Thinking About Teen Depression

Thinking About Teen Depression

Thinking about teen depression will get you nowhere. My dad said that you should never waste your thoughts. When we are depressed, we love to waste our thoughts. What's the biggest waste of time when we are depressed? To think about how depressed we are. For some reason, we love to do that! We dwell on our depression when we are upset. We waste time laying there, thinking about how sad we are. We are never able to get better when we are depressed because we never seem to think positively. When we are in a negative mood, which is exactly what depression is, we absolutely need to be positive. Thinking about depression is always negative when we are depressed. Very rarely are depressing thoughts positive.

How much do you think about depression? Would you say those thoughts are constructive? You can easily take your thoughts about depression and use them to your advantage. I don't know how much I talk about journaling, but it is one of the most useful techniques. Journaling really is like therapy. We all want to talk about what's really bothering us. Often, we are too shy to share our thoughts about depression. Besides, who would ever listen to us? How often do people zone you out or try to ignore you when you are talking about what is bothering you? A journal gives you the ability to share all the stuff that’s really troubling you, in a private manner. Write down what bothers you. Put your thoughts about depression on paper. Hey, it's better to put those thoughts there than to keep them in your head. When you get upset, grab a pen, along with some paper, and go at it. Use those school notebooks to do something for yourself for once. Too often do we choose to do the minimal in life. As teens, we don't write enough unless we have to. We so can make better use of our time. If you're depressed, you have more problems than anyone else. Do whatever you can, even if it is more than those other kids. Educate yourself, and write about your problems. We struggle in life when we lack education. Often, the best book we can read is our own, meaning, that we can discover how we feel when we are depressed by reading our own journals. Knowing your own symptoms can help you identity when you're not doing well. Sometimes, we don't know when we are depressed! Understanding when we are not doing well can help us know when to start damage control. We aren't perfect. No one is. Knowing when you are upset is crucial to recovery. How can we get better if we don't know we aren't doing well?

Let's not think about our depression. Let's do something about it, and commit to getting better. I've thought too many sad thoughts in my short life. Haven't you? Write about it, talk about it, just, whatever you do, don't waste your thoughts on depression! Do whatever you can in your fight against depression. Often, our mind is a garbage can. Our minds are where we think about all sorts of bad stuff. We can't let thoughts of depression also clutter the junkyard we call our head. Keep thoughts of depression out of your head, any way possible. A clear mind is a happy one, and, I don't know about you, but I feel like thoughts of depression aren't clear at all. Kick those bad thoughts out of your head whenever they get in there.

Depression is a fight of emotions. Emotions are born of the heart, but first they have to be thought of. You don't have to have bad thoughts. You can get better. Take it from me, bad thoughts are a waste of time. I am Ameila Varner, your host of Get Help Now. I'm including a link where they list symptoms of teen depression. Read through them when you can to help identity when you are sad. That will help you eliminate depressing thoughts. Here's that link. Just post it into Chrome or whatever.

https://www.webmd.com/depression/guide/teen-depression