Depression: Gaining a Better Understanding

A change in your behavior can be caused by a change in your environment due to a life event.  Likewise, a change in your automatic thoughts (images/words that randomly pop into your head) can influence how you feel, both emotionally and physically, therefore resulting in a change in your behavior.  Typically, when a mood is experienced, there is a thought connected to it that helps define it.  Mood intensity may cause a distortion in the thought; therefore, it is important to check the validity of our moods and beliefs.