Welcome to the Land of Depression where backward thinking rules. In fact, backward thinking is the law of the land, and you actually believe that you are what you feel.
You don't focus on the facts of life. Instead you focus on your feelings. If you want to know how you are doing, you look at your feelings rather than at the facts.
In the Land of Depression, facts don't matter; it's feelings that count. And if the facts contradict your feelings, then you go with your feelings and ignore the facts.
Although backward thinking is your passport to the Land of Depression, it's the quagmire of twisted thinking that holds you there.
If you become skilled at backward thinking and fully master all of the techniques of twisted thinking, you can stay in the Land of Depression for ever. You can become an expert at doing depression.
When you live in the Land of Depression, you must live by it's laws. The laws are simple to understand and follow. Anyone can do it without special training.
If you want to learn how to do depression really well, you must master the Laws of Backward Thinking.
The First Law of Backward Thinking states, "I am what I feel."
The Second Law of Backward Thinking states, "My emotions must be real because they feel so real."
The Third Law of Backward Thinking states, "My twisted thoughts and emotions are a fair assessment of who I am and of the world in which I live."
If you buy into these laws, depression and mood disorders will become your constant companions, and they will rule your world.
Closely examine these laws and discover whether backward thinking controls your heart and mind. Doing depression is easy once you learn these laws and apply them to your life.
If you want to learn more about doing depression, read Zero Tolerance to Negative Thinking. And if you want to learn how positive spirituality can help you develop a healthy heart and mind, read Real Power: Maxing Out on God's Love.
If you want to have a mind free from depression, nobody can stop you.
Jesus said, "You shall know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
To the extent that spiritual belief helps unravel the twisted thinking and distorted emotions associated with depression, to that extent, spirituality has a place in the treatment of depressive illness. Only the truth can set you free from the cognitive distortions associated with depression. The truth really does set you free.
God designed your mind so that it would function best when it is under the influence of his love. When your mind is full of thoughts consistent with his love, your thoughts are healthy, and your mind is exactly the way God means for it to be.
God designed your heart so that it would experience healthy emotions when it is dominated by his love. When your heart is full of emotions that are consistent with his love, your emotions are healthy, and your heart is exactly the way God means for it to be.
A healthy heart and mind free from twisted thinking and distorted emotions are the holy grail in the treatment of depressive disorders.
It's impossible to be depressed when God's love controls your heart and mind. The reason is simple. Twisted thoughts and distorted emotions wither in the presence of God's love. They literally cannot survive when your heart and mind are full of God's love.
God designed your mind so that your thoughts create your emotions, and that's why cognitive therapy is so effective. When you striaghten out your twisted thinking, your distorted emotions naturally disappear.
Nothing is more powerful than God's love. When all else fails, when the hand of flesh falls limp, God's love remains unfettered and unstoppable. When his love comes in the front door, misery, despair, and depression head for the emergency exit.
God's love has enough power to heal your heart and transform your mind. Nothing can do what God's love can, and nothing can do it as well. Furthermore, the positive effects last for eternity. You have a new mind and healed emotions, and the cure lasts forever.
God's love isn't a pipedream that promises one thing and delivers another. The final test of all forms of treatment is whether it works. And it must work on the hard cases just as well as it does on the easy ones.
When all therapies have failed and fallen by the wayside, God's love endures. It never gives up and never surrenders to despair. Nothing is too hard for God. He created the human heart and mind, and He knows everything that can go wrong. He doesn't need to do research or ask anyone for advice. You don't have to wait for someone to discover the cure. God already has the cure for what ails you. He is the powerhouse of unconditional love and has an endless supply that will restore health to your heart and mind. Real power is available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. All you need to do is max out on his love.
When twisted thinking and distorted emotions threaten to take over your life, read Zero Tolerance to Negative Thinking and follow that up with Real Power: Maxing Out on God's Love. Those two books will point you in the right direction and give you the power to make the trip.
If you want to have a mind free from depression, nobody can stop you.
