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Are you working on overcoming depression? Here are 33.5 easy and effective solutions to change your life and finally end your depression.
1. Understand there are good and bad days
Some days you feel like nothing can stop you. Other days you feel utterly hopeless. Most of the time you’re somewhere in between. Understanding the pattern of positive and negative emotions will help you put your feelings in perspective. Next time you feel down, remember it will go away. It is not permanent.
2. Look at the Big Picture
Look right now for an image of the Earth. Look how big and magnificent it is. Now think about you. Do you think you are important in this world? Not really. Then, why are you so depressed?! Think of it as a freedom contract. If you are not a big deal, then why take things so seriously? As a world, we look smaller against the galaxy, and even smaller against the universe. So, find happiness in what you are, find problems as insignificant, and forget about depression.
3. Look back to your triumphs
Think about what you have done in your life. Even when you will tend to go back and look at it, as a failure, take a few minutes to remember your past accomplishments and build yourself up. What have you learn in your experience? Use it now, know you can succeed again overcoming depression.
4. Appreciate yourself.
Self Help for Depression
19 Jun 2009
Looking for self-help for depression? Here is a list of treatments available.
In the last post, on depression self-help, we discussed that before you take any self-help treatment, it is necessary to diagnose correctly the problem. We show you the symptoms, types of depression, and a medical online test to check if you have depression. Now, we will talk about the possible self-help treatments.
Basically, there are three types of self help for depression treatments:
- Supportive Treatment
This self help for depression treatment means, that to overcome depression, it is important to have the support of another person. The sense of loneliness increase the chance to stay depressed. It is okay to ask help for depression, but it is necessary to ask to the right person. The most important persons in your life are your family, your friends, and your mentors. You should ask for help in that order.
First, try to talk to your family about how you feel and that you need their support. Of course you’ll worry them at first, but it is necessary to let them know how you really feel on the inside. Once that awkward moment passes, you’ll feel you drop our rock from your back, and you have people that are carrying you.
Overcoming depression
29 May 2009
Can depression kill you? How can you overcome depression in the right moment?
I was reading one of the chicken soup for the soul stories, about overcoming depression. There is a story about depression and suicide, in which a mother starts researching why her daughter Arlyn killed herself. She then understood that it was an escape from emotional pain. She explained it like this: “it was as though her heart was carrying a heavy weight, and it became unbearable”. By suiciding, she was looking for help for depression.
I don´t remember where I hear this, but I think it is a very profound phrase, we can use to understand why is depression caused and how to overcome depression. “Things happen”. You may be saying, “Ok, where is this going?” Things happen in life all the time. Sometimes, what we call good things, and sometimes bad things. However, as humans we have the tendency to overreact to bad things, and to forget about the good ones. For example, when was the last time you realized you are lucky to be healthy? Think about all the people dying in a hospital because of a terrible disease like cancer or aids, and thinking “I would give anything to be ok again”. Or even how lucky we are to have food in our table. If you are using Internet, most probable you have at least one meal a day.
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