Hey Pandas, How Did You Get Over Depression? (Closed)

I have a whole list of 'issues' including depression. I don't think it will ever go away completely, but I am learning tricks to help myself out. I've been in & out of therapy for years, but most of the ways I help myself I've learned on my own:
I write, draw comics of situations that bother me, imagine negative thoughts leaving my head and burning into the sun, practicing meditation, remove people from my life who cause anxiety and negativity, doing little favors for 'future me', being outside - walks/run, decorating my space in ways that make me happy - lots of string lights.
I'm still learning how to take care of myself and not expect to make all the problems go away, but make it easier to deal with the depression and still function. Its a process.

Well depression stays with you. But it can get better. I like to play flute and listen to jazz to help. But I also take prozac which helps as well. I actually wrote a poem about depression. I'll share it on here.

By coming to the conclusion that "if you want something to change, you have to do things you never done before". It was still a long way to go, but I got there in the end. In my case, psychologists/psychiatrists didn't help much, because I found them to be too easy to fool. So now I'm studying to become a psychologist myself, so I can help to learn others how to deal with it. My advice will still be to talk to professionals though, they can really help a lot if you allow them to.

I... didn't. I didn't even learn how to manage it like some people on here. I just live with it and ignore the thoughts that tell me I'm not worth it, and I don't tell anyone. It's probably not the answer you were looking for, but it's what I do.

I never exactly got out of depression, but it is on and off with the feelings and stuff. I have had plenty of moodswing issues and cry for no reason many times. My besties try to help me al the time, and they do, but sometimes i do depressed.

well i don't know much because i'm kinda depressed rn but all you need to do is focus on happy things in you life instead of sad things oh and i'm not really good at giving people advice

It's the thinking I'm not depressed for me

I've gotten extremely good at hiding how I really feel from everyone in my life - Most people consider me a confident introvert I chose to say I was introverted because its very tiring to maintain this persona. I've just accepted who I am and have very low expectations of those around me which helps because really I know and have accepted that I'm a piece of s**t so I just feel lucky that anyone wants to stick around - its become more difficult since my partner moved in but luckily he's to caught up sexting with other people to notice or even ask which works perfectly for me - I don't blame him I own a mirror and have had to look at myself for the past 33 years I know its not a joy to wake up to this face - but i know he's with me because I take care of him so I distract myself with that - I just honestly don't want to be alone anymore - Sometimes you just have to accept who you are and take the best of what life will give you

Just started therapy. I talked myself out of doing it for years because my depression made me feel like it was impossible to feel better so why try. But I did the scariest thing I could imagine and I reached out to a therapist. It was hard and every session is hard but, I feel better every time I get a new tool to deal with how I feel and get more insight into myself.

Nope. My husband is disabled now and cannot work. I have kids who go to school and sometimes they don’t because of Covid. It changes monthly. And I decided to adopt a puppy to make everyone happy, but he chews all my s**t, but I love him. My depression has turned into stress on how to make all of them happy and content. I work from home, run a diner and a dog training school to say the least. I don’t have time to be depressed and that stresses me out. I just fake happiness.

I change my hair color. Then every time I look in the mirror I smile, sometimes laugh, and it is the new start to a new day and a new attitude. And I can always change it back if I ever need to. Women used to buy a new hat. Change something about yourself on the outside and there will be a difference on the inside. Comedy helps, too!

I haven't. And honestly? I'm OK with that.
I manage symptoms through a combination of medication (no shame) and distraction (video games, books, films, sewing, even work). There are bad days which suck, but there are also good days.

I got a dog

Sometimes depression is life circumstances and not clinical. Then drugs don't help and actually give you horrible side effects. I found it when I keep my life busy and have lots of friends around me I'm not depressed. Covid has dumped me right back into it because I'm alone and things look awful. I keep in mind that that situation is improving.

Well I didn't have the best support system so it took a long time to finally decide to tell someone about it but when I told them I went to a mental hospital and therapy for a few months

Self care. Finding funny things to watch or just in real life. Helping someone else who is depressed. Talking to a good friend. Going for a walk. Taking care of a pet. Music. Ahhh music. Meditation. Counting my blessings. Giving thanks. Prayer. Talk therapy.

Did something I love. Painting, writing, spending time with my pets, walking in the desert, watching the sunsets. Find the things you love and do them. If it's difficult to do so at first, force yourself. It gets easier. Eventually you realize you aren't sad, you're doing things and enjoying them.

13 years after my first visit to the psychiatric ward I can say with 100% certainty that in my case it takes a ton of medication. I've been admitted to hospital, had regular therapy sessions etc etc but that didnt do much. In the beginning I was given SSRIs, which were better than nothing but not good enough. After 3 years on those I got SNRIs instead and finally felt like myself again. And it's not like I'm happy 24/7 now, I just feel like a regular person with ups and downs. It's amazing!

My diagnosis is recurrent major depressive disorder and I'll probably be on meds for life.

Learning that the bad days don't invalidate the good days.
Having a bad/terrible day doesn't mean that all the good days were 'fake', 'wishful thinking' or just imagined, or not that great after all; no matter what my brain tried to tell me.
I turned my good days from an 'impossible to reach goal' into a safety net,
At the beginning, it might have not been a good day, but just a good moment. But that doesn't make them less valid. Moments have turned into days, and I am certain, that someday they will become weeks.

A better way to word this post would be "How do you get THROUGH your depression." Unfortunately, even with intensive therapy, positive life changes, and decades of meds, many people, including me, don't get over it. We work on it daily, fighting it so it doesn't consume us. Depression is usually a life-long condition, to word it as "get over it" only promotes the myth that it's a character failing, as if we don't try hard enough.