Depression is on the rise. According to an article from Boston University, the rate of depression has tripled in the US since the pandemic first hit back in 2020. It is consistently climbing. As of 2021 when that article was published, depression was affecting 1 in 3 American adults and predicted to get worse. That statistic is likely even higher now.
In this article, we’re going to look at the spiritual explanation for depression, which is something society largely ignores. If you’re suffering from depression, this perspective can help you understand what’s really happening to you on a spiritual level and give you insight on how you can start to heal from it.
Depression is Not a Chemical Imbalance
The British Medical Journal published an article about the widely accepted belief of depression being a chemical imbalance in the brain as a “marketing myth.” It states since the 1990s, no one knew whether SSRIs (a type of antidepressant drugs commonly used to treat depression) lowered or raised serotonin levels. This means this type of medication doesn’t actually correct your brain’s biochemistry.
So, if depression is not necessarily a chemical imbalance in your brain, then what is actually the cause?
In my opinion, the cause is multidimensional. It’s a combination of physical, mental, emotional and spiritual issues that all link together. In this article, I will be focusing on just the spiritual reasons.
Demonic Entity Attachments
The first reason could be demonic entity attachments. In shamanism and a lot of traditional cultures, entities are known to contribute to mental health disorders including depression. If you are someone who is normally very upbeat, positive and happy but suddenly find yourself depressed without any good reason, you might have unwanted guests hanging around you.
Removing entities is something you’ll need to find an experienced healer to help you do. It’s not really something people can do on their own because the process requires a lot more than smudging with sage, burning white candles or imagining white light.
There are different kinds and grades of demonic entities. Some are very strong and vicious. Without the correct knowledge, protocol and abilities, it can be very difficult to get rid of them. As well, if it’s done incorrectly, it can make the problem a lot worse.
Soul vs. Ego Conflict
The second reason has to do with internal pressure that comes from the conflict between your mind/ego and your heart/soul. It happens when they aren’t aligned and want different things in life. As the two disagree more and more, it builds up internal pressure.
I believe that we all come into this reality with our own unique purpose. We have an internal blueprint that outlines major things we are meant to experience and accomplish. Our soul guides us to fulfill it, if we choose to listen.
That blueprint is what our real life purpose is. It’s the real game of life we’re here to play. It contains the real milestones we are suppose to hit. The milestones that society projects onto us are ego-driven and often someone else’s agenda. But the ones in our internal blueprint are soul-driven and what we truly want.
Basically, depression is your soul telling you it’s had enough of being ignored and wants you to turn your attention inwards so you can realize you’re going in the opposite direction of what you came here to do.
Connection to Spiritual Awakening
The third reason has to do with spiritual awakening. If you’re sensitive to energy, then you know that things are ramping up and getting very intense energetically. Humanity is going through an enormous consciousness expansion right now. A symptom of that process is the level of sensitivity to energy will increase exponentially for everyone. A lot of people will start to become aware of their personal thoughts, emotions and feelings, including all their unconscious pain and trauma, as well as everyone else’s.
People have this adaptive behaviour of avoiding pain at all cost. They resort to things like addictions or distractions to numb it. But at this point, humanity’s sensitivity has increased so much that those coping mechanisms just won’t work anymore. That means all the suppressed pain is going to be flooding into our conscious awareness.
If you think that’s not enough, people are also becoming more conscious of the fact that perhaps the choices they’ve made in life so far have not been in alignment to who they really are and what they really want. They’re starting to realize they might have spent their entire life living someone else’s dream, chasing after something they’ve been subconsciously sold and hypnotized into wanting, but don’t actually want.
This is because as consciousness expands, people will also get more in touch with their soul. As a result, they will hear their soul more and start to remember their internal blueprint. The realization of how far they’ve ventured off from their actual path will not be a good feeling. This is why I think there’s an explosion in depression right now and will likely continue to trend upwards in the years to come.
In the spiritual sense, depression is an opportunity for you to turn inwards. It’s a chance for you to withdraw your energy and attention from external things, people, and situations and bring that internally to yourself instead. It’s re-directing energy so you can use it to heal, figure out what is it that you really want in life and take action to make whatever that is happen.
How to Heal Depression Spiritually
There is something you can do on your own to heal depression spiritually. The easiest thing you can do is listen to light language sound healing music. This is a specific type of music that is encoded with multidimensional sound frequencies that work to heal the body, mind and soul.
Another thing you can do is to get in touch with your soul by practicing self-reflection and developing self-awareness. This is actually the first step to doing inner healing work.
You will need to develop a strong connection to your soul to be able to figure out what it wants to tell you. Only then, can you take action and do something to address it in your life.
Unlike other more superficial approaches, this will take more time and effort. However, you won’t be coping with this problem for the rest of your life. You will be eliminating it permanently by dealing with the root cause.
Inner healing work is complex work because it involves many moving parts. It requires strong self-awareness and critical thinking skills. You also need to be able to look at yourself objectively and be willing to take responsibility for everything that come up. If you have no idea how to do this work or where to start, consider working with a spiritual mentor who can guide you through this process.
Otherwise, you can try these three journal prompts as a start:
- Describe a time in your life when you were truly being yourself. How did that feel?
- Do you try to hide any parts of who you are from others? If so, why do you do that?
- What is one thing you really want to do in life that brings you joy? What is stopping you from doing it right now?
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