Sunday, January 16, 2011

[Kundalini Yoga] how to help a friend with depression?

 

Sat Nam,

My name is Dharam Darshan Kaur. With pain in my heart I would like to share with you the problem my boyfriend has since many years. Maybe some of you have a good advise for me?
I know my boyfriend already for 17 years. When we met in the beginning he just graduated from the University. He was a lively, caring and energetic person. After the death of his father about 10 years ago and a conflict with his brothers and mother he broke the contact with the family. As a result he lost any interest in life, stayed in bed for 6 months and never attended a job. In the beginning I was thinking this is just a reaction to the loss of his father and the separation from his family and I was hoping he will get back to normal after a while.
The truth is nothing really changed during the last 10 years. We were living in separate rooms because he was playing all night computer games and slipping during the day until I was waking up early to go to my work. We were living as a brother and sister and slowly I started living my own life. To survive in this situation I was looking for solutions behind the door. I am grateful I found Kundalini yoga and became a yoga teacher. Everytime I started a conversation about his lifestyle and his health with him he would tell me it's his choice and I don't need to tell him what to do. In the last years his situation got worse - he would wash himself just once in 2 weeks, he was smoking and drinking coffee all day long. He broke the contact with all his friends and was never going out. My friends advised me to move from his apartment and start living on my own. After 8 years inner struggle I at the end did it last year. It was a relief for me in many ways. However I was keeping an eye on him and visiting him from time to time. Last week when I visited him I found him shaking on the sofa. He was skinny and there was no food in the house. he told me he doesn't want to go on with life. My boyfriend doesn't like me to speak about yoga and condemns spirituality. It's impossible to do a meditation with him or a yoga set. Do you maybe have any suggestions how I can help him? Everything could be useful.

Light to All, Love to All, Peace to All!

Dharam Darshan Kaur

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