Mindfulness

Mindfulness seems to be the antidote of depression and many unbalanced people try to find relieve by practicing this new science of health and happiness. Its focus is on living in the present moment. There are so many books, magazines, CD's and courses on the market. So of course, people would recommend me this type of meditation when they heard about my mental condition last summer.

Here are some of my suggestions:

• Pick one that is up your alley. Just give it a try and see if it works and makes you move forward;
• If don't feel up to it, think about it for a while and try again. Your state of mind is changing constantly and what did not work yesterday might work today or tomorrow;
• Do not stress about it.
  
  

I'm a book person so anything text related helped and still helps me realize how much we can be/are in control of our own actions, feelings and body. 

Here are some of my personal books and magazines:

If this is not helpful, have you tried yoga? I have tried yoga in the garden at the Saginaw Art museum in May and must say that I totally relaxed just by hearing the sound of birds and touching the grass.

Or just reading a good book where you are totally lost yourself in the story?

Another very effective method is breathing correctly. This breathing exercise can calm you down in a few minutes.

The main thing you need to do is trying to detach yourself or get your mind of the different person you have become or who you don't recognize anymore. I so desperately wanted to shake my other identity off but could not manage to do so for about a year and it feels like you are going to be stuck in there forever but believe me that it is going to get better!!!