We would be much better off getting rid of the psychology that is causing so much misery than looking for chemicals that make us feel better but do n… - William Glasser

When we depress, we believe we are the victims of a feeling over which we have no control.

We almost always have choices, and the better the choice, the more we will be in control of our lives.

To be depressed or neurotic is passive. It happened to us; we are its victim, and we have no control over it. This use of nouns and adjectives makes it logical for us to believe that we can do nothing for ourselves...but you are capable of choosing something better. If it is a choice, it follows that you are responsible for making it. With verbs, you are not a victim of mental illness; you are either the beneficiary of your own good choices or the victim of your own bad choices. You are not ill in the usual sense of having the flu or food poisoning. A choice theory world is a tough responsible world; you cannot use grammar to escape responsibility for what you are doing.