During some part in our life we use to experience depression, for N number of reasons. That is because something might not have happened the way we expected it to or something had happened without expecting, two or of different extremes, but yes this would have certainly happened in most of our lives. When such things happen I agree that it cannot be ignored completely but cultivate the habit of trying to think positively in those situations, think about the positive outcomes, concentrate more towards the positive side and try forgetting the negative side, because it pushes you to depression which affects both physically and mentally.
Depression is a constant feeling of sadness or low mood. Everyone feels sad or down at times but clinical depression is different. It is constantly present and interferes with your everyday activities. Depression can be mild, moderate or severe, depending on how much it affects your life, and you can experience different levels of depression at different times. If you are depressed you often lose pleasure in things that were once enjoyable, you may give up usual activities such as hobbies and lose interest in seeing friends and family. Some people even feel that life is no longer worth living and have thoughts of suicide.
Perhaps one of the most common reasons for depression is a lack of enough interests and activities. A small number of them tends to become routine and often boring. Interests and activities are very important in mental health, contributing to self-esteem and happiness. They give satisfaction, help make you feel good about yourself, and keep your mind off problems and negative thoughts and emotions. Simply cultivating them can sometimes cure depression, grief, addiction, explosive anger, anxiety, excessive worrying, or guilt, especially if you do the activities whenever you feel the negative emotion. #Inspired
They are also important social skills that give you pleasant and interesting things to talk about, improving your conversation skills and helping in making and keeping friends. Depressed people often find it very difficult to motivate themselves and often reject new interests and activities without trying them or after one attempt. But even happy people don’t enjoy interests without first cultivating them. We often don’t enjoy a new activity right away. Instead, it may take time to become accustomed to a new activity and for interest and pleasure to grow. #Inspired
You may need to learn to relax in the new situation or to develop some expertise or skill before you can learn to enjoy it. Don’t reject new activities before giving them a chance. Try any new activity at least several times, with an open mind. Motivate yourself with rewards for engaging in new activities and getting things done. Negative thinking habits play a very important role in depression. Depressed people tend to minimize their accomplishments, talents, and qualities. #Inspired
They tend to see themselves as inferior and incompetent, despite being comparable to other people in qualities and skills. Their thinking habits focus on or exaggerate problems and faults and minimize or fail to see the good things in their lives. They tend to recall negative things more often than positive things, and they tend to minimize, overlook, or forget feelings of pleasure in their lives. They may feel preoccupied with loss or personal problems, perhaps wallowing in thoughts about self-pity, inability to cope, or escaping their problems. #Inspired
Don’t worry about whether you are happy. Develop interests, activities, and friendships, be kind, help other people, strive to be virtuous, accept emotional pain, work on conquering your personal problems, and improve your thinking habits. These things will lead to happiness. Conquering your depression may take months or years, depending on its severity, how long you have had negative thinking habits, your personal problems, and how much effort you put into it. #Inspired
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