How to get things done professionaly at work when I'm very depressed?

Wow, this can be tough. I think the important thing, when one is "very depressed," is to reach out and get as much help as possible. I recommend working with a pro (therapist or physician) and talking often with listeners at 7 Cups (of course!) and reaching out to reliable, supportive friends and family. At work, too, it's good to reach out for help--and see if others can help with projects or deadlines. When possible, it might be good to take time off or try for a lighter schedule. (However, it can be tricky to disclose mental-health conditions to certain employers, whereas others are wonderful about it and have Employee Assistance Plans to help employees get through tough times. Some states and countries have laws that provide protection, and some do not.) As for tips for getting through the day, I could say things like, Try to get some sleep and eat healthy food and definitely get some exercise to keep the fog at bay -- but when a person is very depressed, this can feel terribly hard to do! So, when depression gets very bad, I think it's time to consider seeing a physician and using appropriate sleep aides and other therapies and medicines that can give relief. And ... yes, depression can make it awfully hard to reach out for help, but it's crucial! Please don't try to "tough it out" alone. There are people like the listeners at 7 Cups who are waiting to help.

The "half-smile." Smile only with your mouth (as opposed to a genuine smile which includes the use of your cheeks, eyebrows, and forehead). This will in a way trick your mind into thinking you're happy, and then the half-smile turns into a real one. Also, academic research has found that good posture promotes happiness during depressive episodes.

Doing your work in 20/10's (20 minutes of work with a 10 minute break) might make it easier to manage. Most people can do something for 20 minutes, knowing that there is a break coming where you can get the emotional/mental rest that you need.

I like to put on some music from a video-game to help me focus on work when I'm depressed. Game soundtracks are designed to keep players engaged, and I find it helps keep my mind clear while I work. I find some animated movie soundtracks (Ghibli movies especially) also help with work or studies. Another thing I find helpful is to set small goals for myself along the way. Have a huge project due and feeling overwhelmed? Break it down into the smallest possible steps and tick them off as you go. This helps me realise that a. The work isn't nearly as overwhelming as I thought initially, and b. The feeling of having multiple little accomplishments helps me feel better about myself and my capabilities.

Focus. Be present in your job. Ignore the drama around you, and do your best at the task in front of you. Fake a smile. Sometimes it actually makes you feel better.

Keep making lists of things to do and organizing the best you can. If you have a list of tasks don't let it overwhelm you, just try and set some kind of pace you would be capable of handling so you can hit your target times or dates for said tasks. Take it one day at a time. Work stress can get to the best of us.

Try to focus on the good you can do at work, staying positive could help influence your mood outside of work. Doing well at work could boost your self confidence and feeling of accomplishment.

I think setting a small goal or even reward after you accomplish what you need to do can help. Let's say- you treat yourself your favourite snach because you did it you finished without major problems. I think also trying calming methods such as breathing techniques can make you more stable if done enough times. It all depends on a person. I know it can be very difficult but try setting yourself till a certain moment till a break; in that time you can call a friend/loved one/ someone that makes you feel more at ease or even come here on 7cups. Best of wishes.

Mindfulness can be helpful. Do a Typical Meditation: sit upright in a straight-backed chair, close your eyes, use your mind to watch your breath as it flows in and out. Observe your sensations without judgment. After a while your mind will wander. Gently bring your attention back to your breath. The act of realizing that your mind has wandered - and bringing your attention back - is the key thing. Your mind will eventually become calm. Just be patient and maybe it will helps you :)

Balance is essential. Know your purpose. If you ll mess up things could get more messy but remember everything has a solution. Keep yourself motivated . Engage yourself in something which you love to do. God bless!

Keep your head up and resist the feelings no matter how hard it is, let positive thoughts flow too

Try to spend more time on yourself at home and write down why you feel that way, when you get to work have a glass of water and a snack near by. Take regular breaks to help you re evaluate and refocus yourself on the work

What you may have to do is take a break from work and unravel yourself, you're like a ball of yarn that's all tangled, but you need to take some time for your self to make that ball of yarn neat again. You can't be professional with all these feelings/emptiness throwing itself at you.

Quite hard. This is must have a good emotion management. But want or not, you have to leave that depressed at home or on the way to work. When I get depressed, i take one time just a bit to let it out for a while. Like if I carry 1000kg of feeling and 999 of it is depressed, at least when i take a short me time, i can let go 150kg of it. So there is a lil space for professionality at work. Get it? No? It’s fine.

Take an extra break, make sure you're productive while at work and try to get all the worst out of your system while you're not at work.

Once you get to work, 5 steps before door, tell yourself "you are awesome and powerful" and you don't have to bring your baggage in. Laugh....go fast, list everything...plan....make that conference call. do it. When we are sad, we can make up brilliant plans and come up with good ideas too. Preeetend to be happy. Actors do it all the time. Just think "im being paid to act/pretend" Let nooo-one accuse you of being a fake. Say, "Im paid to do it". Leave the office and all drear comes back? Sure. Decide then whether you want to put them on, or...give yourself a holiday. If you can pretend for 8 hours...you can pretend for 2 more...4 more. It is alright to look at Depression and say ..."I dont feel like giving you ANY attention today."

Take a short break. Write in your journal. Expect a miracle. Tell yourself "This Too Shall Pass" . Be like a willow, do not hide the feeling from yourself. Know that you are a precious soul and not just a body and that everything that happens to you happens for a reason. If you can, call a friend. If there is someone at your work that you feel comfortable with, share your feeling with them. Go to the bath room and when no one is watching look at the mirror and say to yourself "I Love YOU I Love You" . Smile, Do yoga. But again, most importantly, be patient and know that it will pass

I remember that this is a passing feeling and though I may feel bad now, the task in front of me still needs to be done, and I will feel happy and accomplished that I did something once I'm out of the depressive episode. Other people may be feeling the same or worse than me, so keep smiling because you may be making their day better too, just by doing what you can. Just make sure to make some time for yourself when you get home. Just leave all those bad feelings at work and focus on how to make you happy, whatever is making you depressed is now your priority.

Keeping proactive while depressed can be very hard. Depression is one of the biggest factors to people struggling to be productive or meet deadlines. I think we should start with why you are depressed. When did you start feeling depressed? What do you feel depressed about? Is there anything in your life that is... subpar right now? Figuring out some of why you might be discontent is a good first step to working with/through your depression. If you can understand the problem, you can make a plan for overcoming it. A few good ways to get past your depression include motivating yourself with rewards, sticking to task lists and checking off items as you go, and taking time to relax in-between getting tasks done. You don't want to let yourself procrastinate, but a good pause is sometimes needed if you're staying proactive. Even the greats need a breather now and then, otherwise, we burn out or shut down. Make sure to take time to focus on you. Watch some tv, read a good book, do some yoga. Make sure to take time to love yourself.

One thing at a time! The thing that helps me most is remembering that I am an intelligent, valuable part of a team with a lot of work to be done. I know that I am an integral cog in my office's machine and that without me, there would be a lot of things left to do. I use lists because lists reinforce the fact that although I might have a lot to do, I am also getting a lot done, and that's the biggest thing to remember. Just keep plugging along. Your coworkers and your boss will thank you for it!

I block out all possible distractions, move phone apps and clear my view. I keep a nice, neat and organized space and clear my mind with some meditation or inspirational quotes. I throw myself deep into my work and focus fully on the task at hand. When I am supposed to work, I try to motivate myself. Think of all the reasons I must finish the task. Sometimes, however, it is hard to focus, for I am too sad. But I try to use these tips to help myself focus on my work. I hope this helps in some way.

Career is one of the thing made out of lot of hardships already. Schools, college, trainings and what not have already been through. You have struggled alot to get this job already. Now you are a step higher than you were already. Keep in mind that work is worship and it is what feeding you and a thing of life and livelihood. Whatever is there can be sorted of but if things have been ruined at work can't be. Focus on work, it is what you always wanted to do. And what you are depressed for, talk to the peers and someone who can listen.

For someone living with depression, getting stuff done can be enormously difficult. Here are a few of my suggestions. 1. Stick to a strict schedule. Sometimes keeping busy can help you from sinking into depression. Walk to the bus on the exact same route every day, get the same coffee at the same starbucks, listen to the same playlist, always be doing something. 2. Give yourself little rewards. Get something done and you get a snack, finish a meeting and you watch a cat video, etc. 3. If you work at a desk try sitting on an exercise ball of standing to switch it up. 4. Try laughter yoga. This is a really weird thing, but it actually works. Apparently your brain doesn't recognize the difference between fake and real laughter. It releases endorphins either way. 5. Consider taking a self care day.

“Do it anyway.” Despite dealing with depression myself, it never would have occurred to me to say that to a client. Even after I heard it, it took me a long time to get up the nerve to say it. The trick of course, is to say it with empathy and compassion. So! Carolla goes on this spiel about the coffee mug that’s been rolling around in the floor board of the passenger side of your car. And how you pull into the driveway and look over it, thinking “I should take that in” but the depression winning out and telling you you are too tired, too sad, too worthless to do it. So he says, “Do it anyway.” No one WANTS to do anything when they are depressed. Do it anyway. Do it because doing it is what gives your body and brain the strength to drag yourself out of the darkness. It’s a pretty important metaphorial and tangible coffee cup.

Well, I can relate to this question quite well. First, of all you have to know why you are on that job in the first place. To, try to make a living, so that you can support yourself and your family. You have to just work through your depression because if you do not, you and your hold family could be out on the streets. I have had to work through my depression many time because I have always had jobs that I did not like but I had to be able to put food on the table and to keep the bills paid in the house. Being responsible for others is one of the best ways to stay employed and it also give you the strength to keep carrying on, Because you do not want to let your family down even though you might be having difficult times in your life. It is so hard to let your love ones down when they are depending upon you for their daily bread.

For me what helps is having small goals and having a set playlist full of positive music to start my day. I try to start my day with 1 posative afirmation or mantra. It helps me look on the bright side of things. Setting small goals helps me get things done one step at a time. In order to keep track of my small goals I use a check list aoo like the reminders app on my phone. I hope this can help you a little bit. Depression can make you loose all sense of motivation but you can beat it with the right tools and support.

When you're at home before or after work, you should try your best to take care of yourself so you'll have some energy for work. Perhaps if you can, taking a bathroom or lunch break to regroup helps me. If not, close your eyes and take a deep breath then continue your work. If you can, i'd also recommend mentioning your issues to your employer. Though it may be difficult when you have depression, self care before and after work could include making sure that you are eating enough, getting rest, and practicing good hygiene. You could also try journaling or mediation to ease your mind.

Focus on the little things. Accomplish one task, meet one deadline, respond to one email. Depression has a way of changing your mindset, of changing how you view the world, making everything dark and dreary and hopeless, clouding your judgement and making each day seem endless and impossible. For me, the best way to counteract that mentality was not to try to force myself to be cheery, or fake a positive mindset until I had one, masks are exhausting to maintain and slip off easily. However, because life is not as hopeless as you perceive it to be, the best way that I have found to counteract it is to go slowly, taking the little tasks, completing those and using those successes to push back at the depression. It is not foolproof, but I have found it helped me, and hopefully it is helpful for anyone who reads this

Getting anything done while you’re battling depression can be very difficult, but it is crucial to give yourself the space you need to do as much as you can without pushing yourself too hard. Sometimes we focus too much on what we haven’t accomplished, we forget how much we have already accomplished. Remember, the little things matter. So at work, set little goals or set small goals on the things you want to accomplish that day and even if you do half of that list, take a moment and thank yourself. You got this, don’t push yourself too hard.

You can consider trying to focus on your work. It can be great distraction from your overthinking and ruminating and thus you might also have less depressive thoughts this way. Let's not listen to your depressive thoughts as they only bring you down unnecessarily. If you focus on your work and do proper self care before you come to the work (enough sleep, hygiene (bathed, shaved, decent haircut), dress decently, have some exercise (previous day before work or if you have time also in the morning) eat breakfast, have something for lunch with yourself or buy something healthy for eating at lunch break time, you will get things done as professionally at work as you possibly can.