OVERCOME DEPRESSION: NOT A DISEASE BUT MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION
First of all, it is important to understand that depression is not a disease but it is a state of our mental health condition raising due to social, psychological, and biological factors.
There are many reasons for being a victim of depression such as failing to do something repeatedly, comparing ourselves to others on everything, family and we feel a tension when economic problems persist for a long time, etc.
In such a situation, our mind does not seem to do any work, there are frustration and disappointment everywhere in life. Also, when we try to express such frustration and disappointment in society, people term you as “mad or psycho” and ignore you which becomes even more depressing.
Success and failure two terms on which society gazes you in this life. In this journey of success and failure, we come across many situations where we feel worthless, neglected, helpless, lonely, demotivated, face failure, bullied, discouraged, and lack of enthusiasm towards life, etc. We withdraw ourselves from doing basic things and social involvements etc. During such situations, we become a victim of depression. But is there any way to overcome this mental stress.
Consult Doctor
Consulting doctors should on top priority but our society is such that they judge you for consulting doctors specifically if its related to mental health because of which we avoid visiting doctors.
Only professionals can understand your state of mind and provide you with the proper solution towards overcoming depression.
Avoid being alone
Depression takes a dangerous form when we start feeling lonely. The most efficient and easiest way to overcome this is to make to meet trusted friends and family members who are ready to listen to your problems and emotions. Also, sometimes laughing with them, sharing your old memories with friends and family, finding your happy moments your feeling of disappointment will go away and you will feel good.
Those having trusted family and friends helps in overcoming depression and problems in life.
Go out walking
Going to visit someplace with your friends or family is also a good plan. Plan a trip outside the city, meet new people there, and make them your friends. Through this, we will change our environment by exploring new dimensions in life. As a result of which our mood changes also and we open the way for positive thoughts.
Do not stop yourself from doing the things you like
Do any work which makes you feel alive or which you get pleasure from doing, like playing, listening to songs, painting, watching movies, etc. Depression has the most effect on our mind, doing these things we help in mind engagement and diversion. Also, it acts as meditation keeping you relaxed.
Resort to yoga and exercise
Do yoga, exercise, or meditation, it has a very deep and soothing effect on our mind. Yoga-meditation makes us calm and mindful. By doing this, we also reduce anger and we feel focused and energized to fight mental stress. This is a very strong weapon, must try.
Stay away from social media
Keep yourself away from social media or social networking sites in the event of depression. A recent survey under the joint aegis of The Royal Society for Public Health and Young Health Movement has revealed that users of various social media People’s mental health have declined.
Social media is a show-off business. Seeing other’s lifestyles through their posts, photos, etc. even we desire to have similar life and compare our life with them because of which we start living in an imaginary world losing our skills, talents, and character. Comparing yourselves to others is never right to do so because every person’s condition is different from us. You should never give more importance to those things which do not have much meaning in your life. Forget small things. Put yourself in those things or things that improve you. It is okay to keep a distance from stupid things.
Be focused more on your self-growth and happiness. Do not live in a show off the world.
Positive thinking is important:
No matter what the situation. Keep your thinking and thoughts positive. If you’re thinking turns negative then you cannot solve any problem. Together, you will only have trouble with it, based on positive thinking, you can easily solve the biggest problem. Thinking negatively also affects our ability to work.
Stay away from drugs.
The biggest mistake that most people make is to get drugged during the depression. When a person is going through depression, they drugging themselves will take them different zone where they feel relaxed and away from all problems and world. Which eventually becomes an addiction and resort to intoxication.
Consuming drugs (tobacco, alcohol) has a very negative effect on our ability to think. Due to which our stress increases rather than decreases. So, stay as far away from it as possible.
Read positive books and articles
Yes, books can keep us stress-free in times of depression. You can read books that give you a new education, you can learn to advance in life, you can also read biographies of great people. Apart from this, you can also read blogs on the internet which will teach you to live something new and better life continuously. Also, it gives us mental strength and we feel ourselves in a better position.
Take good food and diet
Eating our good food becomes very important for good physical and mental health. Only when we eat well will we be able to think well.
Good and nutritious food helps us in getting out of depression. If you are under stress for a long time, then you should use protein, fruits, and vegetables in your food.
Mental health is most important if you want to live a happy and positive life. But every desire or wish, which you want to make it true comes with a consequence of losing something. So, in case of good mental health, you have lost your negativity, toxic people, work stress, useless things, and any such thing which affects your mental health.
