I've been depressed for as long as I can remember and I'm sick of it! From a medical/therapy standpoint, I've done what I can do and it's up to me now.
Due to family history, I don't think there was a way to avoid it, so I might be a little bitter about that too.

For those of you who are dealing with your depression well, can you share what tactics you use when you run into triggers? For example, I will see or hear something that reminds me of a bad memory from 25 years ago. What do you do...in that very moment, to stop the bad feelings/thoughts? I'm unable to stop them, which means days ruined because I'm dwelling on things that happened in the past that I can do nothing about.

Note: I also have a relatively normal life, haven't done anything out of the norm as far as mistakes go, but I have a tendency to make normal "life" mistakes that everyone makes into something that only I've done (me- the ONLY PERSON IN THE WORLD). I catastophosize (is that a word?) my mistakes/thoughts that to the normal person are just normal.

Any thoughts or suggestions are greatly appreciated! Take care!