Overcoming Depression: A Critical Stage Of Depression

As humans, everyone at some point in their lives go through a critical stage of sadness. However, some struggle through the battle, making it nearly impossible to overcome. This type of situation can cause a trigger to a mental illness known as Depression. With this illness, everyday tasks become difficult for them to go on through their day. Trying to overcome depression is like trying to overcome a breakup, you need to constantly work at it until you forget it is there. Taking control of depression is not easy, but with time, positivity, and determination it will be easier and a lot better to control.
The first stage is understanding that this will take time. The key to this is by having patience. Time as in months on end, depression does …show more content…
No matter what happens you must remain focus on the task. Think of the good things that will come, not the bad. Positivity is the weapon to overcoming the depression. For instance, when you break up with someone, you automatically assume that person is the only one for you so it makes it harder to get over it. Just in when dealing with depression, you assume that you cannot do it. You must believe you can overcome it, keep positive. Ways to do this are quite simple, distractions. Examples could be playing video games, reading your favorite book, writing your thoughts down to get rid of the negative, or listening to upbeat music and never sad music. In order to keep positive, your surroundings must be positive. “Our thoughts shape our behaviors, not the other way around. How and what we think directly impact how we behave, and many would argue, how we feel” (Strategies for Overcoming Depression) Keep a healthy mindset, know that things will get better no matter the outcome. Keeping positive of course, will not be the best thing ever. It is much easier thinking negative because there you do not have to constantly reassure yourself. In other words, it is easier to cry about a situation then to try to move on from it. You have to ask yourself, “Will I continue to be depressed and let this ruin my life, or do I take a chance and try to overcome it?” A good way to help keep positive is to write a list about how grateful you are for the little things. Such as, seeing the sun shine every day, having a roof over your head, or the tiniest things like being able to eat food, smell the good and bad odors. One important thing to remember is to view an optimistic result in a negative situation. With this it will be a lot easier to live by the