how can i reduce my depression?

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1. Breathe deep and relax.

Practice the following breathing exercise to relax your body and mind.

Breathe deeply and relax. For 2 or 3 minutes each hour, take a short mental vacation.

You can engage in this exercise while you are standing in the checkout line at the supermarket or when listening to others while talking on a telephone. You can complete the exercise at home or at work.

Take three deep breathes and relax. As you inhale, concentrate on calm and peaceful thoughts. You may think about relaxing by a mountain, by the ocean or comfortably in your favorite room at home.

As you exhale, concentrate on pushing any tension out of your lungs.

Focus on positive images in your life. Focus on laughter, love, excitement, and hope.

Keep breathing in and out in this pattern until you feel better. If you practice the exercise often, you will notice wonderful changes in your outlook and in other aspects of your life.

2. Get physical exercise

Adults forget about exercise when suffering from depression. Make sure you are exercising daily and sending more oxygen to your brain cells. The result of exercise will improve your health as well as your attitude.

3. Say good things about others
Connect your friend's negative statement about Phil with a positive one. Set yourself up to find the positive in anyone's statement and you will keep negative thoughts and depression from overtaking your life.

Og Mandino, a great motivator once said, "treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight." "Your life will never be the same again."

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see a doctor

get a beta life

WOW! That's like asking, "How do I know when I'm in love?"
I've yet to see any real agreement on what Depression is or what causes it. I've seen many suffer from inappropriate treatment (some not at all depressed, but diagnosed) and seldom seen reallyeffective treatment, despite public claims.
How do you know you are depressed? How long have you been felling the way that makes you believe you may be depressed? It's awful complicated. My brother in law (clinical Psychologist) has told me essentially all Mental Health Professionals operate on what THEY believe and feel. It can be really tough, but finding someone you are comfortable with is a key. Then they must work in a way that suits you. I've wasted a bundle on counseling do to misdiagnosis (I have anxiety not depression and it's not as usually described - gets me physically even though my mind is doing fine) and people who had to be right about how to "fix" me.
During one of the roughest spells of my life, due to pure physical problems a totally outragous Assistant Physical Therapist who I saw a lot over an 18 month period, kept me laughing and acting "goofy" so much the effect changed my outlook. I am still fighting the phsical problem (holding my own), but feel, "It's ok, for now."
While I keep on fighting to really get better physically. Laughter has been prooven to work - not all the time. I suspect there is a different answer for pretty much everyone (Really tough huh?).
Without knowing any specifics of your "case," I can only say you need to find a way to help yourself feel better, or someone to help you. I used to go visit friends when down and deliberately not discuss my troubles. I didn't want to hear any more of them. Having my mind taken off them by interesting people made a real difference - still does. Sadly there is no simple answer to such a simple question. Bummer!

There is no one size fits all answer to that question.

Depression takes many forms and has just as many causes. You could have a chemical imbalance in your body that may be causing it, and a change in diet may help alleviate it. Perhaps your physician can prescribe drugs to counter that imbalance.

But then, you could be having issues in your life that leaves you feeling overwhelmed. In that case, a visit to a psychotherapist may help you work through those issues and banish the blue funkies.

In either case, action is the first step to banishing the problem, Go see your health care professionals. Information is a powerful tool in battling depression. Once you have that, you're empowered and will have the tools to fight off future attacks of it.

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