Having a hard time here

[cactusdave]

58. The Most Important Thing I've Learned to Manage my Depression

IS GRATITUDE!

Everyday post three things that happened which you are grateful for. The exercise works better in threes I've found!

And trust me on this ybbor, you will find that you have so much to be grateful for and you never realized it.

Keep it Simple. Three things that you're grateful for today because they made you feel better about yourself and the world.

it could be as simple as "I heard a tune on the radio today that I hadn't heard in years and it was a tune I always loved which makes me wonder how I could have forgotten about it but I'm really grateful to have heard it again". "It can be something funny or serious or trivial or none of the above. It all works when you express it to yourself, "This happened today and I'm grateful for it. Hell, you can even say "I beat a yellow light today at a stop light where I'm always having to wait". That simple.

Gratitude is the most important thing. I am unable to hold dark and miserable thoughts about myself at the same time I'm expressing gratitude for something. They are incompatible I've found.

Try it. It's easy. keep it in a journal so you can reference it once you've been doing it for awhile. Again I'll say you're going to be shocked at how much expressing gratitude for the events of your life will brighten up your life and it will be obvious to others as well.

Gratitude also restored my sense of humor. I can laugh at myself again which makes my whole world a lighter load to carry.