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I Battle Depression

How to fight depression without medicines.

Please try not to over think as it is not good for your mental health and have faith in yourself. Take healthy fresh and green leafy vegetables, and a lot of bananas.

Take care of your hygiene. Don't miss brushing your teeth. Having daily showers is not only good for your hygiene but also makes you feel better. Same is for combing hairs. Please don't ignore your hygiene, it helps you feel better in the right direction.

Make your bed everyday after you wakeup. It increases your will power to fight depression.
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Walk barefoot on green grass, preferably in the morning. If you have a beach near you, walk on the side, where the water keeps striking your feet. Otherwise take a bucket/tub of warm water, add some salt to it and dip your feet for 15 minutes.

Meet your friends more often in reality(not just virtual/internet/phone), share and discuss your problems with them.

Laugh and smile as often as possible, even if you don't feel happy, as laughing triggers +veness in you. Try to feel +ve and happiness in you, you may try smiling with your day dreams. 🙂

Daily jog is a must. Go daily for jog, even if you can just manage to walk for few minutes. Focus on slowly improving your performance.

Avoid excess caffeine, alcohol and sweets.

Try Yoga, there are different asana that will make you feel good. And prayanama can do wonders. I personally found Bhastrika and Kapalbhati prayanama particularly helpful to make you feel more positive. You will be able to see results after a week or two.

#Physical exhaustion gained by meaningful, productive work such as gardening, bricklaying, carpentry, clearing up a mess of litter etc. can leave little room for the depression cycle.

*Taking Tulsi (Holy Basil) as drops(with 1/2 cup water) or fresh leaves(around 5) can also help you reduce stress and help with depression. Avoid consuming milk & milk products before of after 1 hour of consuming Tulsi. Consuming Tulsi leaves regularly on an empty stomach can help bring about a lot of change in your daily health and energy levels.

*If you don't typically get much sunlight, it may be helpful to try and find ways to increase your sun exposure. Vitamin D, serotonin, and melatonin in sunlight are known for their beneficial effect on mental health. You can try to take sunlight in your balcony or at lawn. Always prefer to take sunlight facing your back towards sun, it helps you absorb more benefits from sunlight and you will be able to stay more in sunlight.

Try selfless work/volunteering/social service/helping others, if you can find opportunity to. It gives you a sense of happiness and satisfaction in life, which is a positive thing, and brings up your mood.

Focus on the goodness of life that is happening to you, rather than focusing on pain. Live in present, rather than thinking about past or future.

Travelling to new places help you have a fresh feeling.

Meanwhile also work to permanently remove the causes of depression from your life.

Take care of yourself.

Hugs & Best Wishes. 🙂


Bonus Post :
https://similarworlds.com/5944873-I-Believe-Life-Is-a-Life-Long-Lesson/1678668-This-is-your-life-Do-what-you-love-and-do-it-often

#Added after comment by @redredred
*Added after comment by @4meAndyou
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1Dogma · F
I wish my friends live closer. I relocated and never met any. Perhaps, I'm anti-social.

Depression happens because people focus on the pain. Pain kills when sanity ebbs away.

Live happy by doing enjoyable things, that could make life bearable.
Depression happens because pain is heavier than happiness. One can become exhausted and sick from stress and sadness or anger and resentment. @1Dogma
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Sometimes depression comes into your life very silently. You hardly realize that it has been with you for quite a long time.
SW-User
@ABCDEF7 Yeah true, it goes out of your life unpredictably.
ABCDEF7 · M
@SW-User Yeah, just keep moving in the right direction and one day you'll realise that you no longer have depression.
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@ABCDEF7 👍🏻
WrngWlf · 46-50, F
Yes these are things I need to be doing but I'm barely functional at this point. My hair is in knots and falling out in clumps... I barely move
YourFriend4ever · 26-30, F
@WrngWlf Trying is the hardest part.
Start from small.
Make todo list for small accomplishments or record your little accomplishments on a personal diary each day before sleeping and look forward for tomorrow.

Like i woke up, had a glass of water ✔️
I got out of bed at 8am✔️
I went outside, saw sun and morning light for 5 minutes ✔️
I made effort to cook healthy breakfast/lunch/dinner✔️
I prayed today ✔️
I read this much pages of a book today and learnt this✔️
I went for a 5 min walk today✔️


Just small small things like that.
WrngWlf · 46-50, F
@YourFriend4ever that's my plan. I'm going to bed in a few 2am so I'm going to shoot to be up by 11 am tomorrow. All my laundry is dirty so wash laundry and shower are my goals for tomorrow
YourFriend4ever · 26-30, F
@WrngWlf Yes and be easy on yourself.
No need to do the whole laundry in one day.
Keep some days fixed for laundry so you're not overburdened, if possible ask for help also.

If you don't take shower everyday.
Take it in alternate days, you can even start with two days a week!

No one is running behind you with a stick. Love yourself, be gentle with your beautiful soul.
You're so so precious.
God bless you always
redredred · M
physical exhaustion gained by meaningful, productive work such as gardening, bricklaying, carpentry, clearing up a mess of litter etc. can leave little room for the depression cycle.
ABCDEF7 · M
@redredred You are right, I have included it in the post.

Thanks 🙂
XcookiexbakerX · 31-35, F
@antonioio a lot easier said than done but I know it takes work to be a better you. I'm still on that journey but I appreciate you spreading that knowledge 💓
4meAndyou · F
I would like to add that Tulsi drops, which are made from an herb, and vitamin D3, sunshine and walking also help. The tulsi is a very mild antidepressant, and an immunity booster. D3 helps people who don't go outside enough or bask in the sunlight, and of course, sunshine gives us vitamin D3 for free.
WrngWlf · 46-50, F
@4meAndyou my body will not absorb the vitamin D3 from the sun. I have to take supplements daily
4meAndyou · F
@WrngWlf I take them daily, too.
ABCDEF7 · M
@4meAndyou Thankyou :)

Added your suggestions.
being · 36-40, F
A very good post...
texasborn89 · 31-35, M
Well most of my friends dont want to hang out with me for some reason. Plus because of the pandemic it's not safe to go anywhere. This has been happening long before the pandemic though 😔. I know this was written in 2018 though
ABCDEF7 · M
@texasborn89 Please take care of your diet and routine. Include exercises, yoga, meditation, reading, learning that you enjoy. Take care..

Best Wishes 🙂
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YourFriend4ever · 26-30, F
Meditation helps me a lot too!
ABCDEF7 · M
@YourFriend4ever It's really good if you can meditate, because many can't.

 
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