A few days ago, something came to me. I wish I could remember where and how it did, but I can't get a clear location or space in my mind, and without the image of a location, I can't remember, I remember spatially. Anyhow, I came to a realization about depression and anxiety--about these physical feelings of intense emotions.
Here is my simple discovery:
If you imagine a time-line graph going through the body, using the body as "0" or neutral:
The NOW is the body. If you draw a line through the body and make it a timeline, the imaginary line through the back and backwards is the past and the line that comes out from the front of the body is the future.
When someone dwells too much in the past, then those thoughts bring out depressive feelings, a sense of depression. When one thinks too much about the future (too far forward), then the feelings of anxiety set in. If one concentrates on moving the past towards the center, and the future towards the center, then they meet at the body, in the present. You cannot control past or future, you can only control what is happening RIGHT NOW. The choices you make right now are the ones that matter because they are the only ones in your control. Thoughts about past and future bring about those feelings because there is nothing you can do about them because they are not accessible to you at this time, so the energy to act just gets translated into depression and/or anxiety.
It all comes down to what is serving you. The body knows, the body feels, if you are doing something that is not serving you, then it will affect your body in harmful ways and make you feel these unwelcome (I think) feelings.
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