7 Quotes by Morteza Khaleghi

To understand why getting to the root cause is so critical in healing depression, it is necessary to go far beyond the catchall meaning of the word - to understand that the insomnia, fatigue, and other frequently debilitating troubles that we normally associate with depression are indeed just the symptoms of the condition. In reality, depression is not about sadness - it is in most cases about anger.

Depression frequently is internalised anger or anger turned inward. A clinically depressed person is most often someone who is sitting on a great deal of rage - to the point when a patient self-diagnoses with depression, the first reasonable clinical question to ask is: What pissed you off?

The strength to sustain recovery can only come from the addict understanding and defining his circle of influence, from recognising that there are factors over which he can exert authority and control, and from taking responsibility for the outcome of his actions. The most effective way in which to regain a sense of internal control is to grasp at a very core level those events and circumstances - and biochemical balances - that caused the loss of control in the first place.

Addicts, in a very general but foundational sense, are constitutionally unable to put themselves first. They have spent their lives avoiding putting themselves first, hiding themselves and their problems behind habitual and destructive behaviours.

Although a plethora of pharmaceutical-industry television commercials and magazine ads would have you believe otherwise, it is talking through the despair - from the mildest sadness to bona fide clinical depression - that is the most helpful way to alleviate and eliminate the root cause of the pain.

Unfortunately, the stress management tool that addicts rely upon is their addiction itself, and in treatment, they need to replace newer, healthier skills to replace these old destructive habits.

The strength to sustain recovery can only come from the addict understanding and defining his circle of influence, from recognising that there are factors over which he can exert authority and control, and from taking responsibility for the outcome of his actions. The most effective way in which to regain a sense of internal control is to grasp at a very core level those events and circumstances – and biochemical balances – that caused the loss of control in the first place.