CHARACTERISTICS OF DEPRESSION AND HOW TO ADDRESS IT
Caller: Hi Master, would you be able to sense whether I suffer from depression? Do you think so?
Master Jun Hong Lu: You certainly are suffering from depression. There isn’t a need at all for me to sense it.
Caller: Then, what could possibly be the cause of my depression? I think I have depression but my husband doesn’t believe me. I’ve not been working in recent years due to ill health.
Master Jun Hong Lu: You are showing typical signs of depression. What is depression like? Let me share with you some of its key characteristics. First, you tend to worry just about everything under the sun. Are you someone like that?
Caller: Yes.
Master Jun Hong Lu: You worry about your health, your kids and husband. In fact, there is nothing that doesn’t worry you. Second, you suffer from insomnia.
Caller: True. I have been suffering from acute insomnia lately. Just like a child who can’t sleep at night.
Master Jun Hong Lu: Third, depression involves fear and anxiety—persistent fear, especially of meeting people. Do you often feel this way?
Caller: Yes, I do. I always feel very much like…
Master Jun Hong Lu: This says it all. Based on the above three points, you are in the early stage of depression.
Caller: Honestly, I couldn’t be more grateful to Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door because without it, I would have been so helpless.
Source: Wenda20130714A 14:17, Master Jun Hong Lu’s call-in radio program