Ways to cope with depression

Depression is an illness that we know attacks the mind but it doesnt have to win over you if you take the correct precautionary steps. Its very comon to feel defeated while battling the illness but there are many ways to prevent that from happening and there are ways to assit you through the journey. The first step to helping yourself is recognizing the fact that you are not ok and are suffering from depression. The next step would be to ask your doctor to prescribe you medications. Although anti-depressents dont always work they still help and bring some relief. Yes the illnes is tough to deal with but it is very liveable. More strategies to help are spending time with loved ones, becoming more active, yard work such as gardening or trimming leaves, religous practice, getting more rest, and eating more healthily. Its surprising but a healthy diet can help because it gives the body more energy. Writing can also be used to help with coping with depression. Many therapist suggest it because it is never good to keep your feelings bottled up inside. Writing and drawing you feelings out releases the inside emotion and thoughts from your body. The cause and effect relationship between bottling your feelings and depression isnt so pretty. Sometimes we like to be independant and get to prideful but no one can keep everything in forever because every one has a breaking point no matter how "strong" someone seems. The most common forms of breaks are self harm,lashing and suicide that is why it is very crucial to be involved in positive activities and take steps towards that goal of being ok again.