Last week, I was hit with a wave of sadness that triggered some deep and heavy emotions. With the weather making sunny bright days more dark and sometimes cloudy, depression can often lurking in the background. This is a trying time for anyone getting through the fall and winter months.
There are some helpful ways to work through your depression. Here is a list that you can use to help get through the holiday season:
1) Maintain consistency as much as possible. Holidays usually brings families together and also changes daily routines instantly. As someone who is coping with depression, I have found to keep everything scheduled through an icalendar or Google Calendar to help keep me organized. The best way is to make sure you have a workout routine scheduled a few times during the week. Why? Exercise has proven over and over again to help temporarily with depression. Yes it’s not silver bullet but it is way to keep you from going in to the deep end. Not into cold walks? Find a flight of stairs and go up and down for at least 3-5 minutes to increase cardiovascular flow.
2) Maintain that sleep schedule. People with depression are prone to the early nights with the sun less out. In addition, if you live where Daylight Savings Time takes in to affect, it’s one more thing against you. Use a timer on your phone to help you start to unwind. It takes some time to settle into sleep and by the time you put your kids to bed, take a shower, pack your lunch for work tomorrow, and clean the kitchen, you’ll be well in to your midnight burning oil. Depression often makes people want to indulge in sleeping or hardly sleeping. If this is you, try peppermint tea, warm milk, and essential oil diffuser to help make your sleep regime as comfortable as possible. Read a book, or leave a window slightly ajar to keep the room cool.
3) Inject some fun time that you want to do. Dr Seuss says have fun but know how to have fun. If you enjoy the movies, or play game night with friends, it’s important that you’re having fun and a major plus if your friends are there to increase your socialization. Depression instantly wants to indulge in loneliness and staying in. Your job is to try to combat it and inject those fun times to deter the pattern of sadness.
4) Talk to a friend. Self care blog highly encourages socialization as you can see from number 3. If you are in need of chatting with anyone, self care has the “chat now” button in red. There are no fees, no credit card information, no anything except an actual human on the other side. If you are thinking about it, just click “hi, need someone to chat with.” I’m here.
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