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“I Suffer From Depression.” Here’s What I Am Learning.

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13 Questions to Challenge Unhelpful Thinking Styles

July 2, 2020 by Depression Is Not My Boss 1 Comment

UNhelpful thinking styles is getting in the way of living a balanced life with depression

This tool is immensely powerful, but using it is not easy. Asking questions to challenge unhelpful thinking styles requires a commitment to act. If you do not do the work to think about the questions, your answer will always be unhelpful. I know, I have skirted around unhelpful thinking for years. Even if I thought to ask one of these questions, I was not interested … [Read more...] about 13 Questions to Challenge Unhelpful Thinking Styles

I Should Have Gotten a Ticket for Reckless Driving – Road Rage Part IV

May 22, 2020 by Depression Is Not My Boss Leave a Comment

UUnhelpful thinking had me driving fast, instead of watching the speed limit signs

“Sir, did you know you were going 62 in a 35 MPH zone? That’s got to be reckless driving, I thought to myself. What I said back to the officer was, “No.” He asked if I had seen the posted signs for the work zone? I said I wasn’t paying attention. He said “you didn’t see all of those signs?  I smiled and said, “I was singing to the radio.” Then he asked how my driving … [Read more...] about I Should Have Gotten a Ticket for Reckless Driving – Road Rage Part IV

I Don’t want to be Closed Off

April 7, 2020 by Depression Is Not My Boss Leave a Comment

Closed is not how I want to go through life with depression and the Covid 19 virus

Non-essential businesses are closing. The mall attached to where I work is closed. It is an eerie sight. With gates down, access is limited to the occasional security guard making the rounds. And at first, there were custodians cleaning the floors and seating surfaces. At another local mall, Chick-Fil-A has a tent set up near a mall entrance door. They are doing … [Read more...] about I Don’t want to be Closed Off

I stopped playing music when I’m driving

June 14, 2019 by Depression Is Not My Boss 3 Comments

Unhelpful thinking styles had me catastrophixing turning on music whilee I drove

Silence was my only friend while driving. It wasn’t always like that. I remember buying a power booster for a Dodge Ram Charger I owned. I mounted two speakers in frames on either side of the back seat. I had an 8-track and a stereo cassette player mounted under the dash. I loved to roll the windows down and sing as I drove. So how have I ended up driving silently? At one … [Read more...] about I stopped playing music when I’m driving

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