How to survive the depression

In today’s materialistic world people are so busy in their own lives that they hardly pay attention to what others are going through. Our day to day activities and our fight against time has made us a slave of our own needs and desires. Wealth has unfortunately taken over the importance of health and our fake behaviors and harsh words that we spill on others do not really bother us. Under such circumstances, we often dwell into the darkness of self-created insecurities and complexes that ultimately pave their way to depression – the greatest of all mental disorders. Fortunately, it is not an incurable disease and one can easily get rid of it if he prefers to deal with it sensibly. There are a number of ways that might let you lead a depression-free life but before moving to the solution, we must know what the problem is.

What is depression?

Depression doesn’t really have a definition. It can merely be described as a mental illness where a person’s good thoughts or optimistic approach towards life gets shattered by the gloominess and insecurities that he chooses to survive with. It is not always a cause of some drastic tragedy in one’s life, sometimes our habit of overthinking over the most meaningless and insignificant things in our life makes us feel depressed. In other words, it can be thought of as a person’s inability to find good in all the bad that surrounds him.

How To Fight Depression Alone?

There are a number of ways that might help you free yourselves from the distressing and deteriorating effects of this evil of depression. However, two of the most effective of them are comprehensively discussed here.

Cultivating a habit of being grateful for the blessings that surround you

We are sometimes so negligent to all the major and minor blessings that surround us that we easily fall prey to ungratefulness that ultimately makes it difficult for us to fight depression. An easy way to avoid this is to compile a list of things that make you feel happy every day or the list of the names of positive people that surround you. You may even keep a list of all the beautiful places that you have ever visited or you may opt for being grateful about the fact that you can hear and see the colors and things that surround you. A little bit of gratitude is never going to harm you, in fact, it is going to make things easier for you.

Speak up! Seek help!

Depression and anxiety are often intermingled. A depressed person irresistibly shouts at everyone who tries to come to his rescue. He loses his ability to control or pacify his feelings and emotions and this is something that makes others leave him on his own. Solitude further aggravates the situation, making things even more unbearable. A good idea to avoid any such situation is to speak up and ask for help from your dear and near ones