Dealing with Major Depression (As the patient)

a professor said that major depression can be cured even without the use of prescribed medications as directed. How can we do it? It can be done by make a new lifestyle that can boost our mood and avoid any aspect that can deal much stress in our life. So, minimizing stress is the best way to do it. How can we do it?

1. Talk with a  therapist

Talking with a therapist is very important , because a teraphist can give advice on how we can organize our lives and reduce the level of stress that occurs . In addition it can help us to improve our self-esteem.

2. Improve our self image

Increase our self image is important to boost our mood . Try to smile at ourselves in the mirror and focus on the good things will help to boost our self image . And then, we can conduct activities that can improve our self-esteem such as fitness and healthy diet .

3. Follow your schedule

Sometimes , a person with depression feel themselves less motivated to do something . The way to handle it is to make a schedule and follow the schedule that we created. Make a schedule where you can enjoy it to the fullest (but don't forget about your duty). In this way , we can begin to forget about the depression that we have.

4. Stay involved

Away from social life is one of the symptoms of depression . The way to cope it is not to stay away ! Social life is very important and we can not deny that people is a social creature . Away from social life will only make us tend to spin in the current depression, therefore look for fun activities such as watching a movie or walking the street with a friend , so it will improve our mood.

5. Express yourselft through writing

Writing is a good way to manage depression . Having a diary would be very good to help us let go of any thoughts and feelings that we have. To that end , be honest in writing this book and feel the difference between before and after writing.

6. Believe

And the last, we must believe that everything will go well.

Thank you for reading :)