospital for 5 weeks and 3 of the days were spent semi-conscious in the intensive care unit. During my time in the hospital, where I worked, there were two neurologists I knew and they knew me. They came to my bedside with some news. Todd, we know you want to become a doctor and we just wanted to be very forward about your leg. They said I might not ever walk again without the use of a brace. The aftermath and the months that followed were to say the least depressing. Spent 10 weeks recovering from nerve damage in my right leg that did not allow we to walk without crutches. I was a tri-athlete at a the time and had my body in great condition which was one thing that my caregivers said gave me a fighting chance to survive. My body was crushed in so many ways.
What I learned from this life changing experience was meant for me. Control is an illusion.
“We can be accountable for what we do and do not do, what we say and do not say during our time on this thing we call earth.”
What is one to do with such an obstacle “in the way”?
I did fall into a depressive state, and had to find my way out of it if my life was going to be of purpose to others and myself.
The depression was always focused on never seeing my sister again, not seeing her get married, nor enjoying being an uncle for her children, and spending more time with her. I would go to her friends’ weddings and see her image standing there as a bride’s maid. Tears were shed in those moments. I found my way out and began to restore the balance I needed to move forward through friends and music.
So, what about this Rhythmic Drumming and healing I speak of?
Depression is a reversable state and we at Rhythm For You have touched over 1000 lives with our healing ways and helping others overcome depression. We have a sustainable way to remove depression and depressive disorders by simply using rhythm and movement = therapeutic rhythmic drumming. It may sound a bit odd, yet the science is there to support this claim. We are currently working with a nonprofit that serves adults and youth who are struggling with anxiety and depressive states of mind. Recently we had a one on one with a highly intelligent adult male who has been living in the past, he stated so. After drumming a bit, we took a break and began to discuss his inner struggles. He said he hated his mother. Hate is a strong emotion and the feelings that are brought forth from this emotion can take over your life and it can happen subconsciously. After twenty minutes of having him share why he hated his mother we began to speak of his mother as a source of Love for him. She had passed about five years ago, yet the past he held so tightly was no longer serving him in the NOW, in the moment. He shed tears of release and the counselor that was with us said, he broke through today and part of his suffering is gone, Thank you.
Have a blessed day
Todd McCann