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...
Tag: Emotions
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
Boundaries, With Yourself, 2
A marriage and family therapist will always be interested in the boundaries modeled for you. Your growing years were the place you were taught through demonstration... ...if it is okay to have limits. ...if your body should be set on the altar of politeness. ...if your feelings and thoughts matter. If the modeling you experienced did not demonstrate healthy boundaries, as an adult, you get to unvelcro yourself and choose new ones. Journal Prompts: ...was modeled for me. As an adult, I would like to choose...
Wellness, 3
Wellness tanks when a significant gap persists between the self that you share with the world, and the self that is actually inside. Journal Prompt: My gap is...
Wellness, 2
Knowing what does not bring wellness to your life is equally significant to knowing what does. Journal Prompt: Wellness for me is not...
Mental Health & Journaling 