How to Confront the Internal Authority and Beat Depression

The internal authority consists of the polluted messages that you bombard yourself with. These messages are a hangover from earlier days and are no longer valid. They contain incorrect information and need to be challenged and updated. The only reason they have such a hold on you is because it has become a perpetual habit to listen to them. All you have to do to get rid of them is to replace them with a new message. To break a life­long habit, you simply need to be firm with yourself about this.

This is how to tackle the internal authority. Listen carefully to the 'polluted' message - you will know what it is because when you hear it you will feel ashamed. Catch it and study it. Think back to when you first heard it. Who said it to you?Think hard and you will find the answer. You will realise that you are obeying it even though it comes from someone for whom you may have no respect or love. If they were obeying you after many years,

wouldn't you think it was a little strange?You are responsible for taking the correct course of action to remedy these old messages. No one is making you do what you don't want to do.

Next, write down the message on a piece of paper. Then put a line through it and write the antidote next to it. Stick it on the wall where you will see it all the time. If this is not possible because others live with you, then draw a picture or write it in code. As you read it, the new message will filter into your consciousness and you will find yourself adapting to it. All you are doing is changing a thinking habit - albeit a very ingrained one. In a few days the new message will be taking over from the old one.

SOME EXAMPLES OF ANTIDOTES:

-I am stupid

-I am not stupid, I passed my degree with honors I am frightened I will go broke

-Take that fear and, just for this next five minutes, let it go I will never get my music deal

-Your success as a person does not depend on a music deal

Just reading these through as you notice them stuck on the wall will remind you that you have an old habit that needs to be replaced by a new one, and what new thinking needs to be put into place to make a change. It really is that simple. I recom­mend you stick with replacing one old message at a time. Remember you must have a new message to replace the old one - you don't want to leave a vacuum. As you practise this, you will notice that when you get bored by the Post-it note on the wall it will mean you have registered the new message. Now it's time to move on to the next old message. You will find each note stays on the wall for a shorter time. It might start off as two weeks and you will move it to two days. Your assimila­tion will accelerate in the light of new experience. Don't make it any more complicated; that's as simple as it needs to be.



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