How Do You Counteract Depression?

What are the simple things you do or use to help combat feeling low?
I am a college student that lives in a single room and would like to know how to prepare for winter, the time of year I seem to always be lowest and I'm already feeling it.

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summersong · F

-Exercise works the best for me.
-Going out in the sun—in the winter I use a SAD light.
-Keeping up a basic routine even when I just want to sleep and cry.

InvictusIndigo · 22-25, M

@summersong Thank you :) Yes, I'm finding it hard to resist the temptation to just crawl up in a ball and wish to disappear