There are two questions that come up when we ask what will help us meet life's challenges, heal emotional distress, and deal with states of being associated with depression, anxiety, and addiction. The first is, "What's causing it?" The second is, "What helps?" Many kinds of answers have been offered to both questions. One consistent answer to "What's causing it?" is "How we think," and one consistent answer to the second question of what helps is to "Take charge of what you think." Clients who actively engage in this work invariably see positive results. If you think "I'm worthless" or "I have no chance" or "I need more Scotch" and replace those thoughts with "I'm worth a great deal" and "I absolutely have a chance" and "Time for an AA meeting," you have done yourself a world of good. There are lots of things that can help, but getting a grip on your thoughts may be what helps most.
Each of us tells ourselves a story about life all the time. Generally speaking, that story is rather negative and sometimes downright despairing. Millions of people have decided--just out of conscious awareness and where they can't quite hear it--that life is a cheat, that they have failed themselves, and that they and their efforts don't much matter. Since this is what they think, this then also becomes what they feel and how they act. Thinking "life is scary" naturally leads to anxiety, thinking "I don't matter" can naturally lead to depression, and continual thoughts like "I'm completely overwhelmed" can eventually lead to addiction. The thought is linked to your moods and behaviors...<<<Read The Full Article Here>>>...
