In need of enlightened advice!

[KidCudi]

So yeah, I'm 18. Im new here. I feel pretty young to be on this website, but hey, maybe some of you gurus can help me out.
I kinda went in and out of depression for three years, and was constantly anxious about almost everything. So I started getting into philosophy and reading books on law of attraction and nietsche etc. in a hope to try and think my way out of being depressed. But that only made things a whole lot worse. My brain literally wouldn't stop from when I woke up to when I went to bed, I felt like I had to fight of every single negative thought.
So, anyway. In pursuit of trying to figure out what life's all about I stumbled upon the "power of now", and i was like damnnnnn. I was off on my Easter break so I was just chilling at home most of the day, but I started bringing awareness to the simplest tasks, and taking long walks. seeing and hearing for the first time really. It was awesome.
But then I went back to uni, and seemed to fall back into the same thought patterns I had been in. I was able to have presence, at times, but then I'd fall into the stream of thinking and become unconscious.
see I find it stressful living with my roommate, we didn't get along, I know that mindfulness is the ability to not label anything. but it seems like I already have this situation labeled, how do I maintain mindfulness when i have a certain situation that I have to face everyday that almost automatically causes me to be stressed and think about it?

[JonW]

Hi KidCudi ,
Welcome to the forum.
The Power Of Now is a great book but it's not going to ground you in mindfulness practice. Try Finding Peace In A Frantic World by Mark Williams & Danny Penman, which guides you through the 8-week mindfulness course and comes with a CD of guided meditations. Or, even better, find a mindfulness teacher in your local area.
Once you're grounded in mindfulness, it's all about regular practice.
In the meantime, you can always be assured of help and advice here on the forum, so please feel free to make yourself at home.
All best wishes,
Jon, Hove