Dealing with Depression: 13 Silver Linings

My depression is a really big, dark cloud with lots of rain that keeps pouring down. But from time to time, when the sun peaks through and at the right angle, there are some silver linings to be found…

Lies My Depression Tells Me

When I’m in the depth of depression, I get thoughts that are, at other times, completely alien to me. They don’t make sense, intellectually, and yet they feel completely true and convincing. Here’s a glimpse of the kind of thoughts that go through my mind at that time…

The Work by Byron Katie #5 – Turn It Around

The final post in my series on Byron Katie’s The Work deals with turning your beliefs around, finding the opposite thought and seeing how, when and where it could possibly be true. This work has slowly been unveiling its secrets to me, through practice, and I haven’t seen the end of it yet. So happy for another piece of the magical puzzle of self-exploration to fall into place.