IF YOU REALLY WANT TO HAVE A MIND FREE FROM DEPRESSION, NOBODY CAN STOP YOU. DAVID J. ABBOTT M.D.

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THE CHALLENGE YOU FACE IN DEPRESSION IS TO CHANGE THE WAY YOU THINK

Overcoming depression is hard, perhaps the hardest thing you will ever do. Fighting against depression isn't a stroll in the park; it's a dogfight. But if you decide to join the fray, you can win the battle and drive depression from your mind. If you want to have a mind free from depression, nobody can stop you.

Your emotions are a reflection of your thoughts. When you change your thoughts, your emotions automatically change. You don't have to battle the negative and twisted emotions echoing in your mind. Instead, you need to learn how to change the way you think, and emotions will naturally take care of themselves. Like night follows day, when your thoughts are healthy and positive, your emotions become healthy and positive as well.

The challenge you face in depression is to change the way you think.

HOW DO YOU CHANGE THE WAY YOU THINK?

How do you change the way you think? Three laws show you how to make it happen.

The Law of Positive Self-Talk states, "You change the way you think and feel by changing what you say when you talk to your mind."

If you want to change the way you feel, you are going to have to change your inner dialogue. You are going to have to talk to your mind in a different manner

The Law of Positive Direction states, "The wheel of change always turns in the direction of what you put into your mind." You actually push your mind in a positive direction by putting positive and healthy thoughts into your mind. If you put enough positive thoughts into your mind, you can actually create a positive brain.

You are not helpless, and your life is not hopeless. Your life instantly improves the moment you start putting good things into your mind. The simple act of reading these positive words turns the wheel of change in a positive direction, and every paragraph you read makes you into a more positive person.

The Law of Positive Focus states, "A persistently positive focus creates a consistently positive mind."

The battle against depression is fought on the battlefield of focus. In order to break the back of depression, you will have to learn how to persistently and consistently control the focus of your mind.

BREAKING THE BACK OF DEPRESSION

Cognitive therapy gives you the power to break the back of depression by eliminating the twisted thinking that creates your distorted emotions. But getting rid of your cognitive distortions isn't enough. You need to go to the next level, a much higher level where there is no limit to how good your life can become. That next level can only happen if you install a positive operating system into your mind.

Simply getting rid of your negative thoughts does not automatically make you positive. Getting rid of the negative only gets you half way to where you want to go. You must install a positive operating system if you want to reach the next level and become a positive person. It's not enough to stop being negative. You need to become a positive person.

You don't need a PhD in psychology or thousands of hours of therapy to win the battle against depression and to move up to the next level. But you do need to learn some basic facts. You also need an uncomplicated strategy that is easy to use. Finally, you need power. When you know the facts, have an effective strategy, and real power, the odds shift in your favor, and there is a high probability you will win this battle. It's going to be a dogfight, but it's a fight you can win.

You have a choice. You can allow negative thinking and depression to rule your life, or you can reestablish command and control over your thoughts and push your mind in a positive direction.

It's up to you. If you want to have a mind free from depression, nobody can stop you.

EIGHT STEPS TO ERADICATE DEPRESSION

1. Realize that you have a treatable condition and that there is hope. People suffering from mood disorders frequently don't realize they have a problem. They struggle with the storm of negative thoughts blowing through their mind, and they don't understand that their state of mind is abnormal. They think that feeling down and depressed is the way their life is supposed to be. They don't know that they can feel positive and enjoy each day. They don't know that there is no limit to how good their life can become. Until they realize that they have a treatable problem, and that there is hope, they will never get better.

2. Reestablish command and control. Either you control your mind, or it controls you. If your mind controls you, if it continually bombards you with chaotic racing thoughts that you don't want to think, if negative and twisted thoughts dominate your mind, then it's time to reestablish command and control. You need to take command of your mind and control the thoughts you find there. If you are trapped in deep depression you may need medication to reestablish command and control so that other types of therapy are effective. If you have a milder mood disorder, you may be able to reestablish command and control without using medication. Cognitive therapy alone may be effective in breaking the back of the negative and depressing thoughts that thunder in your mind.

3. Recognize your cognitive distortions. You must be able to recognize the distorted thoughts that bombard you when you feel negative and depressed. You need to identify your twisted thoughts and call them by name. Depressed individuals must become proactive and take responsibility for the treatment of their depression. When you are able to recognize twisted and distorted thoughts, and call them out by name, you are on your way to winning the battle of the mind. It won't be long before you feel better and your life improves.

4. Reject your cognitive distortions. Once you recognize that your twisted thoughts are abnormal, you can get rid of them. Only the truth can set you free from your cognitive distortions. As soon as you face the facts and reject your abnormal thoughts, you are on the path that leads out of the Land of Depression.

5. Renew your mind with new thoughts. Cognitive therapy is effective because that is the way God designed your mind to work. Your thoughts (cognitions) create your emotions, and when you change the way you think, you also change the way you feel. The Bible says, "Be transformed by the renewing of your mind." The Bible recognizes that you need a new way of thinking. You must establish a program in which you regularly put positive and healthy thoughts into your mind. God gave you a mind, and He expects you to fill it with good things. Each day your job is to fill your mind with good things. One of the best resources you can use to renew your mind is to use positive self-talk found at http://positiveselftalk.com. You can change the way you think and feel by changing what you say when you talk to your mind.

6. Reprogram your mind with a positive operating system. Your mind performs most efficiently when it has a positive operating system. Positive thinking works because it's the natural software for your mind. God made your mind so that it functions best when it's dominated by positive thoughts, and your job is to install a positive operating system.

7. Radically shift your focus to God's love. God's love is the most powerful and most positive force in the universe. When you focus on it and let it into your heart and mind, it changes the way you think and feel, and you receive the power to overcome life's greatest challenges. When your mind is full of thoughts consistent with God's love, your mind is exactly the way God means for it to be. When your heart is full of emotions consistent with his love, your heart is exactly the way God means for it to be.

8. Repeat these steps when you need to regain the high ground in the battle of the mind. Don't let depression create a stronghold in your mind. The war for a positive mind is fought on the battlefield of focus. Use the power of focus to drive depression from your mind and to fill it with positive things. If you really want to have a mind free from depression, nobody can stop you.

ZERO TOLERANCE TO NEGATIVE THINKING

DAVID J. ABBOTT M.D.

Part I - Everything You Need to Know About Depression

1. The Land of Depression
Welcome to the Land of Depression where backward thinking rules.

2. House of Mirrors
Mirror, mirror on the wall, am I OK after all?

3. Mental Slippage: Loss of Command and Control
The first part of mental slippage deals with control of your thoughts; the second part deals with the content
of your thoughts.

4. How to Create a Positive Brain
       You are responsible for the chemistry of your brain. When you choose your thoughts, you choose your brain
       chemistry. When you change your thoughts, you change your brain chemistry. You are not the victim of your
       chemistry; you are its creator.

5. Positive Operating System
Positive thinking is the right type of thinking. It's the natural software for your mind and is the most efficient way
to run your brain.

6. Real Power Over Depression
The most powerful force in the universe is God's love. When your heart is full of God's love, it's full of his
presence and power. God's love points you in the right direction and gives you the power to make the trip.

Part II - Eight Steps to Eradicate Depression

7. Realize You Have a Problem
Negative thinking is a warning that something is wrong in your life.

8. Reestablish Command and Control
A persistently positive focus creates a consistently positive mind.

9. Recognize Your Cognitive Distortions
When bad things happen, cognitive distortions are optional. You can choose to not be depressed.

10. Reject Your Cognitive Distortions
You shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.

11. Renew Your Mind
To win the battle against depression, you need a mind transplant; you need a completely new way of thinking to
receive an entirely new way of feeling..

12. Reprogram You Mind with a Positive Operating System
The First Law of Focus states that what you think about expands. You must learn to use the power of positive
focus to install a positive operating system in your mind.

13. Radically Shift Your Focus to the Most Powerful Force in the Universe: God's Love
God's love is the most powerful force in the universe, and you must shift your focus away from depression and
in the direction of God's love. It's better to switch than it is to fight!

14. Repeat These Steps
Eternal vigilance is the price of a positive mind..

Part III - Negative Thinking and Its Negative Friends

15. Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Negative Thinking
Negative thinking is the black hole of the mind. It's impossible to think only one negative thought..

16. Conflict
Your need to be right is the formula for perpetual conflict. Would you rather be happy or rather be right?.

17. Escaping From Perfection
The wages of perfection are eternal frustration.

18. Guilt - Hazardous Substance - Handle With Care
Guilt is a hazardous substance, and you must handle it with care.

19. Zero Tolerance to Negative Thinking
Tolerating negative thinking in any form or to any degree is unacceptable.

Part IV - Dealing with Adversity and Setbacks

20. Sastrugi happens
When sastrugi happens, you must keep on keeping on..

21. Keeping Adversity in Perspective
Eight commonsense steps to take when adversity pays an unwelcome visit.

22. Negative Thoughts Are a Stop Sign
Negative thoughts alert you to the fact there is a problem. They make you stop what you are doing and force
you to deal with it.

23. Positive Action Is the Only Appropriate Response to a Negative Thought
Positive action is the remedy for negative thoughts.

24. When You Think Positive, Your Life Starts to Improve
No matter how negative your life is, thinking positive makes it better.

25. Turn Bad Things into Better Things
No amount of positive thinking will take something bad and turn it into something good, but positive thinking
will turn it into something better..

26. Affirmations for the Inner Skeptic
Affirmations do more than change the way you think; they also change the way you feel.

27. You Can Change the Way You Think and Feel by Changing What You Say When You Talk to Your Mind
You have a lot of things to discuss with your mind, and this chapter tells you what you should be talking about.

28. Strong Arm Your Mind
Beating depression is a dogfight, but it's a fight you can win. Here are twenty things you can do to give your
mind a massive push in a positive direction.

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