I agree with you on many of the points you presented in this article. All too often I see strategies for coping with depression as being superficial in that they encourage emotional evasion (e.g. using distraction or empty self-affirmations as the primary method) but confronting the underlying emotional causes is also very important.
I like your suggestion to try visualizing - I usually journal about my feelings but will try a more dialectical approach. Emotions, including depression, certainly are not causeless and it's important to assess their root. Still, some people are more biologically predisposed toward depression so it's important to practice healthy preventative habits like exercising and socializing, as you pointed out.
Thanks for a thought-provoking read!
Thank you :)
Yeah, it happens to often that when people are depressed they lock them self down, external and internal. So by provoking emotions back to the surface it forces them to deal with it right away, rather than "take it on later".
Yes you may be right, some people can be more prone to depression due to biological story. Yes, it's just as important to have preventable habits, so the pattern will remain unbroken. :)
Thanks for your response, and glad you liked it.