Posted by pedr on March 22, 2002, at 8:43:21
In reply to Re: types of depression feelings » JohnX2, posted by Janelle on March 21, 2002, at 15:28:37
Janelle,
it's interesting to me that you say that sadness is a healthy emotion. Reason being that I'm doing REBT at the moment and it stresses the important difference between healthy emotions and unhealthy emotions:
sadness v.s. depression
annoyance/frustration v.s. anger
jealousy v.s. healthy desire
and so on.The main mechanism of REBT is to change your beliefs. The net result of doing this is that the unhealthy emotion you are experiencing [depression for me] changes to it's healthy version. I'm still in the mire of depression but I'm slowly beginning to see REBT's power when understood and employed properly.
That's all!
pete.
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