“Do you suffer from permanent, increased tension, from being driven internally or externally? Do you feel overwhelmed? Do you feel hectic, aimless and a loss of overview? Are concentration and memory impaired? Then you probably have a stress problem.

Symptoms of an anxiety disorder, on the other hand, would include: tightness, a feeling of having to take a deep breath, palpitations, sweating, and negative thoughts or fantasies that involve threats.

Depression is characterized by low spirits, listlessness, feelings of meaninglessness and hopelessness combined with an inability to enjoy beautiful things in the usual way.

If you believe that complaints of this type are primarily caused by being overwhelmed at work, then you can also speak of a burnout syndrome.

All of these ailments are treatable and reversible.”

– dr medical Dietmar Hansch

Yoga philosophy actually sees the main sources of happiness and life satisfaction within us. However, the zeitgeist of our western affluent societies has been suggesting the opposite for decades. Advertising shows us every day that we absolutely need this or that consumer good for our happiness. But that is wrong.

You get used to material goods quickly and then you need more or something new. A spiral begins that has no end. And dependency arises, which forces one to adapt excessively, with the risk of losing oneself in the end.

Die moderne Glücksforschung zeigt, dass wahre und langanhaltende Lebenszufriedenheit zu etwa 80% aus inneren Quellen stammt und nur zu 20% von äußeren Umständen abhängt.

Animals only react reflexively to stimuli. We humans, on the other hand, are able to choose our perspectives and interpretations. We have the ability to make conscious decisions before we react. This is not easy and requires a lot of practice, but it allows us to control our feelings. Our brain is very capable of learning and adapting.

“First of all, thoughts are just fleeting neural blink patterns, and nothing else. Sometimes they come close to reality, but often they don’t. Some of them are helpful, but many are not.”

– dr medical Dietmar Hansch

Our sensory organs mainly record the key data that is important for survival. Our brain creates our reality from it. However, this reality is subjective. So there are no objective truths at all, only personal interpretations.

Mental health has a lot to do with being able to allow different possible perspectives. When we can distance ourselves from our own thoughts, we don’t identify with our subjective reality. This forms a central aspect of mental health and inner freedom.