10 Ways to Help Cure Your Depression

[apple24]

1. Therapy & Medication by a Doctor- Trust me it helps you get through the day.

2. Exercise like Any kind of activity- Even if its just walking very slowly around the park. Sometimes When I get really sad I just go outside and walk my feeling of sadness off.

3. Keep yourself busy. Do your homework or start working. Get yourself doing something everyday such as working with other people. I guarantee you won't be feel depressed if your mind is busy.

4.Talk to someone online about how you feel or even talk to someone about what you been up to. It really helps me sympathy with others with the struggle of life.

5. On your free time Volunteer so you can make a different in someone else life. Inspire others and even make new friends. I currently wait to start in a running club with high school to promote health. Get yourself out their even if your scared. So let say your intersted in books...have you ever thought about teaching a kid to read? It could be fun.

6. The cure for depression is that small voice in your head that is ready to change. Listen to that voice and keep try to get up.

7. Dress up and it doesn't matter where your going. Just have fun looking nice and accepting your body and yourself at this current state. No one ever said depression was going to give pretty results.You just got keep trying to workout and eat less.

8. Create a routine such as wake-up @8 am than class @1pm & 3pm gym...etc. Having a routine is very important so you can reach your big goals in life such as getting an associate degree.

9. Finally, When you can't really shake off your sadness and feel life is pointless and pathetic...Get up and go for a 5 min walk and stay present don't think about the future or the past...think about what your doing now! Your walking and your alive. For what reason we are alive you may ask yourself? the answer leads to number ten.

10. You need a life purpose! Please don't say your life purpose is to get married. You need to do something for. A career a big dream something that you can make a living while making you so happy to be alive.

I am not perfect at all as you can see my question all day long. I get depressed and I don't know what to do sometimes. I usually try to sleep off the sadness. But you can't you just got be strong by living another day. Your amazing and don't let anyone tell you any different. You can do it. I am with you!

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[JudgmentDay]

As long as we are here in this world there will always be the possibility of unhappiness and depression. Life or simply by Being and Existing being a Biological Organic Sentient Being will ALWAYS comes with suffering no matter what we do, there will always be shit tons of hardships, unless if you are lucky and born into to rich and wealthy class or really high and upper class families such as royalty, etc. It's the WORST if your depression is on the Existential and Really REALLY REALLY DEEP level, as no amount of medicine, pills, or therapy can fix it in any possible way. Because you are already aware of the TRUTH and the FACT that Everything is Ultimately just EMPTINESS, but you can still CHOOSE to do SOMETHING or to do NOTHING AT ALL, the choice is really ultimately yours. I know that neither you or me or ANYBODY else had choose to and ask to come into existence into this world and this reality, and YET we are here because our parents had made that decision and had the desires to bring us into existence, so what we want to do with our existence is really on us to decide for ourselves, as no one can or should ever make those kinds of decisions for ANY of Us.

But since while we are all still alive and kicking and the clock is ticking, and because we can still "enjoy" whatever that there is in this world before the clock stops, why not just DO SOMETHING about it instead?

Just try to stay distracted as much as possible by looking into funny shit like comedy or whatever, or listening to music or appreciate art or nature and outdoors etc., Travel and have as many adventures as possible.

Life is too short, and really shorter than we all had ever expected it to be. Just make the VERY MOST that you can out of a really Really REALLY Bad Situation.

[Unit1]

@JudgmentDay again nailed it right on the center of it's head. I always like it to read every word you say because it's the truth. To accept it or to defy it. Fact remains, the time is running nonstop and things happen, regardless.

It's life. Make it what you can make out of it. The end of the line is always ahead of us and if we arrive at it, the world keeps spinning without us.

When we lived life. We were given a created and inevitably rigged path of our life and we can only adjust it, not rule it. Those, who rule have true fortune.

[Rcjh1987]

I suffer from depression and anxiety its a constant battle, I have recently moved in with my fiancé and I feel like a huge weight has been lifted and out of a toxic situation where I wasn't happy. I disagree with keeping yourself constantly busy because I work a full-time job helping people all day, I come home and help son with homework (when he's in school) cook dinner, maybe watch a movie for a little bit, then its his bath time, from bath time its reading books before bed then bed for him, at that point I'm super tired and ready for bed myself, I do think I need a release, But I think since I also have anxiety between the 2 is like a constant battle that I feel like I can't breathe or come up for air sometimes. Sometimes on my days off I just don't feel like doing anything besides relaxing, because I'm emotionally exhausted. I am receiving medication for both anxiety and depression, but I am so tired of feeling like this. I scheduled an appointment with a specialist in anxiety, trauma, and depression, I feel that's the only way I would go, for reasons from my childhood where it was ingrained that there was something wrong with my head because I was wanting to go live with my dad or I did something my grandmother didn't like, so she would send me to counseling. I think the things needed to be done is case by case basis and not just a general consensus, because every case isn't the same nor is the severity.

[apple24]

lol I know... its just a suggestion

[cth96190]

Every morning when I wake I am gripped by disappointment that I did not die during the night.
I do not want to get out of bed. Aching joints that have become stiff while I slept do not encourage me to move.
To become reasonably functional, I take 45mg per day of a SSRI anti-depressant called Avanza, as well as Valium and 12,000mg of fish oil.
I train at a karate dojo five days per week. Exercise and the focus required by karate are a big help.
If checking out was as simple as flicking a switch, I would.

[apple24]

Yeah its not suppose to be the end all solution or cure for depression it just helps. I am proof of that.

[Mustachekitteh]

I've noticed that when you're depressed you tend to feel extremely trapped. Not just by your emotions but also physically and you feel like you can't change anything. So traveling (if possible) doesn't matter where or how far it is. I honestly think that would help A LOT since you're seeing new things and new beauty. Plus it also will give you the sense of feeling free.

[apple24]

that really the best feeling. I have done that before... and I can tell you how much I enjoy my day off.

[ashleysummer]

Very useful for me, really. I'm impatient and easily irritated, and as a result, I can get depressed in a second. My doc has prescibed very expensive antidepressants, I cannot actually afford. This fact makes me even more depressed (: I wanna get a generic version of the mediation I need via
. Have you ever taken generic medications? Are they as good as their brand-name counterparts?

[apple24]

I am not sure if I have. I know the ones I take now are specific for me. Its a long story.

[clampfan101]

1. My depression is constant, but not severe enough for medication.
2. I can hardly do a single push-up without feeling tired to death.
3. That's one of the few I do. Video games aren't just fun, they're keeping me sane.
4. I've chatted with people online, but each one replies less and less until I give up...
5. I can't leave the house without my parents, and my dad is always working.
6. I'm listening, but it's not getting me better. Just stalling.
7. I have no sense of style, and no fancy clothes because I don't care how my clothes look on me.
8. My given routine is trying to remember housework, and just that is impossible.
9. I've asked that before. No answer.
10. I've had a dream career most of my life, but if I never get my epilepsy cured, it will be absolutely 100% impossible. I look tword the future with hope and depression at the same time. I know my life will be good one day, but it's taking so bloody long!!!

[Dipsy]

Good take! :)
Reminded me of this (like you wrote in the take) :

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[Nik1hil]

I have a shorter way!.. Stand on you feet look in the mirror take a deep breath crush everything affecting you!.. Look yourself in the mirror!.. Bury your emotions inside ( be the man society wants you to be no pain no tears, eyes dry as a desert) ..
End of conversation over and out
A little metal music over the top can help

[aficionado]

The thing is... unfortunately, females suffering from depression get a lot of help and support, while men are told to "man up and quit being a pussy" if they tell someone that they're depressed.

[aficionado]

Not saying that females SHOULDN'T get support, but men should as well.

[Checkers82]

Yeah. I know there's beyond blue for me but that might just be Australia but I think a lot more needs to be done in addressing men's mental health.

[aficionado]

@Checkers82

Not just an Australia thing, it's a worldwide thing!

[Checkers82]

Cool. People need to talk about men's health more than they do.

[Unit1]

True that! We aren't immortal, we have our own mental health too!

[Checkers82]

@Unit1 Preach it brother

[Unit1]

@Checkers82 Yeap! We men are as much humans as women are and not any more and not any less. We are only biologically different. We both have our pro's and con's and our strengths and weaknesses and our ways of thinking. It does not really vary that much from gender but from person to person.

Still, the fact remains, we have health too and can be damaged and broken and devastated - just like women.

[John_Doesnt]

Those things help, but it shouldn't completely replace seeing a professional & you should especially not stop taking your meds right away.
I've been dealing with my bipolar and manic depression for over 10 years now and I know how important the combination of therapy, medication and physical health is. You can't skip a step.

[Checkers82]

Well I was on meds and talking to professionals and it never really helped me. What helped me was getting a crappy job at mcdonalds that got me our of the house every day instead of lying in bed. Meds and stuff isn't always the answer for everyone.

[Fathoms77]

It's my firm belief that the overwhelming majority of those suffering from depression simply don't have enough to do.

MOVE. At the very least, you'll be too tired to be depressed. ;)

[John_Doesnt]

And where did you get your degree in psychology to determine that? Oh you don't have one? Then stfu!

[Fathoms77]

@John_Doesnt Ironically, my degree happens to be in Psychology. Earned quite some time ago, but I still remember a little. And I read.

Movement and activity has long since been established as one of the most effective ways of coping with depression.

[John_Doesnt]

Sure you do and I just take your word for it like all the other people on here who claim to be doctors & psychologists. Whatever degree you claim to have is irrelevant to modern psychology because depression is a lot more complicated than just moving & activity. I'm speaking from first hand experience & having relatives with clinical depression. Movement & activity wouldn't solve anything.

[Unit1]

Yeah, moving doesn't help me either. If anything it's degrading me a bit seeing unintelligent plebs trying to take advantage of each another and spewing toxicity around with their foul mouths.

It doesn't work especially on lethargic people, who can at the very least increase sleep and generally sleep more and make a true beneficial habit out of it (I was lethargic for a long time and I get myself more sleep ever since in order to cope).

[FallOutBoy2001]

I don't know if what I've got going over here is depression (I'm so fucking done trying to work out what's wrong with me) but exercise does help me a tad bit, but not much. The best results I've had were from music.

[RemonsterMan]

@John_Doesnt I used to suffer from the "life is pointless, my existence is painful and I want to kill myself every day" kind of depression. Clinically, a decade long.
Forcing myself to exercise no matter how fucked up I felt was the first step towards climbing out of the crab bucket. You need discipline in order to get somewhere in life. It's easier to learn by taking baby steps.

[John_Doesnt]

@RemonsterMan thanks for the anecdotal evidence, which is useless in any scientific setting. I'll stick to the science which is backed by the DSM 5 and not take the advice of a guy who had an experience one time, so he thinks he knows everything.

[RemonsterMan]

@Unit1 What did you do that constitutes 'moving'? I started by doing one simple exercise at home that only took me 5 minutes to complete. Every day. I felt like shit before doing, while doing it and after doing it, but I kept at it. Because eventually I realized that staying disciplined was more important than my feelings of self-pity and destructive circular thinking. It was certainly not a miracle cure, but simply the first step towards breaking free from the clutches of self-destruction.

[RemonsterMan]

@FallOutBoy2001 Listen to your favorite music while you exercise. It's a double-whammy that may just make it a little bit easier. As it did for me.

[RemonsterMan]

@John_Doesnt "I'll stick to the science which is backed by the DSM 5" How about you stick to a consistent diet and exercise routine first, mr. scientist? And don't forget to take your crazy pills like a good goy.

I know the DSM 5 quite well, it doesn't offer any practical solutions to depressed individuals. Just what are you trying to prove here? It matters fuck all in a discussion of self-improvement.

[RemonsterMan]

@John_Doesnt At least tell me what you got officially diagnosed with, by a professional. Not self-diagnosis unless you know yourself extremely well and are free of confirmation-bias.

[FallOutBoy2001]

@RemonsterMan I swim so I can't, but I do listen to it as much as au can

[John_Doesnt]

@RemonsterMan yes, diagnosed by an actual psychiatrist and seeing a psychologist as well. Real professionals and people who know this stuff. Not some old guy making guesses based on his own personal experiences.

[Unit1]

@RemonsterMan Moving as in walking around outside. Didn't help. All i see is the shitty city and it's stupid uninteresting sheeople.
I also was exercising in my college in sports, playing volleyball and that didn't help either.

Keep in mind, that there is no one-size-fits-it-all kind of remedy! This literally cannot be told enough because people seemingly never believe that.

For me sleeping longer works somewhat and keeping myself occupied with stuff on my computer.

[RemonsterMan]

@John_Doesnt Actually, that is all advice I've gotten from a "real professional". I have plenty of experience with psychologists and therapists. Your bitterness and overly defensive nature is something you have to look into as well. Don't take it from me though, go ask a professional.

Furthermore, it doesn't make you sound intelligent. It makes you sound extremely stubborn and spiteful. Stubborn and spiteful people don't progress out of their depression. You have been warned.

[John_Doesnt]

@RemonsterMan warn me all you want, you sound like an old man who thinks he knows everything. I prefer science over crazy old man beliefs.

[RemonsterMan]

@John_Doesnt
Where is your psychology degree to determine that I have the character of an egotistical know-it-all. Oh you don't have one? Then stfu!

I can't convince you that I also put stock in science, but it doesn't matter. I'm not depressed anymore, while you are. I'll just leave you to rot by saying that the shadenfreude is giving me great pleasure right now. I have already won, you better start winning my friend.

Sucks2bU to be honest :^)

[Spiorad_Aisce]

Nice take - I like to see people who have mental health issues talk about what helps them - If another person reads 15 takes with 100 tips and one or two will help them cope that is job done I feel.

[Unit1]

Since the beginnings of my depression I realized, that I cannot win and will not even challenge the impossible UNTIL I see a way out.
Until then, killing time and living with what I have left.
The end.

[kelvinmed]

People need to understand how important is to talk to someone when you're down or depressed it's like literary lifting your mood as you exchange with someone your struggle. You also get to know what other people struggle with

[martyfellow]

You could travel and have a threeesome in Japan. That sure helped me, anyway. Lol.

But I also recommend the ideas in this Take.

[Loadedgamer]

you just contradicted yourself when you said, "I am depressed still"

[mermaidrocketship]

That's probably the best comic to describe anxiety/depression.

[JamesDylan1990]

The ultimate cure is death

But as a lifelong sufferer of depression I say try anything you can before letting it win

[AloneLove]

Depression is realy serious disease.. Only people may know what is it who suffered from it.. Whenever u r in depression, u always want to escape and die but u wouldn't even have energy for it..

[sattepesutta1]

says the most depressed and depressing person on GAG -_-

[Soulife]

I don't completely agree, but that doesn't matter. It's a good take :)

[Xfitchick]

Good ideas. 3, 4 and 8 I do and I feel great.