How to Deal with Depression

I have gone through a lot in the past few years. A few years ago, I became very depressed. Everything and anything would set me off. My sister, Vicki was murdered 24 years ago. One of many triggers has always been her death. Her murder was never solved. My depression was at its lowest when I began having financial problems. I would become so depressed at times that I would cry for hours. I never thought I could crawl out of that hole. At work, I was unable to work. At night, I was unable to sleep.(Elaine, G)
Depression profoundly impairs the ability to function in everyday situations by affecting moods, thoughts, behaviors, and physical well-being. Persons who are constantly depressed tend to be lonely and have no one to talk to or look to for guidance. Employing the following steps will help person’s who are depressed:by stop living in self pity, asking for assistance and seeing a psychiatrist.

The first step to dealing with depression is for depressed persons to stop living in self pity. In this stage depressed person’s should treathim/her self as if he/she is important he/she should not doubt him/her self and say that he/she doesn’tt deserve certain luxuries in life. Insteadhe/she should tell him/her self that he/she is special and treat him/her self as if he/she is too. Remember that no matter what misfortune he/she encounters, It is not the end of the world. According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Depression strikes about 17 million American adults each year--more than cancer, AIDS, or coronary heart disease. According to Dr. Tony Vendryes, A study of 80 Adults thay were between the ages of 20-45 were diagnosed with mild to modeerate depression, and researchers looked at exercise alone to treat the condition and found that those person’s who participated in the exercise 5 times a week for twelve weeks shwed a 30% reduction in symptoms. Yet the practical problem was that depressed person’s are less inclined to exercise. This