Silence the negative inner voice

Published: Friday, Aug. 21, 2009 12:12 a.m. MDT
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For every challenge a person faces, the Lord sends resources. Carrie M. Wrigley, a counselor and a singer-songwriter, told a crowd at BYU's Campus Education Week on Thursday, Aug. 20, that they could avoid depression by changing the way they think.

Wrigley said that some theories about depression disagree with her. "It is a common message ... that depression is a devastating illness that begins in the brain and just comes and gets you," Wrigley said.

Such a view requires years of therapy. "People don't expect to heal."

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