Tips for the depressed
Things that help me when I feel depressed:<p>- Listening to upbeat, energetic music and avoiding depressing music, which tends to make me feel worse<p>- Walking outside on a clear, sunny day<p>- Eating my favorite food<p>- Playing a good game to get my mind off whatever it is that I&#x27;m obsessing about<p>- If I am able to concentrate, reading something by a favorite author, listening to a good podcast, or watching a non-depressing movie (most of my favorite movies are, sadly, pretty depressing, so those tend not to help)<p>- Doing exercise<p>- Getting enough sleep, but not too much<p>- Improving my diet and supplementing to overcome nutritional deficits (this and regular exercise are long-term fixes, and have helped my mood and energy level tremendously)<p>- Talking to a good friend, or maybe calling a crisis hotline (though the results vary greatly depending on who you wind up talking to)<p>- Journaling (I&#x27;ve been using a voice recorder for years, and this makes journaling much easier, more natural and faster for me than writing... just talking things through, even effectively just to myself, often helps a lot)<p>- Talking to a good therapist.  They can sometimes provide insights and offer good advice that I otherwise would not have thought of.<p>- Looking at the stars on a deeply dark night sky, and thinking about how small and insignificant my self, my problems, and everything else on this earth really are<p>- Reading stories of people who&#x27;ve survived ordeals and overcome tremendous adversity.  This again helps me put my own relatively trivial problems in perspective.<p>- Then, as Nietzsche said, <i>&quot;The thought of suicide is a great consolation: by means of it one gets through many a dark night.&quot;</i><p>- Finally, I try to remind myself that I&#x27;ve been through this many times before and I always eventually feel better.  Time heals all wounds.