Anyone who has suffered from depression will know what a dark and debilitating condition it can be. Here are a few ways to get yourself out of the darkness and back into the light.
Depression can affect anybody,
fact. There are no barriers and isn`t determined by age or gender. For first time sufferers it can be a very bleak and scary experience, as you have no control over these feelings of misery and despair. Those who suffer it on a regular basis know the feeling of the black cloud coming over and prepare themselves for it.
There are many types of medication available to treat depression, and a lot of people swear by them, but a lot fear the possibility of becoming reliant on them and look for alternative ways to beat it. The good news is that there are ways to help yourself to beat depression, and here are just a few of them.
Recognising the symptoms and accepting that you have depression is the first step. You may be a very strong, organized person normally, and suddenly find yourself floundering and felling hopeless. This is the depression getting you in its grasp. You may suddenly feel like nothing good has ever happened in your life, once again, this is the depression affecting the way that you remember things.
Although everything seems black and miserable now; make a list of the things that used to be so important to you and why. This could be your partner, children, grandchildren, job, home; anything that was a vital part of your life. Go through them one by one and put them in order of priority. This establishes a path to follow on your road to recovery. It can also help you to understand what has triggered off the depression in the first place. By dealing with the source of your anxiety, your feelings of depression be greatly helped, and possibly be eradicated completely.
If there are troubles within the family home, call everyone together who lives there and thrash out your grievances with each other. So many things can be solves simply by talking reasonably, with any shouting or accusations. Explain how you are feeling and tell them you need their love and support to recover without resorting to pills to get through the day.
Problems at work are very common triggers for depression, and some of the hardest to solve. Remember one thing here; NO job is worth being ill for! Wherever you are on the career ladder, what damage is this job doing to your health? Take a deep breathe, and go and see your boss. YOU are the most important thing here, so don`t let them use your depression to make you feel even more inadequate.
You are not a worthless person, you are the same smart and popular individual you have always been, it is the depression that is making you feel this way! Remind yourself of this several times a day, look in the mirror and tell yourself this, depression isn`t a fatal disease; it is a mental condition that can be beaten. So make that first step today, and get out from under that black cloud once and for all!
