Nickie.
They weren't planning to make a transcript before the teleseminar. The rule of the thumb is we have to see how it worked out. Recordings don't always work out as well as we like so we make no promises. See what happens.
DavinderS.
Firstly don't limit it to "conquering Depression. " You wind up creating a battle of will with the self. As Paul has said it's when you have moved to Frustration instead of confusion (something which apparently you might be experiencing right now because you are asking a what next step)
Frustration is a feeling of hopelessness.
Confusion is a feeling of yeah but what comes next. Neither are comfortable but at least when you are confused you are still looking for a solution.
In PhotoReading we try to welcome confusion but also want to steer the learner away from frustration. Here we offer the NOPS model
Notice it, Own it, Play with it, Stay with it.
Natural Brilliance is Release, Notice, Respond and Witness. It's a continuous loop like a juggler balancing spinning plates on sticks. He has to make sure they have enough momentum to keep spinning so he's moving back and forth give the ones that are slwoing down a bit more of a spin.
So how are you going to move out of depression with the Paraliminals? One Paraliminal at a time.
New Options Generator can be a place to start. Remember afterwards you might feel confused it's a borderline balancing act to stay with confusion and not fall into frustration and depression. The Idea is to stick with asking questions and looking for solutions. Asking if I weren't depressed what would I be doing instead? The first thing to do is generate some alternatives. Things you can do differently now. If've you've deen depressed for some time you might not even know the original course. If you do then New History Generator would be the Paraliminal to use to get you back to accepting confusion looking for opportunities to move around the problem.
Next you might need Anxiety Free you've got an idea of what to do.but feeling anxious about whether it will work or not.
Which order you might use the Paraliminals in or which one is best right now is not a definate answer. You are going to be able to make a better guess at that than anyone else.
You know that depression is the result of frustration. Now you know that opportunity to move forward lies in embracing 'frustration's' cousin 'confusion' then you can take the path of action.
It's one step at a time. Like the journey of one thousand steps you have to start with one.
I just had a curious thought. I wonder what would happen if instead of saying "I'm so depressed." one started saying instead, "I'm so confused"? Perhaps using the New History Generator.
Alex
