Like a doctored photo, your depression filter manipulates what you see. Journal Prompts: With a depression filter I see... Without a depression filter I see...
Tag: Depression
Depression Filters, 7
A depressive response to a terrible experience is healthy and appropriate. It is the machinelike response we force that makes us unwell. Journal Prompts: My sanitized response is... My unsanitized response is...
Depression Filters, 6
Depression displayed on the outside can vary a lot from the inside, lived experience. Depression notoriously can appear flat and disconnected, yet, on the inside, be a mosh pit of chaos and news tickers. Journal Prompts: On the outside I seem... On the inside I am...
Depression Filters, 5
Depression filters hide anger that has turned inward. That stale anger needs to see the light of day for relief. Journal Prompts: My anger needs to air out... The anger that has turned inward is directed at...
Depression Filters, 4
Depression filters deceive. They claim narrow options and no outlets. Journal Prompts: I need a way out to... I wish I could untangle...
Depression Filters, 3
A depression filter pushes you inward to the emotional fetal position. It brings out our selfish, not because of a moral failing, but because all energy is preserved for survival
Depression Filters, 2
Depression filters are your no stretch, tight jeans. They offer no favors. Stiff. They have little flexibility in how they interpret the world.
Depression Filters, 1
Depression filters are like the audio recording on the airport shuttle. It’s the same thing, right on time, every time, no nuance.
A Journal Prompt for Stress
Stress is inevitable when what you ask yourself to do, outruns your resources. Journal Prompt: I run out of resources when...
Feeling Your Way Through Depression, 10
Powerless. Depression can feel like you took-the-wrong-exit helpless. Overwhelmed and stuck, you fold inward and resolve that life will always be this way. Journal Prompts: I feel powerless when...
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