7 Rules To Break The Depressive Circle

[Sanael]

As a rule, problems interchange with periods of tranquil life, but during depression they overwhelm altogether, without giving a break. They might seem infinite and as if impossible to solve. But… the mind is bound, while the hands are sound. And for the mind not to be bound, it is recommended to follow this advice. Write all your duties in a column arranging them chronologically: what to fulfill at first and what afterwards. And also mark the deadline Then take a blank sheet of paper and stick it over the list with two paper clips, so that only the first line is visible. Then stick the list near the bathroom mirror (even in case of the deepest depression it will not remain unnoticed). Now, after having fulfilled the duty, you can cross it out from the list and move the blank sheet down. Thus you won't forget to do anything and the forthcoming tasks will not seem so numerous, and the victories' list will increase right before your eyes, inspiring you and proving that life goes on.

2. Good sleep is the best cure

Depression is often accompanied by insomnia. It 3 a.m. and you're still tossing and turning, dark thoughts crawl inside your mind, uneasiness won't let you sleep, and you wake up in the morning with terrible headache and totally broken. A simple formula for a good sleep – a cool bedroom, a warm blanket, a low pillow and complete silence. If necessary, you may take soft hypnotic. When we sleep, time flows faster which means that the streak of bad luck will end sooner.

3. Don't give up

When everything goes wrong there is a great temptation to give up and say: "All is lost! I can't do anything!" The thing is that gravest anticipations come true as a rule. Falling into depression, giving up and doing nothing for your own sake, you will drown for sure with pleasant feeling of rightness. But who needs such rightness? Fight to the finish, do your best, persistence brings success. It easy to die, but it's hard to live on.

4. Enjoy life to the full

It's excellent to learn to enjoy minutes of serenity. When another trouble is past, and all problems of the day are solved, it would be good to sit or better to lie down, relax and tell yourself: "I feel tranquil and nothing can disturb me. I do not know what future holds, but this very moment belongs to me. I'm totally fine now".

5. Humour is the best weapon of the desperate

Treat the situation with humour. For this you should take a detached view upon yourself. Any humour is in a certain way based on someone else's troubles. There's nothing funny to get your face hit with a cake, but nevertheless everyone laughs. Try to have an ousider's look at your life, like at a sitcom. A gloomy grin is better than tears.

6. Live for the moment

Don't recall the past. The troubles gone by are powerless, they cannot harm you, forget the wrongs and failures, don't rub salt on the wounds, don't recollect what cannot be reversed. And there's no point in intimidating yourself with troubles yet to come – there can be only one future, and you can imagine hundreds of misfortunes, majority of which will never come to pass.

7. Everything will pass

King Solomon's ring had an inscription: "And it will pass as well". And this unlucky streak of your life will fade away, the morning will come and the sun will rise. And, in accordance with probability theory, life will grant you a wide, lucky streak to equalize the unlucky one. You just need to be patient!

[actiondell4]

I guess everyone suffers a level of depression,however there are those who dont know why they suffer from it,eg,bipolar disorder .

I had a flatmate who on somedays was as happy as Larry and on other days depressed deeply and he didnt know why.

His doctor referred him to a psychiatrist who told him it was a chemical imbalance and gave him medication which he took /takes and is much better.

In your list ,i think it also missed the benefits of regualr exercise,which increase edorphins etc and makes the normally tired depressive much better.

I think also that laughing is good,the only problem is that not everyone around you shares the same thoughts sometimes.

I rememeber last year i was in a bar where there were a few gentlemen of european accented who were not happy i was laughing and sharing jokes with a bargirl.

All of them were sitting at single tables looking miserable and one skinny guy said in a thick accent,'please.please no laughing"".

So the girl left and i found a single table and sat in it and looked the same as them,eventually i had to leave as i felt so bloody miserable.

[coventry]

For me it's being able to talk with someone that understands the condition. That is my Number 1.