How can you remove depression and negative thoughts?

Answer 1

The only effective treatment for severe depression is therapy that includes medical treatment if needed. For minor depression, try exercise, eating well and a multivitamin (with meal) once a day. Try to get sufficient sleep, but don't overdo it. Eight hours a night is plenty. Then get out of bed, eat a decent breakfast -- not coffee and a donut -- and go for a walk. Avoid alcohol and all mood-altering drugs, unless prescribed by a psychiatrist. That includes antidepressants prescribed by your family doctor. She is not qualified to treat depression unless she is a psychotherapist or psychiatrist.

If exercise, rest and diet do not help, you should see a physician, as depression commonly gets greater over time if untreated.

Answer 2

This can be easy or very hard, depending on the situation. When replacing negative thoughts with positive ones, you have to be able to see the bigger picture and have an idea of what positive means. To some, positive means just getting your way. That's not always beneficial.

Here is an example of replacing negative thoughts with positive ones:

"I can't do that job, it's too hard."

Does this sound negative or positive? Let's try a more positive statement:

"I haven't mastered this job, but I'm better today than the day I started!"

If you want to replace negative with positive, you have to practice stopping the negative thoughts and being more positive. It may take awhile but, you will eventually begin to hear yourself then see yourself take on a whole new view of negative -vs- positive. You can do it!