D. Jay Newman wrote: >> just by concentrating on it. For my mild issues, it works most of the >> time. > > Concentrating on being happy works when I'm just feeling blue. When > depression hits I either have to wait it out (months), find a long and > intense adrenaline rush, or use drugs. Not sure I know the difference between feeling blue and being depressed. But a lot of the times, (mental) images like of these guys who happily ride along in their wheelchairs (here sometimes improvised wheelchairs of the kind that is a plywood piece on four skimpy furniture wheels) help a lot. Gerhard -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist