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What are *dominant thoughts*?

Dominant thoughts are goals or obsessions that you continually think about. They are what your actual priorities are.

Look around your life and you will see the results of your dominant thoughts. Are they depressing dominant thoughts? Or can you see joy in your life? If not joy, why not? Thoughts are something YOU control. Start controlling your thoughts and see what a difference it makes in your life. Here is an article that will help, "Do You Get Depressed?". Click here: http://www.tameyourbrain.com/depressed.htm

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What is Self-Talk?

Self-talk is what you say to yourself. The silent conversations you have with yourself every waking second of your life.

Self-talk comes out in the conversations you have with others. Do you say things like "I'm so depressed." "That's so depressing." "That depresses me." If you do, then stop it. Here's an article that will help, "What Did You Say?" Click here http://www.tameyourbrain.com/whatyousay.htm

If you don't like what you say to others, watch what you say to yourself.

What kind of self-talk do YOU have?

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Bad things are happening all the time.

Good things are happening all the time.

What you are paying attention to controls how your body will feel.

If you are hearing, reading, seeing depressing things all the time, then your body will ultimately feel depressed. It won't be able to help it.

Just like you can't put a child in a family that yells and curses all the time and expect her or him to feel happy.

Think about it. Take control of your thoughts so that you can live a happy and fulfilled life. Give yourself a chance. Stop hearing, reading, seeing depressing things all the time. Start seeing good things, doing good things, having good things. Here is a good article that will help, "Do You Gamble?". You can find it here: http://www.tameyourbrain.com/gamble.htm

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Most people aren't conscious of their selection of the words they use to consistently describe their life experiences. Many people adopt words to describe their emotions without even considering the potential impact their words have on themselves and others.

The next thing you know, this is their habitual vocabulary, and it actually shapes the way they then feel about their lives.

Take the words like humiliation or depression that people use to describe just any unpleasant experience.

Someone says something to them that they don't appreciate and suddenly they're humiliated/depressed.

The same thing happens when someone questions their point of view -- wham-o -- they're humiliated/depressed. *Everything* humiliates or depresses them.

Why? Because they've attached these words to almost any experience. It is critical to expand your emotional vocabulary. The words you select need to produce the emotional states you desire and
deserve.

Be really, really picky on what humiliates and depresses you. Really, really picky. Here's an article that will help: "Let's Be Choosey!". You can find it here: http://www.tameyourbrain.com/letsbechoosey.htm

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Do you feel frustrated, depressed, or restless? Do you know why?

One reason might be that you have aptitudes that are not being used or properly expressed.

Learn what you are good at, and work at it. When you are good at something, you are not usually frustrated, depressed, or restless in those areas.

If you still find yourself frustrated, depressed, or restless, find something else to be good at. Keep learning, keep trying, keep living, because after all, frustration,
depression, and restlessness are just expressions.

Don't express the expressions that don't get you where you want to go. Express yourself in ways that help you enjoy life! Here's an article that might help: "What Are You Saying?". You can find it here: http://www.tameyourbrain.com/whatyousay.htm

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Do you get depressed easily?

Relax and practice resting yourself in your Higher Power. Practice depending upon Him for His support and power. Believe He is giving it to you now. Yield yourself to it -- let it flow through you.

Now, look at what you were depressed about.

Does it not have a different feeling to it now?

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Do you feel depressed? Why not mentally say this to yourself several times a day: *Every day in every way I am better, better, and better.*

Guess what? Pretty soon you will find yourself not so depressed, because your brain will start acting on what you have told it. Soon, you will be better, better, and better.

Here is a page that may help. It's called Good Thoughts. You'll find it here: http://www.tameyourbrain.com/goodthoughts.htm

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Form a clear mental image of all things you want to have, be, do. Work with that image every day as much as you can. Watch your life change around and see the good things that start happening to you! Depression can soon be a thing of the past! "I Don't Like To Think About Depression. It's So . . . So . . .". You can find it here: http://www.tameyourbrain.com/idontlike_depression.htm

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Do you think of your life as a *Do-it-yourself* project?

If not, why not?

If you hand the responsibility of your life over to others, then they are living your life for you. Does that make your life something you can be proud of? Probably not.

Start today with a *Do-it-yourself* project. Then, start tomorrow with another one. And so on and so on. It may not be what you want at first, but with practice it will be. And soon you will wonder where your depression went.

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Do you know the power of self-talk?

Pretend your brain is on your shoulder.

Now, it can only hear what you tell it. It can't hear what others are telling you. It can only hear what you are thinking and saying.

It doesn't matter what others are telling you if you don't believe them. You filter what they say and that's what your brain hears.

Does it hear, *I'm depressed* *Everything I do is so depressing.* *How can anyone possibly be happy around me, I'm so depressed.* Whatever you are thinking, your brain is listening. What if you said, *I'm getting better every day.*? Your brain has no idea what you are talking about, so it just goes about making you better at the things you do. You've just given yourself a chance. Congratulations!

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Do you know what the best kept secret of success is?

Your brain doesn't know the difference between something real and something repeatedly and vividly imagined.

Did you have an experience that wasn't good? Why not get your brain busy seeing vividly, and repeatedly, a better experience. When your brain tries to think about the *real* experience, shift immediately to your visualization of a better experience. Do that continuously. Pretty soon, your thoughts will just go to the visualization.

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