If you are feeling depressed, what are things you do to make yourself feel better?

[Amandanator]

[Anonymous]

Currently struggling to find a healthy coping mechanism… I used to self harm back when I was younger bcs every time I hurt myself it would give me a burst of adrenaline but I’m now aware of how harmful and unhealthy it is. Lately I’ve been talking it out with my boyfriend, going on group therapy (it helps to know that someone else understands), I come here often to also rant and distract myself by helping people out, I’ve skipped the gym for almost 2 weeks now but I’m going to push myself to start going again.

What seems to be helping a lot tho is how I’m just treating myself nicely and gently. I let myself feel all the sadness, I let myself cry. I treat myself to a salon and spa day, change up my looks, start taking better care of my skin, etc. Just really hoping that I’ll get over this funk as soon as possible tbh

[luvstoned4him]

I sip hot mint tea, go to the beach and just spend hours in the sea. I also take a road trip or sometimes catch the ferry and visit to another island. Sometimes being in another place really helps give me new perspectives. I journal as well because getting the feelings out is therapeutic.

[sawno]

Super rare for me, like last true depression was due to me loosing the love of my life. Then its just trying to cope with friends to distract me, things I enjoy, and just trying to process it all as quick as possible. But in general I am a happy person, all I need to do if I am feeling a bit down is just enjoy my hobbies.

[Anonymous]

My friend was very depressed last night and said they felt completely terrible and hopeless. I said 'I guarantee that if you read all of the scripture confessions in 'God's Creative Power Gift Collection Leather Bound – 1 Oct. 2009 by Charles Capps' you will feel 100% fine afterward. I recommend this collection because the scripture has been paraphrased so much easier to confess out loud with power. After they read this, exactly what I promised would happen... happened. Their tone of voice, energy, facial expression, demeanor and posture all came alive. That is the power of the living Word...

Many of us are starving spiritually but mistakenly trying to satiate this hunger through a 'physical meal'. We don't realize the following...

Matthew 4:4

''But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.''

[Iron_Man]

Solving the problem would make me feel a lot better meanwhile exercising eating food doing something different. Keep my mind off of it for a short while because you can’t feel depressed 24 hours a day seven days a week it will take you down and destroy you and you’ll end up in the hospital with a nervous breakdown you have to keep your mind occupied with other things while you’re hoping that things get better.

[avery58]

Exercising, reading, watching videos, streaming my favorite shows or watching new movies, talking to friends

[thatshydork]

Go for a walk - seriously. It helps a lot.

Force yourself to go out and do something that will distract you, like go shopping or to an arcade or something.

Perhaps most importantly, reach out to your trusted loved ones.

[rienna888]

First I go get coffee, then I walk around the mall alone and try to ignore my problems. Then I go home and troll in games

[exitseven]

I try to think about what I am depressed about and try to work towards fixing it.

[Unit1]

I am swallowing antiDEPRESSants. It's in the name!

[Awesomesauce2005]

Hugging and kissing my girlfriend always makes me feel 200% beeter

[Bklynbadboy12]

First off you have to get up can't just lay there and wallow in it. Surround yourself with friends and family

[Bklynbadboy12]

If you need to talk im here

[HawkPerception]

Workout, hike, game (although I'm trying to cut that out), and I can see myself doing DIY projects too.

[andy530]

Listen to music, talk to friends, masturbate, exercise

[LaurenM1997]

Get up and go out with family or go see friends

[dragoblack]

Micro dose mushroom gummies, them play videogames or watch anime. Anything to get my mind off of my depression and depressive thoughts.

[Sharkstealth]

The gym. Organize things and clean my house.

[NathanDavis]

sleep

[Amandanator]

No one can ever go wrong with sleeping!

[MysticDevice]

Bike rides into middle of nowhere and archery.

[Sonorous]

Intense workouts.