You Largely Constructed Your Depression. It Wasn't

People Don't Just Get Upset. They Contribute To Their Upsetness.

Freudian Therapists Do A Lot Of Listening And Very Little Persuading, And That Was One Of The Reasons I Eventually Gave Up Being An Analyst. You Had To Be Too Passive And Not Speak Up, And You Couldn't Give Homework To Clients. While I Was Still An Analyst, I Wrote Several Articles Criticizing Psychoanalysis, But The Analysts Weren't Listening To My Objections. So I Finally Quit Psychoanalysis After Practicing It For Six Years.

We Can't Change The Past, So We Change How People Are Thinking, Feeling And Behaving Today.

The Attitude Of Unconditional Self-acceptance Is Probably The Most Important Variable In Their Long-term Recovery.

Even When People Act Nastily To You, Don't Condemn Them Or Retaliate.