Depression Getaway with Wendy Love

I have a new bath mat!  It's a soft ivory colour and it's made out of one of those fabulous new fabrics that would be yummy to sleep on. I like everything about this bath mat, well, almost everything. I guess what I don't like about it is that it doesn't really absorb the moisture. The water sort of sits on the top. So if I forget to hang it up and then walk into the bathroom with dry socks I get wet socks!

'Positive thinking' however unreachable it seems to be, is one of our great hopes for depression. Depression Getaway is designed to encourage and inform. Last time we talked about how positive thinking, although valuable, is on the one hand not the definitive answer for depression, but on the other hand, shouldn't be tossed out the window as pointless. I promised to share with you some of the pioneers of 'positive thinking' . Norman Vincent Peale coined this phrase with his best selling book 'The Power of Positive Thinking' . The poster above is one of his memorable sayings. He had a strong faith in God and was one of the first ministers to combine that Christian faith with popular psychology. He became a dynamic speaker and the author of over 40 books.

Positive thinking can seem impossible when you are depressed. Positive thinking and Depression, oh that it would work! But maybe it can? Now I know that one positive thought cannot turn around this serious mental illness. And certainly grasping onto a positive quote may not miraculously turn around a depressive episode.