If you are trapped in a serious mood disorder or deep depression, you may need medication to reestablish command and control so other types of therapy are effective.  If you have a milder mood disorder, you may be able to reestablish command and control without using medication.  Cognitive therapy alone may be effective in breaking the back of negative and depressing thoughts that thunder in your mind.

When depression pays a visit, it isn't a polite guest.  It goes around shouting negative and depressing thoughts.  And as if that isn't bad enough, it won't go away without a fight.  This uninvited guest hangs around criticizing everything you say and do.

The only way to silence the inner critic and boot him out is to reestablish command and control, and that is going to be a dogfight.  The inner critic has a decisive advantage because it's inside your head and holds the high ground in the battle of the mind.

When you are depressed, you don't feel like a dogfight.  You feel more like crawling into a hole and pulling the ground over you.  Nevertheless, if you don't become proactive and take the battle to the enemy, you will be defeated before you get started.

Excerpt from :

Zero Tolerance To Negative Thinking : Good-by Depression - Hello Positive Mind

David J Abbott M.D.