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Originally Posted by AndyMartin  ....Practice noticing the thoughts then press pause. Allow yourself to experience the negative thought fully. Accept, and don't try to change. Then realize that it is something you are experiencing, not something that you are, and let it go. Keep practicing this and it will lead to other realizations, such as recognizing that a particular situation triggers the cycle, or that some issue is at odds with another and that conflict triggers the cycle. This knowledge will allow you to make make changes in the context of your experience to make your life more congruent with your desire for happiness.
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I really agree with this, AndyMartin. Learning how to "press pause" as you've said, realizing the difference between "what you are experiencing" from "what you are" and letting it go, beautiful and very powerful.
One thing I'd add, is something pretty similar, although on the other end of the spectrum perhaps. Recognize when things are (even momentarily
) going well or you are feeling better, or distracted by something positive, encouraging, touching or funny. What is happening around you and inside you during or around these times? What can you do to make more of that happen?
For example (although depression cannot be simplified to any few individual factors, in my opinion, many factors can be highly contributory--either positively or negatively-- and help the process of learning to improve one's mood)....so has there been a change in exercise, diet, sleep, social activity, engagement in a pleasurable, interesting, or successful activity? Have you been smiling at people and felt your and others' mood lift? Have you been helpful to someone else? And so on.
Just a thought,
All best,