Dealing With Loneliness and Depression
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Are You Suffering from Loneliness and Depression?
Are you suffering from loneliness and depression? One out of every three people are, and loneliness is a major factor of depression.
Being able to first accept as opposed to deny the fact that you are depressed is a very huge first step to resolving the problem.
Here are some of the symptoms of loneliness and depression:
- Do you feel lonely, disconnected, not accepted or appreciated?
- Do you feel like sitting in the corner alone, rather than talking to someone, calling a friend, or socializing?
- Are you feeling like you are not worthy of other people's love and attention?
- Do you avoid communicating with other people in order to avoid conflict even when that means also avoiding relationships with other people?
- Do you feel like you lack energy (can't get up in the morning, always too tired etc)?
- Do you blame and accuse yourself a lot?
- When you have arguments with other people, do you continue arguing with them in your head for hours or days, even after the actual argument is over?
- Do you generally have a negative attitude towards life, like "nothing I really want ever happens..." etc?
If so, you can be suffering from loneliness and depression. While clinical depression requires the help of a psychiatrist, almost everyone feels lonely and depressed at some point in their lives.
So if that's you, here are some useful tips to overcome loneliness and depression:
Top Tips for Staying Healthy and Dealing with Loneliness and Depression
Start By Staying Active
*Start doing something every day just because it cheers you up.
They say that laughter is the best medicine. This is even more valid when you are lonely and depressed.
Read some funny comic books. Watch funny TV shows. Look for funny videos on the Internet. Find something that makes you laugh out loud, and do it every morning.
Laugh for 5 minutes even if it seems silly. After you laugh for a minute or two, you'll eventually think of something funny or just laugh at the fact that you're laughing for no reason.
Definitely, you will feel much less lonely and depressed. You can find someone to share a laugh much easier than a tear.
Count Your Blessings...
Everyone has something to be thankful for...
*Practice being thankful.Being thankful is not only for thanksgiving.
Make a list of 20 things that you are grateful of.
Pick 5 every morning and you'll start understanding why you shouldn't be wallowing in a state of depression.
This helps you shift your focus from the negatives in your life to the positives.
If you believe in God, write 20 sentences starting with "Thank God I (am/ do /have) ....
If you don't, just start with "I'm grateful of/because".
Two good statements to start with are "I'm grateful because I lived to see another day. Life itself is the greatest gift of all." and "I'm grateful because I have the wisdom to be grateful.
By being grateful, I focus on good things in my life, I feel better, and as a result, I attract even more "good things."
When you become a more positive person, not only will you not feel depressed, but you will be more open to building relationships with other people, allowing other people to be more open with you.
This is definitely one of the best ways to deal with loneliness and depression.
Taking Care of and Loving YOURSELF
It all starts from within...
*Take good care of your body, health and fitness.Loneliness and depression, is as related to your body as it is to your mind and heart.
When you start feeling better, stronger, and healthier, you feel more positive and also become more active and outgoing.
Therefore, take a good look at your health habits, and make a few simple changes in the positive direction.
Start doing regular exercise if you are not doing so already. This does not mean you have to go to the gym or buy a treadmill.
Start walking around the park, dance to your favorite song in the morning, or even try walking your dog.
If your schedule allows, go to bed early and get up early. Even 15 minutes earlier than regular will help.
Try eating a bit more healthier foods. Like our mothers said: "An apple a day, keeps the doctor away". Eat an apple or another peace of fruit before you eat anything else.
Such little changes, done regularly, build great habits and improves discipline, which in turn builds confidence.
Start Attracting Positivity...
The Law of Attraction at work...
Seeing that you are in control of your life, shows that you are already improving.When your confidence grows, so does your positive emotions, and you can easily overcome your loneliness and depression.
People tend to be attracted to confident, positive, social people, because they feel better around them.
One of the key strategies to overcome loneliness and depression, therefore, is to become such a confident, positive, sociable person, that most people are naturally attracted to you.
You do this by doing things that will make you feel more positive, confident, friendly, even if at first it feels a bit weird and uncomfortable to do so.
Keep at it, and after a while, it will become second nature.
What do you think is the best way to deal with loneliness and depression?
What is the best way to began to deal with Loneliness and Depression?
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byStarting from within, then developing stronger relationships with and finding help from family and friends?
Zut_Moon says:
first you need to look around you and it should be easy enough to recognize hat things could be worse. Then you go from there.
Posted February 05, 2012
Akbar Badsha says:
Tor baper matha HaRaMzADa !!
Posted February 01, 2012
ambreen says:
my husband never support me...i think i m not able to unerstand him..what can i do to believe and luv myselff...he always blames me of everything even im not wrong...his one side attitude kiling me...i m losing my confidence day by dayy..i m an IT enginer...but i m just like a layman..
Posted January 28, 2012
kirsty says:
its not that easy when you have someone telling you, you are nothing everyday of your life
Posted January 18, 2012
Taking a direct road to medical help and attention.
john says:
i am fed up being on my own
Posted February 11, 2012
healthylivingideas says:
I would say medical help and attention with a very strong but - you need to find a health care practitioner experienced in dealing with the underlying causes of depression, not just one who will prescribe antidepressants.
Posted January 07, 2012
todoonada says:
see a therapist, and start moving your body, walking. Become the enemy of your lonely self.
Posted January 06, 2012
hermit says:
See a professional.
Posted September 15, 2011
P.S. If you learn just one thing from this page, I hope it's that...
Attempting to overcome loneliness and depression without taking action, of course won't work.You most certainly have to start giving thanks to the things that you overlook everyday i.e., living, breathing, seeing, walking, talking, etc.
Being appreciative of these things, and using them as tools to view the world in a more positive manner can open your eyes to levels of self confidence that are unheard of.
Stay focused and on track, and you'll be well on your way to overcoming loneliness and depression.
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healthylivingideas
Jan 6, 2012 @ 11:39 pm | delete
- Nice lens. I had depression and anxiety for 20 years then finally found it was caused by a condition called pyroluria. I now take a handful of supplements each day and don't have depression any more. I highly recommend that anyone with depression look for the underlying cause.
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ouriloilo
Jan 2, 2012 @ 11:33 am | delete
- I really feel like I am now in a state of depression. I get to dream of bad dreams then I wake up at the middle of the night. Sometimes, tears just come out. Feels bad to be depressed. But, I want to fight it.
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Tabby
Oct 17, 2011 @ 3:56 pm | delete
- I have been dealing with anxiety and depression for years. In 2006 it became debilitating. I want to know if other people out there found counceling useful. I had a really rough time with counceling and I didn't find it useful. I have meds with help fabulously. Is this how it is for other people? I wrote a blog about my experiences. Feel free to visit: http://www.depressioniscrappy.blogger.com please let me know about your thoughts and feelings
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MsAntiDepressed
Nov 8, 2011 @ 7:18 am | delete
- I have heard mixed stories about counseling. i would think it's because it's hard to talk to someone about your problems that doesn't actually know you. The best counselors are family and friends, because they know you and express a genuine concern for your well being. Do you feel dependent on the meds you take?
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Darin
Dec 28, 2011 @ 1:12 am | delete
- A professional to speak with can be very helpful. It is sometimes a safer place to express your internal diaglogue. Most importantly YOU need to be ready for the experience otherwise you may just shut down. Everyone is different and has differing support. Some of us simply do not have a support group that is as empathetic as a professional or a friend who really understands what we are dealing with when it comes to real depression. Funny thing is alcoholics are lucky to have support groups to turn to. Depression is hidden and I think very dangerous. The stats are tricky too I think. Yes lots of people (1 out 3 by some estimates) are depressed but to want extent? It's almost like these commonly accepted numbers make those around us much less understanding. People have reacted to my own depression by saying that they too have been through it, but the implication is that it is common so you can easily get past it. Don't discount professional help until you have tried it.
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parwathy
Oct 14, 2011 @ 1:43 pm | delete
- This has been an informative lens as a person with manic depression. I just put up a lens on how exercise elevates your mood. I hope we help a lot of people.
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MsAntiDepressed
Nov 8, 2011 @ 7:16 am | delete
- Nice! I'll come by and check out your lens and that motivated me. Exercise is DEFINITELY a big motivation booster. :)
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Aussie-Net
Oct 11, 2011 @ 5:52 am | delete
- Thank you,great lens
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HeartBroken62
Aug 26, 2011 @ 12:47 pm | delete
- Well put lens. Thank you.
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dexter-yarbrough
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- Thanks for sharing this great lens!
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