{"id":2878,"date":"1992-06-17T22:40:47","date_gmt":"1992-06-17T22:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.goodsoul.us\/?page_id=2878"},"modified":"2016-07-24T23:21:20","modified_gmt":"2016-07-24T23:21:20","slug":"blues-aint-nothing-but-a-good-soul-feeling-bad-0617","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.goodsoul.us\/?page_id=2878","title":{"rendered":"06\/17"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BluesAintNothingBookCover\"<\/a>WHEN WE have a case of the blues, we\u2019re likely to make things worse by telling ourselves that if we feel this bad, we must have done something wrong. Life seems awful and it\u2019s all our own fault.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re embedded deeply enough in a truly bad mood, it\u2019s hard to see over the edge. One part of you says things will brighten up after a while. Another part answers, \u201cYeah, but so what!\u201d Too often, the cynical side deflates whatever hope we can muster.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re wise enough, you may recognize that when your depression lifts you\u2019ll feel better. If you\u2019re too overwhelmed for even that, it often helps to give at least some shape or form to your present plight by acknowledging it to yourself: \u201cI\u2019m so overwhelmed . . . or depressed . . . or scared . . . or sad . . . to see any end to this.\u201d Then sometimes all you can do is endure your present misery and wait for a break in your emotional fog.<\/p>\n

The blues ain\u2019t nothin\u2019 but a good soul feelin\u2019 bad.
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