In todays world, we are seeing record high number of people going into depression. I have been through one myself.
When I look back at my case and try to find the root cause of the problem I see my unrealistic expectations about myself was the primary reason why I got into it the first place.
I went deeper to understand what was the root cause of even creating this expectation and I can directly account it the stories I heard in the news — young 19 year old kid launches Facebook and becomes billionaire. Microsoft CEO became a billionaire under the age of 25 ! When I hear these stories in the news it was an early stepping stone of creating expectations. And when that expectation’s are not met is when a person goes into depression.
From the entire depressive episode I have been really cautious about what content I consume and always ask the question: why should I listen to you ? And pretty much always refer to the opinions quoted by books majority of the times but tbh I need to balance things out by referring to the opinions from books, opinions from others and most importantly seeing the reality of your situation and making a decision then.
Hence going into the future I will be moderating the content that I watch and see the reality before setting any expectations.
