How Do You Fight Depression Naturally, and Keep Yourself From Letting Bad Events Pull You Back Down?
Question by Luke: How do you fight Depression naturally, and keep yourself from letting bad events pull you back down?
I have mild to sometimes moderate Depression. If it’s ever severe and I feel suicidal, that’s only for a few hours after a tragedy occurs and I believe that’s quite a normal human way of acting or going about it. I also have anxiety but anxiety levels are common among virtually everyone. I treat my anxiety with some meds because that can get carried away, and honestly after dealing with shallow, immature, type-A personality Aholes in teh general society, I find it much easier to keep my sanity after popping a Valium. I know that sounds funny,but it’s true and it works. People aren’t worth your nerves.
However, I’ve tried many “depression” drugs and bipolar drugs which I thought I had and not only did they NOT work, but they produced more agitation/anxiety/alertness, and made me more jumpy. They also clouded the mind pretty slightly to moderately, and I just felt drugged, and had no clarity.
So I decided to fight it naturally, and take some OTC supps. But, bad events DO happen.
So how do we keep ourselves above water, when we have things happen like health problems/issues, life related problems, etc?
Our society is stressful and as you can see just from reading this board and meeting people in your daily lives, we have to deal with ALOT of crud.
This can pull us back into depression, or kill our happy balance equilibrium.
Without resorting to drugs, legal or illegal, or atl east a cocktail of them, it’s always cool to take short term drugs like valium WHEN NEEDED,
how can we deal?
Exercize, positive attitude?
Believe me, today’s times, many people don’t have positive attitudes anymore!!!
It’s tough especially in the NJ/NYC area.
I don’t want to be another unhappy citizen, help!
Best answer:
Answer by Liam
Exercise is great, it was for me anyway, and still is. Im keeping depression at bay by exercising, but it also helps that I spend more time with my family. Friends are all well and good but when you discover as I did that some of them dont know how to handle the dark things you talk to them about, you can always rely on your family. I dont even have to talk about anythin in particular and my family will make me feel better just by being around them. I go to my grandparents when Im down to get away from whatever is bothering me, which is mainly the fact that my dad has been so ill over the last few years that he cant do anythin for himself and hasnt been able to speak for years. Figure out who you like being around and spend more time with them. Also decide how you might want to improve your body and do it. Loose weight, gain muscle, become faster, more flexible (that one isn’t just for females, flexibility makes you faster and stronger).
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