Depressed? 12 Mental Tricks to Turn It Around

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Very few (if any) of us are blessed with the ability to predict the future. But depressed people will often convince themselves they know what will happen a day, a month, or a year down the line. And it’s usually bad, if not downright catastrophic.

Fortunately, our dire predictions rarely come true.

Try to stay in the present. It’s much more manageable and you’re less likely to blow things out of proportion.