When you're negative, every incident that happens even if its a neutral one is percieved as negative which of course depresses one more.
likewise when you're postive or having a good day things that are neutral tend to be viewed in a positive light when tends to positively reinforce.
I ran across a book with a title of "how to achieve happiness: overcome anxiety and depression. " I was interested since being diagnosed with chronic dep. I didn't really think too much of it, but thought i'd try a few things because the thought of being on 40 mg. of celexa for the rest of my life did not thrill me. AT first I was on 20 mg. and am probably developing a tolerance.. At first doing the excersizes seemed stupid and i didn't like doing them. then they just felt uncomfortable, and then a funny happened: i seemed to be happier in the morning and when i woke up even if i was down due to a marital fight the night before it didn't stay with me as long and i was even able to interrupt myself when i spiralled down. the real benefot though has been that i've now reduced my dep meds from 40mg. to 10 mg(1/2 dose) in about 3 weeks and i actually am happier. Even my wife's neg comments don't seem to bother me as much. Perhaps the best tools we have for happiness are right inside the brain and don't cost anything.
