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| 5 Ways to Fight Depression |
NEPAL TRAVEL BOOK, KATHMANDU:
Depression is a serious mental gloominess which may ruin our life if we do not do anything about it. Depression is mental disease and we need to go see a doctor or a psychologist if we are facing depression. There are certainly some things that we can do on our own too. However, this doesn’t mean that you will fight your depression all by yourself, no. These tips, nonetheless, will minimize your state of hopelessness to some extent. So, here’s a list of 5 ways to fight depression from your side:
Stay Active
Stay active by doing any light exercises you like. You can go jogging regularly, swimming once or twice a week and you can do minor stretching work outs everyday at your home. Go to hiking sometimes. Staying energetic keeps your mood fresh every time and this helps a lot to minimize your state of depression. If you don’t want to do these stuffs alone, call a friend may be. Dancing and cycling are other options for exercises.
Eat Good
Energy doesn’t come from exercises alone. Moreover, if you don’t eat proper and exercise you health may keep on degrading. It’s highly likely that we don’t feel like eating while we are sad, but we should do if we want to get rid of it. Eating balanced diet, plenty of fruits of vegetables will make good supply of nourishment to our body. Proper nutrition if a key factor to a healthy and happy mood so eat good.
Sort out the problems
You are depressed obviously because you are facing some or many problems. Sort them out, think about each one of them. And talk to someone who you think can understand you and help you with your situation. In most of the situations, we don’t even need advices; we just need a good listener so that we can pour our out troubles in front of them. Solutions are there so, just try to figure it out. If you think you can do nothing about the problem, relax and relax, because there is nothing you can do so, why worry.
Express yourself
Another alternative to having your problem discussed out with a friend; a better solution if you think you can do nothing about your problem is to express yourself via any kind of art. Can you sketch, paint, write, sing, compose? Try everything that will make you feel better and yes, these things really make you feel better. It’s the main idea behind art. If you don’t think you can do any of these things, write things, about you, about your problems. You can share your feelings via your painting or your poem and hence, you can free your mind from the pressure you were holding.
Be positive
Always try to look on the brighter side at these situations. No, it’s not a lame suggestion. There are bright sides in every circumstance. It’s just sometimes we are unable to observe it. So try and think that one thing that can give or enhance your hope and then you’ll find hundreds of other reasons, positive reasons for you to live your life to its fullest.