Happy Brains

Welcome people of the saddest society. I am by no means the smartest person you'll ever encounter and I would only take my words to your own benefit rather than criticism. Open your mind and take the information you gain here to better understand yourself and possibly get your life on the path that you wish to take. I am by no means a philosopher or consider myself a philosopher, professional, expert, or a writer. What you think of me will be entirely up to you, I am just a normal person with views of the world that is formulated by simple, or maybe complex logic.

Do you consider yourself depressed or don't feel like you can be the person that you want to be without some kind of special drug or help from a "professional" psychologist/therapist? I know growing up in the American society has taught me that there are excuses for things like depression and unsatisfying feelings. Reasons such as how you were raised, what friends you hang out with, "mental disorders", childhood abuse, and many more that you yourself probably consider yourself being a victim of. We as humans like to associate ourselves to misfortune as a sort of social connection with others. I mean let's face it, we find negative things to be more entertaining then things that are more positive, even if we enjoy the negative event or not. The news is probably the biggest source for negative events around the world, mixed with a few spiffy positive events. The American society is wrapped around negativity, even in the research of psychology has focused on the negative aspects of what have caused us to gain such illnesses of mental disorders.

Positive psychology was introduced to set aside all of the bad perspective of life, and focus on the positive side of the world. In a society where we don't believe positive perspective of life is the way to live in the real world, it's very hard to adapt to as a habit. I know myself whenever someone hears me talk about becoming a better person, it's like a joke to most people. "Haha, you know you're just going to go back to being a lazy ass." So, in a society where we get no support to become better, and negativity is all around us, how do you go about avoiding all of it? You don't. I don't believe becoming ignorant is the answer to pure happiness. There should be a balance of negativity and positivity in the mind to keep it healthy.

Where do you start to become a better person? I probably had the stupidest way in thinking more positively in life. It started with smoking salvia, I absolutely do not recommend this method at all. Salvia introduced to me a feeling of non-existance and a different reality through an out of body experience. This new and very different feeling led me to try and understand myself a little more. It was a very self-reflective experience and it sparked a very interesting perspective of life.

Becoming more positive minded I found to be a very hard habit to get into. I started out by reading some e-books about psychology and becoming more knowledgeable on how the mind works. The easiest way to start becoming more positive is to realize that your brain is not something that has been predefined. You have the power to change no matter what age you are through discipline. I recommend meditating at least 30 minutes a day, and when I say meditate, I don't mean sit Indian style and start enchanting weird hums. I use ambient music as I lay down in bed and just relax for 30 minutes. Recently I've been using Brain Sync technology to help me meditate and relax. There is debate whether or not it works, but it really depends on how much you believe it works and take the time to integrate it into your mindset that it works and does something for you.

Another thing you can do is create a blog, like so. I made my blog my homepage so that I remind myself everyday that work needs to be done to become a better person. Keep a blog that has a list of your life goals, current projects, and try to be creative with your writings. It doesn't have to be something you share with other people, although it is a good motivation, think of it as more of a reflective tool to keep you in track of life. When you start becoming organized, it helps to keep you motivated and you feel much better about yourself. Accomplishing simple tasks can go a long way in changing yourself. Eventually you should find a relaxing hobby.

Summary of article:
-Read up on psychology for self-help and understand yourself a little better. (Positive Psychology)
-Meditate 30 minutes a day. (Brain Sync is a good tool for this.)
-Get organized (Make a blog with your schedule or long term/short term goals.)
-Get a hobby.