tips to getting out of your depression slump
okay, for a long time i have been wanting to write one of these for me to have something to go to when i find myself in the dump, and i figured i would share so that maybe it can help others, so here goes.
here’s my suggestions for how to get out of that depression/anxiety hole that you suddenly fell in and can’t seem to get out of. now, these are all stuff that sometimes works for me, and of course we are all different, our mental issues behaves differently, and therefore what is needed is different for all of us. i just hope that maybe my experience can help some of you guys to maybe get a little better at pulling yourself up.
you don’t have to do all of the things, maybe just one or two will work for you. maybe you need to do a couple of them - in your own tempo.some of these are tiny baby steps, others are medium, and others are big steps. what you need is what you need. these are in no particular order, they are simply thrown together as i thought of them.
maybe you are like me, and when you get to this slump where you’re practically paralyzed in bed it is practically impossible to get yourself to shower. i hate showering on a normal day, and on a heavy day like this, showering seems like mount doom to climb. but then after i have finally done it, i feel a lot better and things feel a little easier to overcome.
usually i am super strict with brushing my teeth. i can do it several times a day (in between the general morning/evening brushing), but when i get this way, i simply forget because i lose track of time. but brushing my teeth can make me feel a little more fresh and it makes it easier for me to look myself in the mirror.
do the dishes in the sink ~
admitted: when i get to a bad place i am a pig. honestly, really disgusting, and it’s embarrassing. i can have dirty dishes and glasses and mugs standing forever (i do rinse them, tho, i swear) if i happen to fall down the hole before i get them done on a regular day. this means that if i actually get myself together to do them, i feel a little more accomplished. by feeling a little more accomplished i feel like i can overcome a little more, and i am one step in the right direction.
i am the kind who will forget to eat, even on normal days. imagine how it is on the bad days. yes, that is not healthy. so if you are one of those people too, eating could be of great importance for you getting better. when you don’t eat your body goes into panic mode, and naturally it acts as such. because your blood sugar runs low without food, these are just some of the symptoms you can experience: headaches/migraines, dizziness, fatigue, blurry vision, shaking, sweating, difficulty sleeping, problems with focusing + more. so you can see that once you eat and your blood sugar returns to normal, a lot of the things that makes you feel bad could go away and you will feel fresher.
i am not kidding! remember how remus gave harry chocolate to get better after running into the dementors? that was not just some quirky idea from rowling’s side. if anyone knows about depression, it is queen rowling, and she clearly knows the true goodies of chocolate. the thing is that chocolate (dark chocolate that is) both works to boost your immune system, and increases your lvels of the hormone serotonin - something that antidepressants work with. i found an article here so you can read for yourself [x].
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