RE-EVALUATING DEPRESSION: HELP FOR THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING

2020 has been a troublesome year and unquestionably sorrow has been on the ascent as many are
feeling confined and alone. Rather than things feeling better at Christmas, the special times of year will
frequently cause despondency to feel heavier and harder to bear. In the event that you have at any
point battled with an episode of discouragement you realize how hard this is and how miserable it can
feel. The CDC gauges 23 million Americans battle with despondency at some random time. Thus, you are
in good company.

To get us going, here's one thing you can transform: You can dispose of the ANTS in your mind. Insects is
an abbreviation for programmed negative considerations. We as a whole grapple with programmed
negative musings occasionally, however in the event that you are battling with sorrow you will
encounter a ton of negative contemplations moving to your cerebrum. Contemplations as, "I don't have
a place", "I'm not savvy", "nobody thinks often about me", "nothing I do matters", and numerous other
negative musings make an inward circle which rehashes again and again to you. Check whether you can
distinguish any programmed negative musings that ruminate in your cerebrum.

When you distinguish the negative contemplations, how would you stop them? How would we
annihilate the ANTS? Honestly, it doesn't function admirably to simply make a decent attempt to not
consider explicit negative contemplations. It is similar to somebody enlightening you not to think
regarding a purple elephant … you can't resist the urge to consider purple elephants. All things being
equal, we need to perceive when the negative considerations spring up (in light of the fact that they will)
and in the wake of advising your mind to "stop it," put the entirety of your emphasis on something
different. Zero in on something you know to be valid and acceptable and that can dominate the
negative. Keep your brain on the great musings to the extent that this would be possible in a conscious
manner. Basically, you wipe out the ANTS by supplanting them.

Permit me to assist with a portion of your substitution contemplations. Here are four positive "life
certainties" I accept are vital for carrying on with your life in a solid and honest manner. I need to
provoke you to print them out and read these four facts day by day. (Side note: The initial two facts are
valid for each individual. The subsequent two become valid as an individual gives their life to God
requesting His absolution and for Him to be in charge of their life.) My expectation is that these four
facts will sink into the most profound pieces of your heart, brain and soul. Here they are:

1) You are cherished by God. You make a difference to Him. He enjoys you and He is for you.

2) Your life has direction. God has interestingly made and talented you to have an effect in this world.
Your life matters.

3) You can relax. God is in charge. Whatever is disturbing you isn't too enormous to deal with in the
event that you surrender it to God and permit Him to help you.

4) You are excused. At the point when you depend your life to Him and request that he excuse every
one of your transgressions, disappointments and deficiencies – He will pardon you. Along these lines,
every single day is a new beginning.
I profoundly accept these four realities are valid for you actually, separately and explicitly. Peruse them
again gradually. These are total center realities of life. As you come to accept and possess these realities,
I would prescribe that you start to customize them as you read them every day. For instance, "I'm
adored by God," "My life has direction," "I can inhale," "I'm excused," "I endow my life to you," and so
forth

Try not to allow the ANTS to surpass you. Retaliate, abduct the negative musings and supplant them
with these nurturing facts that God says are valid about you. What's more, recollect, the staff here at
The Renewing Life Center is consistently here to help you on this excursion.