Does A Powerful Self Image Keep Depressive Illness At Bay?
Depressed people feel that they are to be blamed when things go wrong and they’re “just at the right place and at the right time” when things go well. Here’s an exercise to help you realize your value and reduce your feelings of bad luck towards life events that seem to plague you. Think of a recent memorable event. Describe it. Think about how the contributions of other people, as well as things beyond control, were responsible for this event. List the ways in which your efforts, talents, skills, experience, appearance, etc. were accountable for this event. What rate or percentage of the responsibility/ accountability for this event was attributable to you? Was any of it due to you at all ? Do this for several events, both positive and negative. You have almost always worked for positive events and against depressing events. So, you can now decide if you aren’t causing more positive things than you thought. It is a known fact that depressed people belittle their own abilities. Ok, if
