What are the ways to relieve depression

For people suffering from depression, the most reliable path that has been clinically proven and reported by most practitioners is to first conduct a formal medical assessment, and then make daily adjustments to suit their own condition. Do not believe in the saying that "you can get through it with willpower", and there is no need to blindly copy other people's "healing experience".

I once met a girl who was a junior in college. She couldn’t sleep well for more than three months in a row and couldn’t find the energy to go to class. She always felt that she was “too pretentious and had poor ability to withstand stress.” She took antidepressant medication and did cognitive behavioral therapy once a week, and within two months she returned to a normal rhythm of classes. She later told me that she was always afraid of side effects from taking medication and being laughed at during psychological counseling. Only after she really tried it did she realize that it was much more effective than lying in bed crying and scolding herself for being useless every day.

Of course, the choice of specific methods is actually quite controversial. The most typical one is "should you force yourself to move?" Many people who have recovered from depression through exercise will repeatedly recommend running, fitness, and sunbathing. They say that the moment they sweat, they can feel a lot more relaxed. However, many friends who are in the attack stage said that they had to do mental construction for half an hour even when they got out of bed. Others urging "you can just go for a walk" will only aggravate self-denial and feel that "I can't even do such a simple thing. It's really too bad." In fact, the applicable stages are essentially different. If you have just been depressed recently and can still live a normal life, put on your shoes and go out for a ten-minute walk and bask in the sun on the bench downstairs for five minutes. It can indeed help the brain secrete more serotonin, and the whole person will relax a lot; but If you have reached the point where brushing your teeth and washing your face feel strenuous, don’t force yourself to move. Just lie down and watch the cartoons you watched when you were a child, or eat a cool orange. Even if you are idle for an afternoon, it is not a waste of time. This is not laziness, but saving yourself strength.

I also know a boy who works in graphic design. He did not take any medicine after he was diagnosed. He found a very practical little method. He always keeps a few mints in his pocket. Every time he falls into the vortex of self-denial and feels that his whole body is falling into the darkness, he bites a mint. , the moment the coolness explodes in your mouth, tell yourself "I am eating candy now, I am safe now". You don't need to force yourself to stop those messy thoughts immediately, just grasp this sense of reality, stay for a minute or two, and you can slowly withdraw from that sinking state.

In fact, there is no need to use the mythical method. The gratitude diary was very popular in the past two years. Some people wrote it for half a month and gradually became aware of the small beauties in life. Others racked their brains when writing and couldn't find anything worth being grateful for. Instead, they felt that their life was a failure, which caused a lot of internal friction. There is no right or wrong in the method itself. It just depends on whether you feel relaxed when using it or whether you feel that there is one more KPI that must be completed. If the latter is the case, just throw it away without forcing it.

To put it bluntly, relieving depression is never about rushing forward. There is no need to force yourself to "get better this week." First, allow yourself to be temporarily not so good. There is no need to force yourself to conform to the "normal" standards in the eyes of others. Slowly try and find out, and you can always find a way to coexist peacefully with your emotions.