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1. Eat slow burning carbs. This has the double effect of forcing you to eat slower[ie you will eat less] and giving you a longer lasting energy. 2. Eat food

by chegra 15y ago

1. Eat slow burning carbs. This has the double effect of forcing you to eat slower[ie you will eat less] and giving you a longer lasting energy. 2. Eat foods that will enhance dopamine: banana, avocado, almond nuts, ginseng, tangerine, red clover. 3. Keep away from food you are allergy too. 4. 10 minutes of exercise can get endorphins pumping but for a good kick, look for like 20mins. [You might struggle to get your first 10mins in but push through] 5. Give friends a call[maybe even by cam], better yet visit them. 6. Go get three massages[consecutive days] or ask a friend to give you a hand massage. 7. Cinnamon and Honey Tea. Mix a teaspoon of cinnamon and honey in hot water[about a cup]. Cinnamon and Honey both have anti-bacterial properties and strengthen the immune system.

goblin89 15y ago
I concur that diet and general physical well-being, as well as social interactions, do indeed matter very much, and apparently heavily influence in often not obvious ways our mood and outlook.
- amouat 15y ago
  Whilst I'm sure all these suggestions may help to some extent, none of them address the underlying issues. This isn't something that can be cured by vitamin pills or bike rides. The only solution is a complete lifestyle change which the author admits he can't make at the minute. My worry is that well meant suggestions like the above may sound flippant to someone in the depths of depression (I'd frankly be upset if I told someone I was depressed and they told me to get a massage). I guess the best short-term suggestion is just to talk to someone about it. Good luck to both the poster and anyone else going through similar troubles.
  - goblin89 15y ago
    I agree that such tone and lack of justification might sound a bit off-putting—I left grandparent trying to soften that impression. (Add: Although I like chegra's post for its practicality. If you follow that advice, there's a very high change you will feel better no matter what.) However, your statement about ‘underlying issues’ is confusing. You don't name these, yet claim that they can't be cured by certain methods. I wonder what, in your opinion, these issues are. I think they often are just these—bad diet and physical shape, lack of social interaction. And bike rides can help that (especially considering mostly sedentary lifestyle). Although there's another important thing that may be an issue, which you actually reminded me about. It's hard to communicate what it is—maybe it could be called ‘mental shape’. My latest depression basically ended when I learned to allow my mind to rest, and gained some control over my thoughts. I often see studies now suggesting that our well-being inversely depends on how much we think. I have an impression at the moment that certain brain activity (which is related to abstract thinking and appears to happen somewhere in frontal lobe) does indeed contribute to feeling unhappy, that being in ‘flow’ reduces that activity, and that trying to do multiple things at once / frequent context switching increases that activity. Anyway, since that depression I still experience difficult periods sometimes, but I think they are mostly health-induced. We shouldn't underestimate how physical problems can influence our thinking. E.g., you can eat food that you're unknowingly allergic to, it will make you feel constantly tired, therefore forcing you to spend most of your time at home, the consequences of which (lack of sunlight / movement, for two) can cause yet another host of problems, and so on. To sum up, my supported by anecdotal evidence, layman speculations, and personal experience opinion is that depression is often caused by being, probably unknowingly, out-of-shape mentally (i.e., overthinking) and/or physically (bad diet, other health problems). I hope OP will feel better soon. Being out to a coffee-shop is already good, keep it up!
  - DanBC 15y ago
    > I guess the best short-term suggestion is just to talk to someone about it. Research shows that "just talking about it" is not effective for depression and most other mental health problems. There are effective talking therapies.

by chegra 15y ago

goblin89 15y ago

I concur that diet and general physical well-being, as well as social interactions, do indeed matter very much, and apparently heavily influence in often not obvious ways our mood and outlook.

amouat 15y ago
Whilst I'm sure all these suggestions may help to some extent, none of them address the underlying issues. This isn't something that can be cured by vitamin pills or bike rides. The only solution is a complete lifestyle change which the author admits he can't make at the minute. My worry is that well meant suggestions like the above may sound flippant to someone in the depths of depression (I'd frankly be upset if I told someone I was depressed and they told me to get a massage). I guess the best short-term suggestion is just to talk to someone about it. Good luck to both the poster and anyone else going through similar troubles.
- goblin89 15y ago
  I agree that such tone and lack of justification might sound a bit off-putting—I left grandparent trying to soften that impression. (Add: Although I like chegra's post for its practicality. If you follow that advice, there's a very high change you will feel better no matter what.) However, your statement about ‘underlying issues’ is confusing. You don't name these, yet claim that they can't be cured by certain methods. I wonder what, in your opinion, these issues are. I think they often are just these—bad diet and physical shape, lack of social interaction. And bike rides can help that (especially considering mostly sedentary lifestyle). Although there's another important thing that may be an issue, which you actually reminded me about. It's hard to communicate what it is—maybe it could be called ‘mental shape’. My latest depression basically ended when I learned to allow my mind to rest, and gained some control over my thoughts. I often see studies now suggesting that our well-being inversely depends on how much we think. I have an impression at the moment that certain brain activity (which is related to abstract thinking and appears to happen somewhere in frontal lobe) does indeed contribute to feeling unhappy, that being in ‘flow’ reduces that activity, and that trying to do multiple things at once / frequent context switching increases that activity. Anyway, since that depression I still experience difficult periods sometimes, but I think they are mostly health-induced. We shouldn't underestimate how physical problems can influence our thinking. E.g., you can eat food that you're unknowingly allergic to, it will make you feel constantly tired, therefore forcing you to spend most of your time at home, the consequences of which (lack of sunlight / movement, for two) can cause yet another host of problems, and so on. To sum up, my supported by anecdotal evidence, layman speculations, and personal experience opinion is that depression is often caused by being, probably unknowingly, out-of-shape mentally (i.e., overthinking) and/or physically (bad diet, other health problems). I hope OP will feel better soon. Being out to a coffee-shop is already good, keep it up!
- DanBC 15y ago
  > I guess the best short-term suggestion is just to talk to someone about it. Research shows that "just talking about it" is not effective for depression and most other mental health problems. There are effective talking therapies.