#### [[notes_Solutions to depression]] **Creator**:: [[Dr. K]] **Source**:: [[course_Dr. K's Guide to Mental Health]] **Link**:: [depression-module-overview](https://coaching.healthygamer.gg/guide/lessons/depression-module-overview), [inability-to-forgive](https://coaching.healthygamer.gg/guide/lessons/inability-to-forgive), [negative-emotions](https://coaching.healthygamer.gg/guide/lessons/negative-emotions), [falling-behind](https://coaching.healthygamer.gg/guide/lessons/falling-behind), [conditional-love](https://coaching.healthygamer.gg/guide/lessons/conditional-love), [the-fantasy-trap](https://coaching.healthygamer.gg/guide/lessons/the-fantasy-trap), [protective-hopelessness](https://coaching.healthygamer.gg/guide/lessons/protective-hopelessness), [dealing-with-samskaras](https://coaching.healthygamer.gg/guide/lessons/dealing-with-samskaras) #### Terms - [[Dharma]] - [[Samskara]] - [[depression]] #### Notes - [[Sigmund Freud]] described [[depression]] as anger directed against the [[self]] - how to move forward in life - Complexes in depressed people's minds - Most people spend most of their time avoiding negative emotions - if everybody does this it means that [[emotions]] must be heavily selected for - [[Evolutionary Psychology]] - negative emotions can be the pathway to [[self-improvement]] - [[Samskara]] leave our minds inflexible - at the time we needed the samskara but it's refusal to leave causes this - Minds are drawn to negative situations because they are known - contrasts:: [[Humans are drawn to the unknown and repelled by the known]] - example abusive [[relationships]] - Fantasy is our mind's way of dealing with negative [[emotions]] by replacing them with positive emotions - the problem is negative emotions actually help us get better - [[Wonder motivates us to interact with the world around us]] - [[Negative influences impact us more than positive influences]] - need to redirect energy to what we are gonna do now