The Resilience Series videos that we’ve viewed were really interesting and inspirational, and they have all shown us different examples of people struggling with depression. The 4 videos we decided to write about are the ones by David Gillick, Pat Caslin, Marian Keyes, and Senator David Norris. They all had something in common, and that it’s always recommended for any of us to seek support from the people we care about when we struggle with depression. What they didn’t have in common are their reasons for suffering from depression. David Gillick was suffering from his depression due to his career-ending injuries, Pat Caslin was suffering from multiple Sclerosis that prevented him from being able to walk, Marian Keyes suffered from her alcohol addiction and her misguided belief on how being happy all the time is the only way to live, and Senator Norris suffered from the negativity of the media towards him.
We found it to be quite inspiring how Senator Norris acknowledged how precious and important every bit of life is, and we loved how he emphasised that even if we only ever have a short time left in our lives, that short time is still quite meaningful. The world hasn’t ended as long as you’re still breathing, and if the world hasn’t ended then there’s still so much to be done in this world. One of the lessons that we’ve learned from Marian Keyes is that it’s completely normal for our lives to have any downsides to them and that what isn’t normal is being able to lead completely perfect lives full of nothing but happiness. We have to accept that certain things are never under our control in life, but that also doesn’t mean we should dwell on them either. Pat Caslin’s talk about focusing on the positive things that are in your life instead of whatever it is that’s negative about it is also quite important, and he is right about the fact that we still have a lot that many don’t even have the luxury of acquiring at any point in their lives. David Gillick talking about vowing to better himself for the sake of his newborn child was really touching, and it can apply to people other than your newborn child. Anyone that cares about you will most certainly be affected if your suicidal thoughts get the better of you, and you might even bring the same pain that you’ve suffered from into the people that cared about you. Getting past your depression will not just prevent your life from being ruined, but it also prevents the lives of your loved ones from being ruined as well.
The lessons that we’ve learned from all those videos were interesting, inspiring, and entirely relevant to the day-to-day life that we’re living through, and we highly recommend watching these videos as we believe that they hold important life lessons that anyone of any age will find to be extremely useful. It’s quite important to have the right mindset and outlook on your life in order to combat depression, but it’s still quite important to have someone to support you while you do so. This world isn’t just going to be completely positive or completely negative, but it will always be a mix of both positivity and negativity.
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