You can't force yourself to be HAPPY.

[Flick_SnotGrass]

I know, I tried

Complicated thing HAPPY

Lots of moving parts, as it were

Sometimes UN-HAPPY is caused by old out of date software running in the back of your mind

It is as if we have been hypnotized by something horrid from the past and we can't seem to shake the trance off

Sometimes UN-HAPPY is caused by not enough hardware in your brain; where part of the physical makeup of your brain can't run Happy software very well

An unresolved concussion or TBI can cause this and it can also be caused by information not flowing well throughout the physical matrix of the brain

...this is becoming a more common complaint as the informational demands of our world speeds up and we ask our brains to do things that they weren't designed to deal with. Dyslexia is a case in point ADD, ADHD too

Sometimes, UN-HAPPY is due to lack of Sun, or nutrients, or lack of exercise, or whatever

Often software, hardware and wetwear all get clustered up into a big jumble together

Big salami HAPPY

Let's face it the pressures of modern living makes UN-HAPPY very common. "What is the point really?" is a common and understandable sentiment these days

but

maybe we CAN improve HAPPY a slice at a time.

Put a dent in misery, as it were.

A book I often get my clients to read is "The Brain's Way of Healing" by Norman Doidge.

This is a great primer on Brain Plasticity, the innate ability our brain's have for rewiring and rapidly healing themselves under the appropriate conditions. Post Traumatic Growth.

Another great book for you to read is "The Woman Who Changed Her Brain" by Barbara Arrowsmith-Young.

She was born with three neurological bottlenecks in her brain ~ her world was shattered from birth.

Her book is about her realization that

a) she could use modern neuroscience to pinpoint the specific locations within her head that were not working properly

b) she could use the Neuro Plastic properties of her brain to help fix her wiring

c) she designed specific exercises that drove traffic through her brain's bottlenecks which caused her brain to respond by adding more physical circuitry.

d) she cured herself

It's OK to say "WOW" at this point

Brain Plasticity is real.

Fortunately there is a growing cadre of "Brain Reprogramming Doctors" who now teach this neurostuff. These are experts in applying neuroscience and BRAIN PLASTICITY to helping people feel HAPPY quickly or sorting out many other emotional or cognitive complaints.

Google Neuroplasticity Scholarly Articles and dig in.

[monkey_magic]

Wow,

Thanks for that flick snot grass. Writing your name gives me a laugh. Thanks again 🙂

[Flick_SnotGrass]

Hey monkey_magic glad you like the post ... have a GOLD STAR!! .... I'm all about winning this happiness brain game...and I hope you are too

Glad my name makes you laugh monkey_magic, I really don't know why that is ... perfectly ordinary name

{er, um monkey_magic it's spelled SnotGrass actually, capital S capital G all one word "SnotGrass" ... comes from Old Norse means bloody nuisance]

ONWARDS!

for no particularly compelling reason,

Flick SnotGrass

[Guest_128]

Snot is that you?

Far out dude,that's heavy goods you got happening there!

I would like a bit of you inside My fishy head.

You are very smart.

Thanks Snot

Dory

[blondguy]

Hey Flick

You have created a great thread here...Love it!

If I may quote something you wrote that rang true with me....

Flick mentioned "Sometimes UN-HAPPY is caused by old out of date software running in the back of your mind"

This is a classic piece of work Flick.....You have just given me a new way of looking at my unhappiness..and my door is always open to new self help strategies/coping mechanisms.....Nice1 Flick 🙂

I understand and agree with brain plasticity...it has mentioned on the forums before and its another way of figuring out our brain function albeit as complex as it is.

Just for your information Flick.....I tried everything known to mankind to reduce my chronic anxiety in the early 1980's to no avail unfortunately. After 13 years of 'self healing' using every natural method known to mankind..it took a tiny dose of AD's to reduce my anxiety by approx 70% in 72 hours after 13 years of serious mental anguish. (Thats just what worked for me and my own situation...and I have always been anti-meds)

My Best....and a great thread too MrF!

Paul

[Flick_SnotGrass]

Love you too Dory!!!! Glad you like my stuff.... onwards!!, Snot

[Flick_SnotGrass]

blonde guy you made my mourning...thanx for your insights and encouragement.

I'm so glad the AD works...THAT's the important thing....like I tell my clients 'You are the centre of your own healing universe, the rest of us are from Central Casting, so experiment...fail fast, fail often, fail cheap..and as long as you vary your approach with each iteration you WILL succeed' ... like Dory says 'keep swimming'...like Yoda says "DO, there is no try"

You probably noticed that I can get quite stroppy about this whole MH field....I don't want the 'he is functioning as well as can be expected under the circumstances'

sod that

I'm after

BEING BETTER THAN WELL

Tea?

Flick SnotGrass

[blondguy]

Hi Flick

I love the Yoda quote....'Do...there is no try'....Excellent

Its easy to feel stroppy where MH is concerned....Especially the various phrases and tags that are given not to mention that Centrelink wont continue to endorse an official medical certificate when someone has clinical depression and/ or the various levels of anxiety that accompany it

I hope today is good to you Flick

Paul

[Flick_SnotGrass]

Hey Paul-the blondguy,

Good to see you man.

Glad you like the Yoda quote: I live by it. That, and Dory's.

Can I vent?

Please?

Thanx.

Picking up on your "Its easy to feel stroppy where MH is concerned" quote, I had a new client referred to me yesterday....he's a full fledged MD, nice guy, experiencing horrendous depression and anxiety...guess what his speciality is?

Yup, you guessed it MENTAL HEALTH.

I said to him 'Doctor don't you find it the least bit ironic and even a bit funny that you are an MD in Mental Health seeking help?' I didn't say, "doesn't your shit work?" but I didn't have to. He did.

THE SYSTEM IS BROKE.

We need a rethink lads.

Time to chuck the pieces in the air.

Get rid of the old unworkable paradigms and self serving models.

Scrub out our beliefs systems and re synthesis what we think we're doing here.

Told you I needed a good vent.

Paul I saw your post just as I come back from a long walk, where I was contemplating just this idea THE APPROPRIATE POTENTIAL UNITs OF ANALYSIS IN MENTAL HEALTH. In particular POTENTIAL UNITs OF ANALYSIS as pertains to US HUMAN BEING'S WELLBEING. You will see around us, many very fine scientists, each of whom is examining this amazing thing we all wear, I call Brian.

It's a joke.

[I know you know, A Merry Cans often don't.]

Where was I?

Oh yes.

I constantly remind my Boffin Peers:

"Your focus and your beliefs will in large measure determine what you research and look for and what you will find.

For me the unit of analysis, when I do the work that I do, is THE PERSON.

THE PERSON, not the sub neural networks in the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, or the latency of the P300 or the mirror neurons inside the deep architecture of the glial network system. They are part of THE PERSON but not THE PERSON.

In the same way macroeconomic considerations of the vast intricacies of the eternal Great Political Games played here on this planet, although important, are only another potential perspective. They are not You.

Coarse, it depends on the outcome you are after: the focus or timeframe that you analyse and pursue

Flexibility in choices of filters is essential, but

No.

And,

the most appropriate starting point is your 'Me'. YourSelf as a person Oh Great Boffin. And the PERSON's around you."

There. I'm done.

I do feel better.

Thanks for listening.

Can I buy you a coffee Paul?

Flick

[blondguy]

Hi Flick

I didnt take you on your offer of a cup of tea....I actually use Nerada Tea from Queensland now as it the bees knees...and yes I would love a cuppa 🙂

I am happy that you noticed my post when you were getting back from your long walk. I have a rescued Chow Chow/German Sheperd that I walk every morning and have my phone on 3AW Melbourne as a distraction to my mild agoraphobia (the chronic anxiety has gone...only the remnants are loitering around...even with 30 years of counseling)

I joined the forums in January 2016 after being made redundant and its the smartest move I have ever made as it feels so good to 'give back' after being in corporate for so long

I do agree that the system is broke especially after what you said about your new client. You have a crystal clear understanding of whats happening Flick.

I am well educated Flick...but could you explain what you mentioned " THE PERSON, not the sub neural networks in the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, or the latency of the P300 or the mirror neurons inside the deep architecture of the glial network system. They are part of THE PERSON but not THE PERSON.
In the same way macroeconomic considerations of the vast intricacies of the eternal Great Political Games played here on this planet, although important, are only another potential perspective. They are not You"

Thankyou for sharing your understanding of the 'reality' where MH is concerned..

I have learned the 'art' of being simple as it presents less mental conflict/altercations/static where my my own thoughts are concerned....thus a healthier approach to life as we know it...

I will take you up on that cup of tea for sure 🙂

Paul