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Hope in the face of suicide

Suicide is a modern epidemic which is much talked about but often fills us with despair at the thought that nothing much can be done to prevent it. The modern lifestyle fools us into thinking that to be happy we must be successful and have things to make us happy. We think when I get the perfect job, or house or relationship then I’ll be happy. but unfortunately, the world doesn’t work that way. You need to be happy with yourself first and foremost but how do we do it? I would like to share Dain’s story as an example of someone seriously contemplating suicide and how he was able to turn it around. Dain says “I had gotten to a point where I had everything that was supposed to make a person happy – and it had absolutely no value to me. I had tried every single modality for inner peace I could find, but I was still dying inside. I was so deeply unhappy I was considering suicide. I even set a date. I gave the Universe six months to change my life”. “What no one knew was how mise...

4 Tools to help adults deal with anxiety

In a general sense anxiety is a fear of the future and depression is a regret or shame about the past. These two combined can lead to a vicious circle when we think of a regretful thing we did or experienced in the past it can lead to a fear of a repeat of this experience in the future. However, there are some simple tools and techniques that can help adults that suffer from anxiety (or depression for that matter) Anxiety can present itself in many forms the most obvious of these are panic attacks, these are also the most severe form of anxiety. They can come out of the blue and can affect our breathing, heart rate, vision and digestion and can be very traumatic as it feels like our life is at serious risk as the symptoms may be similar to those of a heart attack. Anxiety can also show itself more subtly (especially in adults) – not wanting to make that sales call (fear of failure), not wanting to be part of social functions (fear of not fitting in) – these are sometimes so su...