How Family Can Help You Beat Depression
I’m going to write about my personal experiences in this article that I have experienced through depression. I will also share what I have learnt and how I have understood that I needed to learn to cope and even to eradicate it from my life. I am confident that I am not alone in having a number of regular periods in my life where I have become deeply depressed, yet I understand that this does not make it easier for me or anyone else.
Speaking to my parents about the factors affecting my anxiety and depression has been an important point for me, as I have been able to appreciate their thoughts and understanding. My mother believes that I had a type of depression gene as there have been many different members of the family who have had a number of similar symptoms.
Last week I suffered a bout of depression, but similar to other bouts, I learned a number of from it. At the same time I experienced a bad part in my life too, which seemed like everything was going wrong. I felt as though there was bad news after bad news and this brought a lot of negativity into my life. Also, it seemed as though there wasn’t anything good to look forward to and I believed going out for the night with my friends was a good way to cheer myself up. I also had the intention of getting as drunk as possible too.
The next day I felt really ill and hungover after having a very late night and as planned a huge amount of alcohol. For the whole day I struggled to stay awake and as the day wore on I became more and more depressed. The negative side of my brain had taken over my whole head and it seemed like there was a whole bunch of negative chemicals running through my body.
The lesson I have learnt is that is not a good idea to go out drinking alcohol if you are feeling low and depressed.
When I was speaking to my parents about my latest period of anxiety and depression, they gave me some interesting and useful advice. They asked me to think about all of the things and aspects of my life that were getting me down. What I then needed to do was to talk about them and to think positive by attempting to find solutions to each of these problems.
This is not at all easy to do but is something I now try. I have realised that it is good to talk about our fears and phobias and that there is nothing wrong with admitting that you are stressed and depressed.
I do hope that I will be able to rid these spates of depression from my life as I feel that they are disrupting how I live and how I feel in everyday life. I feel that this is especially true when I have thoughts at night and am unable to sleep. I am eager however to look for other ways to ensure that I can beat my anxiety and depression and overcome any negative feelings I have.
Now, I am looking to positive thinking to overcome these types of situations and that life is simply too short to be worrying about the different little things. Also, I have started to think about and read a number of different self-help books which are helping me to keep myself in check and in control. I am learning to look at the different things I feel and think positively about myself.