Assumptions: the seeds of social cancers

The cancer for me are assumptions like "there is little anyone can do to stop it".

Once that assumption is accepted by someone it becomes fact. And that fact then manifests itself as an action, which in turn becomes a behaviour  which is ultimately still based on only an assumption.

Finally this assumption driven behaviour which by this point has through rehearsal and habit turned into a mentality, is eventually what gets referred to as being "a cancer".

What I realised about the way I respond during a extended period of depression

Nearly all of the negative things that you say are assumptions. They are NOT facts, because they have not happened yet. 

People should never make assumptions about their future simply because it feels like things will never change. The simple fact is that it is literally impossible for anything to stay the same. Things can only get worse or get better. It's your choice. Things remaining as they are forever isn't actually something that can happen, so forget about it.

Listen to your thoughts or go through your writings or trains of thought and highlight the facts and separate them from the assumptions. The things that can be said because they are true, and the things which will become true if you keep telling yourself they are already true when they aren't.

Dont ruin your life investing the power of your belief in assumptions which the end up becoming self-fulfilling prophecies. Never EVER declare that whatever negative experience is happening for you, will carry on like that forever, because you have no right to claim such a thing before it's actually takes place, and whether it places or not is entirely your choice.

Facts Are Like Bricks. Assumptions Are Like Bricks Which Vanish When Facts Turn Up.

A fact is like a brick. It's concrete. Something you know you can build a structure with that will stand by itself when completed. As long as the ground upon which it's been built isn't subsiding.

An assumption is like a brick which instantly vanishes when the fact it claimed to be calls BS and outs it as a fraud. 

Losing the odd brick near the top of what you built isn't so bad. Holes created so high up don't have much weight to bear. But losing bricks at the base of what you've constructed isn't so good. When facts suddenly turn up at your house telling your assumptions to GFTO then you have several options.

Close your door in the face of the facts and go back inside. But sooner or later your house will start creaking, then groaning, before collapsing.

Or see if at first the facts will fit in the spaces your assumptions used to be. Or strip the house back to re-lay where the facts should be and build your house up once again. Or just demolish it completely, and start from scratch if you have the energy, and know how to build houses. Just never ever fall for the illusion that you can live in someone else's dream. Never buy a Barrett or Persimmon Home.