I SO needed this right now. I'm really struggling to keep my head above water as those around me are really hurting with depression right now. I needed some outside perspective and especially like this:
The programming of the depressive subconscious has been built on layers of skewed perceptions, over many years, often strengthened by negative experiences. Through observation of something external, I find that I gain some perspective and project these ingrained thought patterns outside of myself for a time. This allows for an objective study of these perceptions without holding on to them, without seeing them as a part of me that cannot change.
I am going to try to look at things from an artistic perspective and get out of my own head. Thank you for sharing your wonderful thoughts and experiences with this. It is truly very helpful and just what I needed.
I'm truly glad that it helped with some inspiration for you @byn in maybe finding a new way to try and address those depressive feelings. Definitely try it, find some type of place or work of art etc that expresses something to do with perspective. Or look for these different perspectives in the natural environment and then see if you can draw comparison with how you perceive the object of focus and how you are thinking in your internal mind-scape. Quite often, I find, if I can project these feelings outwards onto something external, then I can study them with a little more separation. Sometimes, it can bring on quite overwhelming emotions but that's where I try and write poetry or prose or anything really to get the reactions out and on paper, again divorcing yourself from them a little bit to try and gain a new perspective. Take care and I hope things improve for you and the people around you x
Thank you. I do use my writing to distance myself from my feelings, issues and pain quite often. I'd not thought about using visual-art as well. I appreciate your support. Thank you.