The way we think has a direct bearing on our state of mind. Depression is associated with pessimistic views and black-and-white thinking all of which say something about the nature of the beliefs the person holds. The thought process characteristics of a depressed person are interesting because very ...


Interesting piece--but some of it confusing. For example, hard to understand what point the author is trying to make in last paragraph about the thought processes of depressed people and their relationship to the "word-ordering" task he describes.