How to beat depression with CBT

Over 18 million Americans are depressed. Many depression sufferers are completely unaware of it. They just go about their lives with no idea that they could be feeling a lot better and enjoying life a lot more.

Even though it's probably not something you think about, your mood is a huge factor in your life. Feel bad; you'll do less, be less motivated and create less opportunities to make life better.

Thoughts can cause emotions. Seems obvious doesn't it? But what's not obvious is that by changing the way you think you can vastly improve how you feel. The main aim of CBT is learning to identify irrational, distorted and unhelpful thoughts and replace them with helpful ones.

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