Depression Self Help: Helping Others

Hey, hope you're feeling good.

I've been posting answers on Yahoo Answers to questions about depression and bipolar disorder. It feels good to people help who need it and i've also realized that there are people out there that have it way worse than I do. Maybe you have expertise in a certain area that you can help people with. Maybe you've learned a lot through your struggles with depression and can help people deal with theirs. Its so nice to stop thinking about yourself and think about other people and how to help them with their problems because depression often causes us to isolate and just feel sorry for ourselves. You're not alone and you're not worthless.

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Depression Self Help: Finding People To Hang Out With

A lot of us isolate ourselves when we're depressed and that doesn't help. Maybe you don't want to be seen or maybe you just don't have any friends that like what you like. If you don't have anyone to do activities with you can post an ad on Craig's list in the "activities" category. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain. You can sit there and complain about not having any like-minded friends or you can make and effort to find some. Who knows, you might find your soulmate.

Hope you're feeling good.

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Depression Cures- Detoxifying Your Circle of Friends

I haven't done any studies on this or anything, but my instincts tell me that most people get depressed and stay depressed because of other people. I think most of us have people in our lives that treat us badly, which makes us feel worthless. We begin to think that if people we care about treat us like crap then people that we don't even know are going to treat us even worse...the seeds of low self esteem. Most of us know these people are bad for us and that we should get away from them, but it isn't that easy. They just keep returning. They do just the bare minimum to stay in the circle. I say "who needs um?" All they do is make us miserable.

I've been pissed off all day today because one of my "friends" made me wait for hours for them. He thinks his time is more important than mine. It ain't. People will say stuff like "oh you're too sensitive" as an excuse. Of course i'm sensitive, i'm depressed! If you treated me like a human being I wouldn't feel like a piece of shit all the time! They think you're desperate and maybe you are, but it doesn't mean you have to act like it. The more you allow people to disrespect you the more they think its okay.

I say get rid of the people that make you miserable and pay more attention to the ones that don't.

Hope you're doing well.

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Depression Drugs: Optimizing Your Nutrition to Reduce Side Effects

Broccoli is your friend and as far vegetbales go it doesn't taste that bad.

Depression drugs often have side effects, like gaining weight or feeling like a "zombie". This often makes people discontinue drugs, not take them consistently, or not take them in the first place. However, there is a way to minimize these side effects and that is by maximizing your nutrition. This means eating more fruit, vegetables, lean meat, whole grains, etc, and less sugar, trans fats, processed foods, etc. If you're on depression drugs and you eat healthy (consisteny) you won't gain weight or feel like a zombie. I used to be against meds because they made me feel lethargic, but now they don't because I eat healthy.

By the way...you will have to eat healthy for a good month or so before you notice that its helping. Then you'll have to keep eating healthy to keep feeling energized. Once you eat healthy for a while you get used to it and it becomes automatic.

Hope you're doing well

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Causes of Depression- Lack of Rewards

We need rewards to be happy and feel good about ourselves. When we work really hard for no reward we get depressed and discouraged. Maybe you're working really hard at a job and they won't promote you or give you a raise. Maybe you're working really hard on a business but there is no demand for what you're selling. Maybe you're working really hard on a relationship and the other person isn't reciprocating.

Are you doing something rewarding? Rewards can come from work, hobbies, exercise, etc. They can come in the form of money, being in tune with your values, helping others, improving yourself, etc. If you're spending a lot of your time and energy doing something that isn't rewarding enough, perhaps you want to try something new.

Hope you're dong well.

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Money Saving Ideas

We often get depressed/stressed because of money problems. We need money to buy the things we need and want. We can all be smarter with our money.

One of the best money saving ideas that I have come across is saving your money gradually. Everybody wants easy money and everybody wants money now, but 99% of the time this is unrealistic. The way to have money is to save it gradually. Its like learning a sport or a musical instrument. You can’t just one day pick up a guitar and expect to be Stevie Ray Vaughn. You have to gradually invest something (like money in this case) and then one day you’ll be where you want to be.

So stop spending money on crap you don’t need and start saving for the day when you will see something you really want or really need. Most people don’t have a couple of hundred or couple of thousand dollars to spare when they could use a vacation, or they need a new car, or an emergency happens.

Let me paint you a beautiful picture for a moment. Save $100 every month for 1 year and you will have $1200 at the end of it. You can go to a 5-star resort in the Caribbean and have the week of your life for that amount. You can buy a massive TV. You can get a dream couch (or even a sectional dare I say). Even a homeless person can save $100 a month.

Lets say you’re a family. Save $300 a month for 1 year ($3600) and you can go on a nice trip for a week or 2, like to Europe for example. Or you can get a state of the art home theater system. Or you can start a family business. Or you can just keep it and keep saving until the day you see what you want or need.

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Love + Sex

Its tough to be happy when you're alone and not getting any. If this were the movies someone would fall in love with you and pull you out of your deep wet well of depression. However, this is real life and finding love and getting some requires know-how and effort on your part. There are a lot of books and programs out there that can help you find a partner and keep them when you find the right one for you. Love is a game and if you want to win you need to learn how to play. There is no point in feeling sorry for yourself and complaining about your bad luck in love. Take action. Invest some time and energy into learning about attraction and how to create it. If you can invest years of your life in schools that mostly teach bullshit you will never need, then surely you can invest a couple hours a week in getting the kind of love life you want. Love + Sex = Happiness.
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