How does this affect your life?

Without gratitude life has no meaning.

Gratitude changes your perspective from one of lack and need to one of joy and thankfulness.

This is such a boost for your well being.

Writing down 5 things a day that you are grateful for will really change the way you feel about your life.

This doesn't cure anything but it makes every day a happier place.

Gratitude can be for something big or small.

What matters is that you say "Thank you , Thank you, Thank you." from your heart.

This may sound obvious to some

By finding the things to be grateful for,

you can start to turn your life around.

So how does this work ?

 What you need to do is sit quietly and think about what is good around you.

If your home life is unhappy, at least you have a home,

you have internet access, which brought you here,

you have food and a roof over your head.

If your work is bad, then at least you bring home a wage to pay for these things.

So just look around you.

 Are there people who love you? that need you?

I can't tell you what is good in your life, only you know that.

But this first step is to think hard and find it.

Identify it and be grateful for it.

Then every night when you go to bed,#

 list these things, be grateful for them and think about them.

Again first thing in the morning,

 think about these things not how bad the day is going to be.

If you are really struggling with this idea take a look and see what others

are grateful for in their lives.

It might surprise you but there are many Facebook Gratitude groups.

 I suggest you join one that feels right for you and share your gratitude daily or just see what others are sharing and notice the gratitude of others.

The harder this is to do, then the deeper you are in that black hole of depression.

 PLease be aware you should not try to fight this alone.

 Seek help from a doctor,

 or if you are feeling really bad contact someone here immediately.

If you are on treatment already, stick with it.

 Try to do this Gratitude twice a day.

 Promise yourself you will do this for a whole week,

 and then see how you feel.

It may take a few weeks before you start to feel stronger but by focusing on the good bits and being grateful for them twice a day I promise life will start to feel better. 

When we are unhappy in one part of our life we rely on the rest of our life to give us a release from the misery that one part causes.

We drag ourselves through the unhappy part but the unhappiness starts to spread to the good bits too.

If we are unhappy in our job we bring the stress home and gradually it affects people around us.

Similarly if we have problems at home we can not help but eventually let it affect our attitude and demeanour so that it is noticed at work.

We start getting comments like "cheer up", from family we may get "are you moaning again? and the worst thing anyone can ever say to someone feeling at their worst "pull yourself together" or "snap out of it".

When you are really low or suffering from depression you can't just wave a magic wand and make things feel better. If you could it would never have got this bad! 

On here I will NEVER tell you to "get on with it", "pull yourself together" or "snap out of it" I know how hard this path can be. I have been there.

I know that if you are at your very lowest (and I hope that not all of you are) finding anything good to be grateful for can be hard.

Remember there is a silver lining in every cloud.

You just have to look very hard sometimes to see it.

I believe that if you find your areas of gratitude.

 then you can start to feel value in your life.

Follow this path of gratitude,

 and it will start to light the path to positivity.

If this is the first step you need to take then why not try it.

Always remember Depression is an illness get professional help.

If you need someone to talk to go here immediately!