So Start Talking to Yourself...

Now here's a semi-palatable piece that may help a bit with depression, especially for those of us who talk to ourselves anyway:

Improving your Thinking and Mood--"Create your own reality."

How you think is important.

Let’s focus on the role of thinking in depression. No matter what the other causes of depression may contribute, thinking always plays some role and can always make matters worse.

* If you are depressed because of a biochemical imbalance you will still be thinking about your life experiences.
* If you have too much stress you will certainly think about the stressful events.
* If you learned to be depressed then your usual pattern of thinking will maintain it.

Thinking is always occurring, and therefore plays a fundamental role in creating not only depression ,but all of our other emotions as well.

Go to the source for a discussion of rational emotive therapy (RET). I recall reading Albert Ellis' Guide to Rational Living back in 1971. I have the book here somewhere...