Tips On How To Fight Depression
Depression can drain your energy, leaving you feeling empty and fatigued. It can make it difficult to muster the strength or desire to seek treatment. Here are a few tips on what you can do to manage depression while balancing your social life, academics, and other commitments as a student.
Stay Connected
Being depressed can make you want to withdraw socially, but it is important that you go out with your friends or family and do things you love doing. Going out and doing things that make you happy will make you feel better about yourself and decrease your feelings of depression.
Create A Schedule
A lack of motivation and a feeling of unproductiveness can be combated by creating a schedule. A daily schedule that could include study dates, extracurricular activities and personal time. The organization and completion of tasks will make you feel like you have accomplished something and improve your motivation and productiveness.
Exercise
Regular exercise can be as effective as medication for relieving depression symptoms. A regular exercise routine will make you feel energized and less fatigued. Rhythmic exercises such as dancing or even walking while listening to your favourite playlist can improve your general mood.
Get Some Sunlight
Opening up your windows or just going outside for a walk while absorbing some sunlight can be very beneficial to you as sunlight boosts serotonin levels and improves your overall mood.
If you feel like you can’t combat your depression on your own or know of someone who is struggling with depression, there are support centres which you can visit such as Lifeline, Grace Counselling and the South African Depression and Anxiety Group.
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