9 Ways to deal with chronic Depression?

Depression is a feeling of hopelessness and chronic sadness which is persistent for more than 3 months. The symptoms of chronic depression are losing interest in normal activities, feeling low all the time, lack of sleep or sleeping too much. These feelings may last for years intruding on your work, relationships, and daily activities. People with chronic depression don’t know what Happiness is or the circumstances and the inner feelings they have, have made them forget what Happiness is…

Is there a cure for chronic Depression?

Yes, with proper treatment chronic depression can be treated. The severity of the depression decides whether one needs to take the medicines or not. But along with medicines, talk therapy is a must. Without talk therapy, perhaps there won’t be any change in the emotional and behavioral symptoms. Medicines will help in balancing the chemical issues in the brain.

What can you do to get out of Depression?

Balanced diet: Healthy diet with vegetables, the proper amount of protein, milk products, dry fruits need to be consumed. When you eat right and less of junk your mood levels get automatically right. In case you are binging or overeating, reduce the amount of food you eat.

Exercise: Any form of exercise helps to release good hormones, makes you feel good.  You may not have that motivation which is needed. Even if you have, you may not still feel like doing so. Make a conscious effort to exercise at a certain hour and at a stipulated time.

Sleep: If you are having an erratic sleep schedule, try to keep your sleep schedules normal. Sleep only during night hours and ensure you sleep at a certain time daily.

Routine: As stated earlier, set up a routine for yourself. Get yourself engaged in activities you love. Even when you don’t feel like waking up from your bed, stick to the timetable you have set.

Set up your goals: When you set goals to give it a deadline and work to achieve your deadline. This will ensure you are out of the gloomy thoughts. When you have an aim to achieve and a will to get over depression one would try to overcome the weird feeling.

Get enough sunlight: Go and grab a daily source of vitamin K at around 9.30 am. Try to keep your rooms well lit. Do not sit in darkness.

Smile: Be around people who make you smile and have the potential to deal with your chronic sadness and help you to come out of it. Laughter and smile come from within. There should not be an effort while doing so.

Work on the core issues: If you have been through a traumatic past that is still bothering you and that issue is the reason for depression, address the issue by taking the help of your friends, family, and counselor.

Work on negative thoughts: If you have gone through a bad phase/event and you are having negative thoughts or repetitive images of the same event, you need to take the help of a counselor to challenge the negative thoughts.

Never hesitate to take the help of a psychologist to overcome depression. Let your psychologist analyze the severity of depression. You can get over chronic depression with or without medication however talk therapy is necessary.

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