a common and serious mood disorder. Those who suffer from depression experience persistent feelings of sadness and hopelessness and lose interest in activities they once enjoyed, can experience physical symptoms (chronic pain), and must be present for 2 weeks at a time.
It is important when dealing with Depression to work on challenging your negative/distorted thoughts! Attached you will find worksheets that help you learn ways to cope with your depression, but also learn ways to change your thoughts to more positive ones!
<----- These are common negative distorted ways of thinking! Start keeping a "Thought Journal" and see which common distortion your mind is using! Then look at my worksheets to see how you can begin to change these thoughts to more positive ones!
Worksheets:
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
1-800-273-8255