Transforming Depression by Doc Childre

Author:Doc Childre [Doc Childre, Deborah Rozman]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781608825196
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications

Befriending Negative Attitudes and Stuck Feelings

Attitude Breathing doesn’t deny or repress negative attitudes or resistant feelings. Instead, it helps transform them. This is important to understand. You are actually befriending a negative attitude or feeling by bringing that blocked energy into your heart, not fighting it but holding it in your heart and releasing the significance you’ve assigned to it.

Negative attitudes and emotions aren’t bad, as we’ve said before. They are a completely understandable result of past situations that have caused you hurt or pain. But that doesn’t mean you can’t change the ratio of how much low-grade negativity and judgment you carry around and experience now. Your heart can open you to new information and insight that transforms your view of the past and releases resistant feelings. You can develop the heart intelligence to clear out a lot of stored negativity that keeps triggering depression. As you practice attitude replacements to clear negativity, the triggers will come up with less energy and have less cumulative ­long-range effect.

It takes meaningful heart intent to release stored ­negativity—a deep yet accessible intent. Ellen’s story, sent to us by a health professional, shows how meaningful heart intent works, even when someone is in chronic pain.

My problem with chronic pain began about eight years ago. I developed back and right-leg pain from a work-related injury and had surgery to correct a disk problem. The surgery was “successful,” but my pain never improved. My emotional state began to worsen. After my second surgery I couldn’t walk; I could barely stand up. I was given twenty-four visits with a physical therapist, but that was not enough.

I never really improved over the years, even though I had occasional physical therapy, acupuncture, and psychotherapy. Besides that, all I was offered for such a long time was a bunch of pills or an epidural shot. I couldn’t sit up in bed or stand up from a chair without a pulley or assistance. I felt so lonesome, useless, and worthless. I had gained weight because I was feeling “What’s the point—life’s not worth living, if this is the way it’s going to be.” I was feeling worse and worse, like I was just taking up space.

After waiting for a long time, I finally heard that I was eligible for a new pain-management program and I cried the whole day. I was scared. I hoped my body wouldn’t let me down. I wanted to come out as a human being again. The best thing that could have happened to me was that program. I was introduced to HeartMath, and it was wonderful. HeartMath taught me that I could handle my pain and depression. I learned that it takes practice and a willingness to keep trying, but it can be managed.

I’ve really needed to use the [Power of] Neutral tool when situations around me or my pain gets challenging. Sometimes my knee gets so bad that I almost fall, and I get angry. Then I tell myself, “Before you get all upset, just get in that Neutral Place.

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