Sometimes it helps me to visualize my depression as an entity that I must vanquish. Before my depression renders me a lifeless shell I must weaken it. But how? It is my belief that any negative “force” in life grows bigger and unmanageable if we feed it. Depression needs fuel to keep it going. This analogy can work if we examine which of our thoughts, feelings, attitudes, and actions provide fodder for the beast of depression. If we cease to fuel the monster it will die or at least be...