Hosts: Kenneth H. Patey & Sharon Patey
There Is a Light at the End of the Tunnel

A great many people have, at one time or another, brief bouts with depression or anxiety.  An increasing number, however, even among our youth, are experiencing this dilemma more frequently and more deeply.  One common approach in dealing with depression and anxiety is to ignore it by making the following kinds of comments to your self: "I can't let this show!"  "I need to bigger than this problem."  "Only weak people allow themselves to be depressed."  Statements like these keep us burying our problems and our worries. 

Stress management is another prevalent approach!  (And depression and anxiety are both manifestations of stress.)  Stress management skills merely gives the person who is seeking relief the capacity to carry more and more stress.  What potentially becomes operative here is the "straw that breaks the camel's back."  People need to acquire REVIVAL tools, not merely SURVIVAL skills.


Part 1: Depression is Linked to the Loss or Demise of Self Worth
More often than not, depression and anxiety are strong indicators that a person's self-worth is in trouble!  For whatever reasons, they are struggling with their self-perception.  One of the most important keys is found in coming to understand why we feel about ourselves the way we do.  What beliefs have you bought?

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Part 2: Backing Out of the Close-Down Sequence
There is no need to keep burying and carrying unresolved issues.  Just know that the beliefs individuals have acquired are the bad guys here, not the individuals.  There IS light at the end of the tunnel-both anxiety and depression have beliefs that can be UPROOTED!   You can back right out of the depression path (The Close-Down Sequence.)

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