I'm not saying it is easy or that anyone can snap out of depression. Sometimes there could be a lot of things that can make a person depressed. Or there could be nothing and it is all so much more frustrating. I'm trying to say is we can evaluate our thoughts and see if they have merit. These thoughts are only that. When we evaluate thoughts we can start to disprove them. I'm refering more to thoughts like everything is pointless, and I'm never going to get better, I'm a burden to everyone. I think leaving thoughts like this uncheck leads to feeling worse.

Sometimes we have legitimate things in our life that can make someone depressed. Like lossing a loved one. You can help but think how painful and how much you miss them. Hopefully overtime one cam process the loss, and begin to accept it. Sometimes people can't and get stuck in depression.

Some other thoughts like those from traumatic experiences are differnent. I haven't had anything like that happen to me, so I don't have any experience.