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How does one actually overcome depression / learn to manage it? (hexbear.net)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
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Nearly a decade of therapy and medication has done nothing to help and idk what else to do

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[–] 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I cut down to one or two drinks a month, became more aware of my own emotions and developed some responses to them that help even things out.

Having a normal routine helps. Like a “normal person” routine where you go to sleep at a reasonable hour, get up at one as well, eat healthily, exercise, wash yourself, spend time outside etc. making it a routine means it’s something you do automatically.

That was really hard for me for decades. Sometimes I’ll still be awake far too late or skip a shower and have to catch myself.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I never manage to stick to routines, if I have one slip up I spiral and it all goes down the drain. I was doing pretty good routine-wise for some of March but all it took was one bad day and all the progress was washed away

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I know how that goes. I had to learn to recognize my own emotions and keep from letting them control how I go about day to day life.

    It’s weird to say but the same technique of feeling the emotion then putting it away for later that helped me control acute feelings like anger and sadness also helps me keep from getting disrupted by emotions that slowly well up like depression.

    Of course there actually has to be a later. There has to be a time when that stuff gets expressed otherwise it just builds up and overcomes your ability to function.

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