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Originally Posted by Ecce Homo  So I said all of that to say that yes, at least some of us can choose to be undepressed. It's not easy but it is doable. |
I believe that emotion is the result of a desire/need/expectation being fulfilled or unfulfilled. Personally I would define "depressed" as an emotion. So, from how I look at it, you didn't choose to change your emotion (the left side of the equation), you changed the other side of the equation which produced a different result.
You can choose what you desire, need or expect which in turn will change your emotions.
So, I don't think it's possible to just say "I'm going to be happy and not depressed anymore." You have to do exactly what you did. Being grateful fulfills desires to have X, to be X, etc.