How to stop negative, self destructive thinking patterns?

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Meditation helps a lot in my experience.

Beginner Theravada Buddhist meditation:

Sit upright but relaxed in a chair (or a meditation cushion if you have one).

Either close your eyes or have them half-open if having your eyes closed with cause you to doze off.

Pay attention to your breathing, either the sensation of air through your nostrils or the sensations of the expanding and contracting of your abdomen and/or chest. Do not force attention, just maintain an awareness of your breathing.

If a thought, emotion, or mental image distracts you, note it and return attention to your breathing.

I would try to socialize with even more people than I was before the depression
because I felt the whole thing of anxiety and depression is that it prevents one from socializing
When you are anxious/ depressed, you would fear to socialize. if you cease to socialize, you felt alone. Finally if you felt alone, you felt more anxious/ depress
Of course you dont necessarily need to talk about your depression in the first place
Just talk with peoples with whether topic to get rid of loneliness and hopefully resolve the depression