[Rose of Cairo]

Originally Posted by Chado2423

I don't see how walking two hours a day will fix my entire life and help me to know what to do to turn my situation around.

I said it won't fix everything immediately. It's a first step. You just have to begin somewhere. There are books about how exercise affects the psyche, besides. It has been proven that exercise has an antidepressant effect. Just like getting up earlier, getting a lot of sunshine, eating healthier and drinking more water.

Walking two hours a day is not going to pay my bills. Getting a job would help that, but I had jobs and was still depressed.

So getting a job is not the solution, right? I'm here to help you overcome your depression, not pay your bills. A job won't help you overcome your depression, but walking two hours a day will.

These things mark the surface at best, but they don't compensate for my whole sense of being, to help me know better what I want and need out of life.

You're underestimating the connection between your body and your mind.

A glass of water a day, or two or whatever... Can you tell me how drinking a glass of water is going to help me a job I enjoy quicker, and turn every area of my life around?

No, I can't tell you, because I'm no biologist. If you're interested in knowing it in details, there is physician called Dr. med. F. Batmanghelidj who writes books about the primordial role of water in our bodies. He even wrote a book called "You're not depressed, you're thirsty!" You may want to read it, it's very interesting. He especially explains how dehydration affects our nervous system. Your depressed feelings may come from a disturbance of the nervous system due to dehydration. Or due to sugar, since sugar harms your nerves. Maybe it has another cause, but having a better functioning nervous system can only help you.

What I can tell you for sure, is that it will work. Maybe only drinking a glass of water won't be enough. But drinking a glass of water, and cutting off sugar, dairy and refined grains, and eating veggies, and walking daily, and reading the Power of Now, and such little things, over a few weeks. Yes it will help you find a job and turn every area of your life around, just like it was the case for me.

It's too much work? Oh yeah? What do you want?? A miracle falling into your lap?

I've never walked two hours a day in my life, nor do I plan to.

If you do what you've done so far, you'll get what you've gotten so far: depression. So what do you want? Staying depressed or changing something and getting out of it? Like Jim would say: it's up to you.

But I do go for short strolls... and yes I'm still depressed before, during, and after. Searching for answers to some pretty deep emotional problems.

Ok, I correct myself: go for a fast walk outside for two hours a day every day and practice the Power of Now during these walks.

If you focus on your depression, you'll get more of it. Remember, you attract into your life what you focus on.

These "pretty deep emotional problems" that you mention proudly and find so important are nothing but your pain body. It's an illusion. It's not you. Searching answers for them will only feed your pain body. I know this sounds strange to you, but read the Power of Now and you'll understand what I mean.

Yeah I love you too