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| comment | | "parent_author":"saintyv",<br>"parent_permlink":"how-to-escape-depression-my-way",<br>"author":"garethnelsonuk",<br>"permlink":"re-saintyv-how-to-escape-depression-my-way-20160921t191409571z",<br>"title":"",<br>"body":"Depression is an odd condition because it has both physical and psychological causes and the two can feedback into each other.\n\nAs an example: let's say you have some bad life event (grief for example) that sends you into a depressed state. Your serotonin and dopamine levels will drop and you'll feel bad. Because you're feeling bad,<br> if you're not careful you'll look at things in a more negative light and the neurochemistry continues to dip.\n\nOr imagine the other way round: due to a medical condition or simply just bad diet (lack of protein and B vitamins will mess your mental health up badly) your brain can't manufacture enough of the neuromessengers needed to create a happy emotional state.\n\nWhen this happens,<br> you end up in a worse psychological state too,<br> and your mind starts searching for why you feel bad. Since nobody has a perfect life,<br> you WILL find something bad and that'll keep your emotions low and this will again feedback into the neurochemical side of things.\n\nThe solution is thus to attack both sides at once:\n * Fix the neurochemistry with appropriate medication (don't give up on the first med you try either - if there's side effects or it fails to work after 2 weeks,<br> switch until you find a med that works - consider also trying an SNRI instead of SSRI)\n * Check your diet - add supplements too,<br> a good multivitamin,<br> a time-release B complex and fish oil is something everyone should take anyway,<br> but on top of that make sure you eat a decent amount of protein\n * Do something physically active and get some sunlight - exposure to sunlight helps your body produce Vitamin D,<br> a lack of which is known to trigger low mood - and physical activity helps stimulate endorphin production\n * Talk to a clinical psychologist that specialises in CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) - CBT is the only scientifically proven form of \"talking therapy\" for depression - any other form of therapy and you're better off just talking to a good friend\n * Engage in a hobby or interest even if you don't feel like doing it - a personal example from myself is when I don't feel up to playing guitar at first,<br> but I plug it into the amp and turn on anyway,<br> within 30 minutes i've lost track of time - the same goes for other activities - switching from doing nothing to doing something is the hard part - once you're in the middle of an enjoyable activity you'll get immense benefit from it",<br>"json_metadata":" \"tags\":[\"poetry\" " |
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