Dr Braccio & Mike Austin1320 AM discuss REFRAME PAST “STINKING THINKING” THAT CAUSES CURRENT DEPRESSED MOOD

July 2, 2024-Depressed mood is when a person is persistently sad, disheartened, sullen and gloomy. It is a bad place to be psychologically and one a person must try to get out of as soon as possible. Medication can also help but changing how you think is essential. It can be called “stinking thinking”. Too often the depressed mood is a result of perceived defeats or embarrassing events from the past. Because they cannot be changed, these need to be accepted and reframed as learning experiences to make the present more tolerable and allow good decisions and experiences to occur in the present to begin flooding into your mind to replace “stinking thinking” thoughts. This is easier said than done. The extent of depressed mood is self evident if one simply looks and sees various persons they know now or have known who have been depressed. They may even look in the mirror and see a person with depressed mood! We must accept negative thoughts from the past have occurred, learn from them, and move on to a happier life living in the present for a good future. Even though it can seem simplistic, a person is what they think about. What they think about will determine the mood they are in and the decisions they will make as they lead their lives. An important thought to always remember is that life is a very brief experience. It is a personal experience that only you can have. It is critical we try to use the time we have on earth to be as happy and helpful as possible. Wasting time on earth being depressed and allowing negativity from the past to control the present with depressed mood is a total loser as the past,present and future become never ending depressed mood.