What is the first step in self-care for depression?
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Anonymous
June 11th, 2015 4:42pm
It's important to accept that you are suffering from depression, and that you deserve to find a way to ease your suffering. This understanding of your value as an individual with an emotional problem can lead you to solutions, like therapy, medication, and other methods of self-care.
Knowing what made you depressed in the first place and why. From that you could start evaluating yourself how to manage your depression
Educate yourself about depression, sleep well, manage your diet and exercise daily. Start writing whatever you feel in a journal. Stick with the treatment plan you have adopted. Set goals for yourself.
Spend some time every thinking about things in your life that make you happy, even the smallest things like the wind, or or trees can bring joy to your life and help lift you up.
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