How do you deal with depression?

Remember that life is short and I will be done here soon.

Realise that 'depression' has many different forms and it's part of human nature to get it from time to time.

We've been in 'Covid-worry-mode' for over a year so restrictions on movement and meeting are bound to have a depressive effect.

Keep busy !
Plan your day one half-hour at a time. This means you'll never be bored !
Do something physical. Expend some energy, you'll feel better for it !
Do something creative ! Bake. Sew. Paint/draw/take photos/write/sing/ that will stimulate your imagination.
Speak to another human. Call your family/friends/neighbours. Everybody is feeling exactly the same but you'd be surprised how thrilled some folk can get hearing that another was thinking of them !

you are. asking this is the first step

{@existentially] can alas speak from experience here i had councilling after i lost my dad as i really felt low and again because of work issues

Meditation, positive affirmations, prayer,eat healthy, excersize, random acts of kindness, focus on others needs

Relapses now are neither long nor deep so I ride them out with time to myself.

I act out sexually

I cry a lot. And miss my cat.

Prayer and positive thoughts