How do you manage?

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Is their anyone here that manages their depression well? If you have had it and learned how to raise yourself out of it. Please tell us how you did it. I know it's a continuous battle.

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Whenever I get depressed I think of 3 or more things I’m grateful for. Which helps me to focus more on the positive than the negative. Besides when u think you have it bad, someone else has it a lot worse.

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I’ve done therapy in the past. I’m currently on medication. Yoga/ meditation. Weed. Venting to my family. A pedicure every cpl months. This is just how I manage. What works for you may be different. What you need to keep in mind is that YOU are the only one who can make YOU better. And you have to want it. Find things that make you happy and give you joy. Walks, journaling, drawing/coloring/painting, start a new hobby, take a class, volunteer somewhere, garden, dance/sing, look up community events. Keeping your mind and body occupied is helpful in my opinion. Hope I’ve helped. Get better. You are worth it! You’ve just gotta put in some work 😘💕

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The first thing that very luckily worked for me— after a dozen years of being told to exercise and eat more healthily and finding that advice to be great for making me feel not like crap physically but didn’t do anything for my emotions— I switched to veganism. Because inflammation and omega 6 fatty acids play a role in depression, I also drastically reduced my refined sugar & carb intake, and this literally changed how much easier it was to self-correct thought distortions. 
To help with behaviour modification, I started making to do lists on a game called Habitica so I could institute small changes in how (and if) I get things done throughout the day so this helped me start getting used to doing things I usually didn’t have energy for that were healthier for me (like stretching, etc). Therapy was never helpful for me because I’m so picky about my providers, but I do recommend it strongly.

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Therapy but that hasn't always helped me. Journaling, meditation and learning mindfulness have helped. Also learning about law of attraction has helped a ton with being mindful and looking for better perspectives

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