Are you really depressed or
are you just sad?
Watch "Reality Check" as Life Coach and Author Chandra
Alexander talks about
the differences between clinical depression and sadness.
Depression is different than sadness. Depression results
when you do not
deal with your sadness.
1. Life is a mixture of both happy and sad; this is
normal and natural.
2. We are taught sadness is "bad", so we end up being
ashamed and
stuffing our feelings
3. It is appropriate to be sad because sometimes things
are sad: people
die, get sick, our hearts get broken.
4. Anti-depressants take away the anxiety but keep us
numb. You must
"feel" to get healthy.
WFLA-TV/NBC "Daytime" -
Once a regular guest on Daytime, Chandra takes live
call-in questions from viewers seeking advice and
insight.
“Chandra Alexander connects with our audience, Reality
-- does -- Work! Our viewers appreciate Chandra's
straight forward, face-the-truth, problem solving
approach to living your life. People are tuning in to
see her, ratings jump when she's on the air.”
Steve De Gregorio
Executive Producer - Daytime/Director & Local
Programming Development WFLA-TV (NBC)
This daily email is an opportunity to stay
connected to what's real and true. Cutting
through to "The Real Truth" is my way of sharing
with you an inner barometer to test the
"realness" of where you are at any moment.
Having a good life is not for the weak at heart.
A cold eye is what's needed to plunge our inner
depths and for that we must be brave. Regardless
of our dysfunction, our ego must be healthy and
strong enough so that we can we be brutally
honest with ourselves. Real bravery is accepting
that the inner journey will include "uncomfortableness"
and anxiety; that there is no way to face our
demons without the willingness to meet them.
There will always be emotional pain when we
finally feel our grief and sadness, and get in
touch with a lifetime of "stuffed feelings", but
once we stop resisting what has always been
there, we experience freedom, and finally know
that suffering is optional. Here's to living in
the present moment - not the past or the future
- Chandra
