Feeling down == feeling emotional discomfort of even pain within the body. Negative thoughts fueling this pain, but I gave up trying to "think myself out" of n

Feeling down == feeling emotional discomfort of even pain within the body. Negative thoughts fueling this pain, but I gave up trying to "think myself out" of negative moods long time ago. "Doing yourself out" of negative moods doesn't work either - as it just temporarily distracting, but not resolving inner pain. So the best solution I found is dealing with feelings and emotions directly. The way it works as follows: When you feeling down/negative/depressed - locate exactly in your body where you feel these feelings. Usually they occupy areas of abdomen, chest and sometimes back, neck or larger areas. Once located - start watching/observing these areas. As masters say - shed the light of your conscious attention to your feelings, without any attempt to change them or get rid of them. At the same time - and it's important - start consciously breathing and follow your breathing. So the practice is - watch your feelings exactly where they are and following your breathing. This will start dissolving emotional pain directly without any thinking. This technique helped me a lot.