What You Know About Depression is Wrong. Let Me Tell You About This Other Perspective and Alternative Solution.

This post is a continuation of my journey of conquering my depression

Nowadays, whenever I reveal to someone that I have depression, I usually get a, “Really? I don’t see it at all.” with a puzzled or surprised look on their face.

How did this happen?

That’s what I’m going to tell you right now.

This post is a continuation of my journey of conquering my depression. I wrote about it previously; here’s the link to it.

This is how the story went on.

I complied with the psychiatrist’s advice. After that first session with her, I found the courage to talk to close friends and family about my feelings and everything happening in my head.

Convinced that my mental situation was medical related because I had no reason to be depressed, I was skeptical about trying out other possible solutions or methods that could help me. I couldn’t think of the reason at that time. All I know is that it’s a part of me.

I have a Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde in my head. That’s it!

So, when my friend started to tell me about her experience with her therapist and strongly recommended him to me, I ignored her.

Looking back now, I can see that I was so self-absorbed in my beliefs that I kept dismissing the idea that there could be another solution.

I thought what I had was better.

Super skeptical. And it went on for years.

Then 2018 came. It was around July, and it was about my mother.

“I’ve been recommending him to you for years. Now you finally agreed, and it’s because of your mother?” My friend told me this after finally agreeing to meet with her therapist.

At this time, my mother’s close friend just passed away. Her passing brought a significant impact on my 70-year-old mom. She would stay in her room, barely talking and with a noticeable sadness in her eyes. She was also barely eating unless encouraged. My sisters and I did our best, but her condition worsened up to the point where we thought she would leave us.

It was both alarming and heartbreaking to witness.

My mom sort of gave up, and I felt I needed to do something.

That’s when I thought about my friend’s therapist.

When my friend told me that I could use this alternative method on behalf of someone else, I did my best to get rid of my skepticism. I just want my mom to get better.

What I was also worried about is that this therapist is American. Although my friend said he understood some Tagalog from living in the Philippines for quite a while, I still needed to speak English most of the time. And around that time, I wasn’t really confident with my English. But I still went on. It was, after all, for my mom.

“Alright, let me try this one. It wouldn’t hurt.” I told myself. The best thing that could happen is to see my mom get better.

The session.

I traveled from home up to Laguna just to meet this therapist for my first session. My friend accompanied me to his house.

His house is also his office. It’s a bungalow with mint green paint on the outside and many cats inside.

My friend stayed in the living room, and the therapist guided me to his office. He let me read some write-ups on his computer. I complied.

My friend told me to just follow what he says. So, I read.

Afterward, we returned to the living room where my friend was sitting, and he continued introducing me to the method he was using for therapy. It was called Inner Influencing — a method created by Paul Greblick. The one I read on the computer was the start of the introduction, and now it was time for application.

I started to tell him about my mom.

What I learned about depression and mental health.

We can pass it on.

To give a simple example, the therapist told me about his kitten with a broken tail. I shared this story earlier. Here’s the link to the post.

I am not Mr Hyde.

Depressive thoughts, or any negative thoughts, aren’t coming from me. All thoughts involving negative remarks about you aren’t coming from you. You will never want to hurt yourself. So, if you have an idea that would harm you physically, emotionally, or mentally, it is coming from an outside force.

For more information about this, you can try to look for video interviews of Dr Jerry Marzinsky.

The subconscious remembers everything.

We may not remember everything that happened to us, but the subconscious does. It’s just buried there and is always there.

We can heal ourselves by reaching out to the subconscious.

And this is possible by using simple suggestions taught in Inner Influencing.

The session was about two hours long, and it was worth it.

I initially went there for my mom, only to realize that what could benefit her could also help me.

Going out, I carried copies of possible problems I could work on, all printed on paper. I thank my therapist for giving them to me.

I had so much work to do.

Did it work for my mom?

Her health improved when I started doing Inner Influencing for my mom. She began to eat again, when previously, it was almost a challenging task, even after hospitalization.

Her constant frown was replaced with smiles, and she became lively again. She became stronger and stronger.

Did it work for me?

On one of my visits to Atlantic City with my friends, we had a chance to try having our palms read by a psychic out of a dare and curiosity.

We walked on the boardwalk one night and passed several signages with “Palm Reading” on them. We were all curious, so on our way back to the hotel, we went in one, and upon learning that we’d get to hear about our past, present, and future for 20USD, we tried.

We didn’t know if the information we’ll get is accurate. How would someone know about your future, right? But this lady is a stranger, and what she told me made me speechless.

About my past, she said, “You were in a dark place, but now you’re not.” She also told me that my aura was now bright.

Her comment about me sent chills down my spine as I raised my eyebrows in surprise. How could a stranger possibly know that?

Well, who knows, right? Maybe she is legit, after all.

So, out of this experience, and going back to the beginning of this post, where I told you how other people see me, can I say that the Inner Influencing worked for me? I say, a resounding yes.

Your neighbor,

Wam