How to recover for depression from someone who had experienced it for four years
For anyone who is dealing with depression,negative thoughts ,a bad life,or anxiety. Hello ,I am April,I am a 14 years old junior high school student from Taiwan I was a negative person before,I experienced major depression for 4 years. So I understand how difficult it feels to live,to happy,to feel normal,to feel being cared about by others when we don’t feel good about ourselves,our life,our looking,grades,relationships,friendships. I recovered it two months ago. Here are some things I did that helped me to recover from it. 1.DEPRESSION DOESNT MEAN WE ARE WEAK OR WITH NO RESILIENCE We often experience depression or negative thoughts due to many reasons. Maybe it’s because people are mean and cruel sometimes. Maybe we aren’t being treated well by others,whether it’s our”friends”,family,co workers or classmates. Maybe we had traumas from our family,even if they love us,or did it without intention or notice. Maybe it’s because we have STANDARDS and GOALs ,EXPECTATIONS for ourselves, so we don’t feel good enough to be who we are,to live the life we don’t feel good enough. But those things that happened to us aren’t our faults. Yeah,It happened,it happened to us,but that doesn’t mean all these things that happened to us are our faults. Maybe we were not a good person,we made mistakes,but that’s not the reason for people to be rude to us, or disrespectful to us. Please remember this. 2.WRITE DOWN THOSE NEGATIVE THOUGHTS ON A PAPER We might feel ashamed or stupid at first. Sometimes we know what we are feared of,what we are anxious of,and we know what we need to improve ,but we are feared to face it. I think it’s a very good way to clear our thoughts and force ourselves to face the negative thoughts and what we are anxious about,afraid of. When we suppress it in our mind,we often exaggerate it .Writing it down,often can show us those thoughts and fear are often only exists in our mind. A lot of times when I wrote those things down,my first reaction is”That’s stupid.Why would I even bother myself with such a small matter.””Did I think myself as such an awful person the whole day,feed my mind with this negative awful words and critics to myself?”