Spend time in nature as often as possible. Garden or take a walk, every day if you can. If all you can manage is sitting on your porch or patio, or even at an open window, that's where you start.
Nature may help ease depression and it will certainly improve your quality of life.
If you cannot work full time because of depression – simply cannot face it – consider applying for disability benefits.
Not having any money and going further into debt does not help anyone climb out of depression.
Can you get benefits? Can you get them for a temporary time? Can you get them if you are doing any work for money? How hard is it to get benefits?
It can be very difficult but it also may be more than worth it!
Depression and anxiety can make applying hard, so get help to navigate the paperwork and regulations – an attorney is good, or any friend or relative with patience. Your insurance company may also be able to assign you an ally to help with the process.
HERE is the official Social Security Disability for Depression SSA website.
Get your day off to a calm, positive, joyful start with this video of "A Beautiful Dawn" by Navajo recording artist Radmilla Cody.
16 Things I've Learned from 16 Years of Dealing with Depression (Huffington Post)
by Hannah Sentenac, Contributor, writer, journalist, vegan.10 Signs It's Time to Get Help for Depression
Get help.
“...approximately
2% of children and at least 4% of adolescents suffer from depression
at any given time. By the end of high school, approximately one young
person in five will have had at least one episode of depression.
“Children
and adolescents who are under stress, who experience loss, or who
have attentional, learning, conduct, or anxiety disorders are at a
higher risk for depression... The good news is that depression is a
treatable illness.”
Check
out the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry’s
online depression resource center.
“Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of Great Britain, was one of the “Big Three” (Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin) to lead the world in its defeat of Hitler in WWII. He told in his own writings of suffering from the “black dog,” Churchill's term for severe and serious depression.”
November is a new month, with new challenges and triumphs to come.
With Halloween behind us, it is also the start of the “winter holiday” season, and that can be fraught with peril regarding depression. Family stress. Less sunlight. No money for presents.
It's time to really pull out the anti-depression resources. Stay consistent on meds. Try to get in some exercise. Eat well and consciously.
Here we go!