Chanting 'I feel better' over and over again doesn't help.
Chanting does, however help for invasive thoughts about scars.
Cutting yourself never helps and you can do major damage like that.
I always compared depression to a monster. It's not really true for me. It's stupid thoughts, and the words 'I hate myself' flashing loudly in my brain. Depression is a dull buzzing, and yet a lack of noise, the aimless wandering, the endless want for something that is never there, that's my depression, 24/7