Twenty-Minute Mindset Shift Turns Depression Into Strength, Fuels Goal Progress

A PsyPost report on three experiments with 748 adults shows a ~20-minute depression-reframing exercise—reading resilience stories and reflecting on personal strength—boosting self-efficacy and increasing two-week goal completion by about 49% versus a control. The approach also reduces perceived mismatch between illness and success, hinting at greater resilience, but relies on self-reported data and short follow-up and should complement, not replace, traditional treatments.