Have you ever wondered why you become depressed? I would like to give you a little test to help you analyze yourself.
The Thought-Analyzer Test
1. When I am happy, I have been thinking _______________ thoughts.
2. When I am sad, I have been thinking ________________ thoughts.
3. When I am angry, I have been thinking _______________ thoughts.
4. When I am depressed, I have been thinking _____________ thoughts.
The answers are:
1. happy
2. sad
3. angry
4. depressing
It is so profoundly simple that it is simply profound. The way we think will affect the moods we are in. (Kent Crockett, The 911 Handbook, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 2003, 78)