Depression Warriors

Depression is an ace manipulator. Depression lies! It spins negative stories and makes you think these tall tales are cold, sad, hard realities. It urges you into accepting that individuals and things no longer hold value for you. Entangled into intense negativity you feel you cannot defeat depression and live happily.

Where satisfaction and meaningfulness used to rule once, fear and lack of concern start to rule and make you feel less associated with things in your life. It makes you believe that you haven’t been good enough to be acknowledged or accepted by society, that you have consistently felt along these lines and will feel this way, BUT you haven’t and you won’t!

You’re Capable of Defeating Depression

The way you treat yourself has a significant impact on your mental health. More often than not, life holds you guilty even if you aren’t at fault and you have to pay for it. Sadly, you inculpate situations, circumstances, people, environment, and more than that, yourself. In addition, you gradually start questioning your worth.

What you must know is, the labyrinth of life never unbound you from its shackles. However, your resilience is what will help you face this labyrinth. Everyone is hastening towards their destination, just galloping to reach an imaginary line of what they have dreamed. But sometimes, going nowhere leads you to everywhere, where you belong and want to be, where solace and respite are all you get! And you get it nowhere but in your own self, by letting yourself free from the redundant world and finding you: THE REAL YOU.

How to Dodge Depression’s Manipulation

Being depressed can make you feel helpless. You’re not. Along with therapy and sometimes medication, there’s a lot you can do on your own to fight back. Changing your behavior, physical activity, lifestyle, and even your way of thinking can have positive impacts. These are some measures can help you defeat depression.

REACH OUT TO PEOPLE

The person you talk to doesn’t have to be able to fix you, they solely ought to be a decent listener – someone who’ll listen to you with attention and compassion without judging you.

ACCEPT AND BE PROUD OF YOURSELF

The key to self-treatment for depression is to be open, accepting, and loving toward yourself and what you’re going through. The present state of mind, feelings, or considerations doesn’t have a place with tomorrow.

BE KIND AND LOVABLE TO YOURSELF

Initially, it might be difficult, because you don’t think you deserve good days. However, give yourself the grace to accept that while some days are troublesome, some days will also be great. Try to look forward to tomorrow’s fresh start.

EXERCISE DAILY

Starting to exercise can be troublesome when you’re depressed and feeling exhausted. But research shows that your energy levels will improve if you keep with it. Exercise will help you to feel energized and less fatigued.

“Nothing I do will have any effect, so why trouble?” This sort of reasoning is called catastrophizing, which triggers a circle of sadness and grim ruminations. Normally, this causes all aspects of an individual’s life to feel troublesome. But during your darkest day, you would prefer truly not to take your life. What you will prefer is to end the torment you feel. With this attitude and mindset to kill the pain and not end your life, you have the chance to change the manner in which you ponder the world.

• You should not believe what that bullying, tormenting beast says.
• Also, you do have talents, abilities, and worth.
• Most importantly, you are here for a reason.

So, stay focused. Continue battling. Realize that hope is genuine and real, and help is accessible. Better days are ahead, and you will come out of the murkiness more grounded and stronger than ever. It might take time, but remember you are capable to defeat depression. Most importantly, you will find yourself again and conquer the world.

“You say you’re ‘depressed’ – all I see is resilience. You are allowed to feel messed up and inside out. It doesn’t mean you’re defective – it just means you’re human.”

David Mitchell