Just Wrote This This Morning

From years of scrolling through the internet in search on how to ease depression, one thing that a lot of them say is that at the end of the day, you should write or think about 3 things you are grateful for. I've been trying to practice that, but sometimes it's not enough. What's there to be grateful for when there are too many things to complain about, right? A lot of those things are stuff that we have no control over. But sometimes, I guess being grateful can make sense. It shifts and redirects your thoughts to be more positive. It's easy to be anti-recovery and shut down neurotypical advises that may seem to be seen as toxic postivity. I guess they can be, for many times. Depression just clouds your mind like that. It makes you resistant towards things that would aid you in overcoming it. Like it seems to latch on to you, not wanting you to let it go. 

Being grateful despite of the bad things happening doesn't mean that you are ignoring them. If we fail to see the tiniest glimmers of hope, it is us who would endanger ourselves from the consuming thoughts. It is when you notice yourself that you are ruminating that you should stop yourself and distract yourself from the negativity.