The Depression Thing
I was diagnosed with "major depression" when I was 14, did the medication and therapy thing for a bit but the medication made me a zombie. Therapy helped me learn to cope a little better, but I was never "cured" of my depression.<p>My 20s have been pretty bad, but in the last year and a half I've lost 100+lbs and have been running and lifting.<p>It turns out the common sense advice to depression was really what I needed all along.<p>* Sleep
* Proper diet
* Exercise<p>If you're struggling with depression like I was - try and take baby steps to improving those 3. You don't have to be perfect and it doesn't have to be all at once, but through continued effort it has only gotten better and better for me.