Psychological Flexibility, 1

Psychological flexibility is a big word that essentially explores, what is your adaption to difficult like?

Depression Filters, 9

You do not need to change your depression filter. Sometimes you are depressed for good, human reasons. Might you learn to tolerate your depression filter and continue with what matters most to you. Journal Prompt: Even with a depression filter, I want to...

Depression Filters, 8

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...

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

Thinking Patterns, 8

Someone is angry, it must be my fault. - Personalization, the thinking pattern that over indulges in responsibility for others. It believes you are responsible for what other people are experiencing. Like a kitchen sponge, when feelings are spilt out into the universe, you anxiously soak them up. Over burdened. Over responsible. Over functioning. - Journal Prompt: I feel over responsible when...

Thinking Patterns, 7

Catastrophic Thinking. Worse-case scenarios and a rolodex of fear-mongering possibilities. It sounds like... A fire truck is headed in the direction of my house. I probably left the stove on. My house is on fire. The insurance won't cover it because I was a day late on my last payment. We will have to move away. Change schools. Get new jobs. And life as we know it will be altered forever. It is primal. It functions to prepare and protect. Your brain sees a possibility—it ignores probability—and races to be ready for survival. Journal Prompt: My catastrophic thinking says...