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Table of Contents |
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PART I
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT DEPRESSION |
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1. The Land of Depression
Welcome to the Land of Depression where
backward thinking rules.
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2. House of Mirrors
Mirror, mirror on the wall, am I OK after
all?
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3. Mental Slippage: Loss of
Command and Control
The first part of mental slippage deals with
control of your thoughts; the second part deals with the content
of your thoughts.
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4. How to Create a Positive Brain
You are responsible for the chemistry of
your brain. When you choose your thoughts, you choose your brain
chemistry. When you change your
thoughts, you change your brain chemistry. You are not the victim
of your
chemistry; you are its creator.
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5. Positive Operating System
Positive thinking is the right type of
thinking. It's the natural software for your mind and is the most
efficient way
to run your brain.
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6. Real Power Over Depression
The most powerful force in the universe is
God's love. When your heart is full of God's love, it's full of
his
presence and power. God's love not
only points you in the right direction; it gives you the power to make
the trip.
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PART II
EIGHT STEPS TO ERADICATE DEPRESSION
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7. Realize You Have a
Problem
Negative thinking is a warning that
something is wrong in your life.
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8. Reestablish Command and
Control
A persistently positive focus creates a
consistently positive mind.
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9. Recognize Your Cognitive
Distortions
When bad things happen, cognitive
distortions are optional. You can choose to not be depressed.
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10. Reject Your Cognitive Distortions
You shall know the truth, and the truth
shall set you free.
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11. Renew Your Mind
To win the battle against depression, you
need a mind transplant; you need a completely new way of thinking to
receive an entirely new way of feeling..
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12. Reprogram You Mind with a Positive
Operating System
The First Law of Focus states that what you
think about expands. You must learn to use the power of positive
focus to install a positive operating
system in your mind.
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13. Radically Shift Your Focus to the
Most Powerful Force in the Universe: God's Love
God's love is the most powerful force in
the universe, and you must shift your focus away from depression and
in the direction of God's love. It's
better to switch than it is to fight!
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14. Repeat These Steps
Eternal vigilance is the price of a
positive mind..
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PART III
NEGATIVE THINKING AND ITS NEGATIVE FRIENDS |
15. Everything You Ever Wanted to Know
About Negative Thinking
Negative thinking is the black hole of the
mind. It's impossible to think only one negative thought..
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16. Conflict
Your need to be right is the formula for
perpetual conflict. Would you rather be happy or rather be right?.
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17. Escaping From Perfection
The wages of perfection are eternal
frustration.
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18. Guilt - Hazardous Substance - Handle
With Care
Guilt is a hazardous substance, and you
must handle it with care.
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19. Zero Tolerance to Negative Thinking
Tolerating negative thinking in any form or
to any degree is unacceptable.
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PART IV
DEALING WITH ADVERSITY AND SETBACKS |
20. Sastrugi happens
When sastrugi happens, you must keep on
keeping on..
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21. Keeping Adversity in Perspective
Eight commonsense steps to take when
adversity pays an unwelcome visit.
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22. Negative Thoughts Are a Stop Sign
Negative thoughts alert you to the fact
there is a problem. They make you stop what you are doing and
force
you to deal with it.
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23. Positive Action Is the Only
Appropriate Response to a Negative Thought
Positive action is the remedy for negative
thoughts.
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24. When You Think Positive, Your Life
Starts to Improve
No matter how negative your life is,
thinking positive makes it better.
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25. Turn Bad Things into Better
Things
No amount of positive thinking will take
something bad and turn it into something good, but positive thinking
will turn it into something better..
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26. Affirmations for the Inner Skeptic
Affirmations do more than change the way
you think; they also change the way you feel.
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27. You Can Change the Way You Think
and Feel by Changing What You Say When You Talk to Your Mind
You have a lot of things to discuss with
your mind, and this chapter tells you what you should be talking
about.
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28. Strong Arm Your Mind
Beating depression is a dogfight, but
it's a fight you can win. Here are twenty things you can do to
give your
mind a massive push in a positive
direction.
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