Inspirational Songs for Depression

We all have songs that when we listen to them;  lift our spirits, make us feel positive and thus give us the opportunity to cope with our depression.  Once you find those songs, be sure to access and listen to them daily as you learn how to deal with depression.

When you're feeling depressed, listen to them to change the negative chemical activity in your brain causing you to be negative and thus depressed to a more positive chemical state that will give the opportunity to recognize and deal effectively with your depression or any negative emotional state.  Listen to these inspirational songs even when you are not depressed to maintain the positive level of happiness alive and diminish the opportunity for negative and depressing thoughts to creep in.  Below are six songs that many people find  inspirational.  Go here to find a more complete list of inspirational and motivational songs for you to access when you are depressed.

Inspirational songs for depression:




                        



                        



                        



                        



                        



                        



                        



                        

You are Positive Worksheet

Many people, especially people who suffer from depression, are in a current mental state of negativity.  Their thoughts are constantly negative, which in turn leads to negative feelings, actions and beliefs.  Even if they are in a positive or neutral situation, they turn it into a negative situation through their thoughts about the situation.  They see the class half empty as opposed to half full or they discount the positive. 

Discounting the Positive and Seeing the Glass Half Empty are common cognitive distortions (ANT’s – Automatic Negative Thoughts) that depressed people use that  perpetuate their depression; they only add to the complex depressive cycle they’re in.  Learning to combat and challenge cognitive distortions (ANT’s) is a process that has proven to help depressed people learn to manage and combat depression.  




Using the worksheet below can help you begin to combat and control the ANT’s mentioned above and develop lasting, positive thinking patterns.  Developing enduring, healthy thought patterns is something you can accomplish on you own and will most assuredly help you achieve your goal of learning how to deal with depression and any uncomfortable mental state.

(Please feel free to print as many copies as you need.) Just click on the image below to download, print and begin to change your thought patterns.

Positive Attributes Worksheet