How do you climb out of that deep hole when you are at the bottom of your depression?

One small step at a time, and keep going. I find the best way for me, is to set myself daily goals. I like lists, so I make a list of everything that I need, or want to do that day, and then tick off the things that I do. I generally do the things I enjoy first, as that gets me set to face the boring mundane stuff that we sometimes have to do. Even if I only do one thing on that list; no matter how small; it is one thing more than I did yesterday, and one step closer to where I want to get to.

One step at a time. There are many ways to try to get out of a bad time, here are a few I found useful 1) Gratitude Journal. Make yourself think of 3-5 small, specific, things you are grateful for each day. 2) Get out of the house at least once each day. It's ok if this is simply sitting on your front step. Make sure you look up around you and listen to your environment. 3) Try to regulate your sleep to be roughly 8 hours, and try to keep up on general hygiene. 4) Talk to someone - this can be online if it's super hard for you, but also try to talk with a friend or a counselor if you can. These can be intense conversations, or casual chats. 5) TRY LOTS OF THINGS to feel better. Keep track of what you try, and identify what helped, and what didn't, and WHY. KEEP A LIST of what helps, and try to do those things a bit more often. And 6) know this takes time. And that regardless of how long it takes, it can always get better. Keep going, and if you feel like giving up, call a hotline number and/or reach out for support. You don't have to do this alone.

I think people often try just one thing - what finally helped me was just doing everything possible to build a life I loved. Hobbies which sounded awesome and engaged the body and mind (Hoop dance, yoga, tai chi). Also just positive self-talk. Making a life plan which was vibrant and visible to look at so I had something to work towards. It also helped me have an external motivation when there was none readily available internally.

You don't climb out. You find the pot of gold at the bottom. Then everything is transfigured, starting by you.

You can climb out by talking to someone. That's what I did. Sometimes we need to tell someone what's going on so that we can feel better, safer and a little out of that terrible hole. By talkig we can get support, but the most important thing: HELP. Help is the answer to be better and to feel safer. Help is what we need when we want to get out of the deep hole called depression

Try a new perspective, it's hard, but next time you think of how bad your life is, think of the experiences life has gave you, how they have are unique to you, use this as motivation to try and make more memories, just for you.

Cry your way out, go to a bar, and then realise you only have one life, so go out and make the most of it!

It is important to have a tool box of things to help you cope. Distractions are good tactics, like running, swimming, playing music or video games, any hobby you may enjoy, but it's also really important to have coping skills that help you move over what has you feeling so down. Have a list of people you can trust to talk to when you feel ready. Take care of yourself in the most basic ways-- shower, brush your teeth, eat breakfast-- things that can be forgotten when you fall into depression. Find some ways to help work through your issues like meditation, yoga, non-mailing letters---coping skills that hit the issue head on so you can begin to deal with them and move on in your journey to being a better you.

To do things that make you happy and to always have faith no matter how hard it is. From my experience... I felt like there was absolute no solution to my pain. But I got help and had hope and I am now better! Which is why 7cupsoftea is here to help

I'm someone who goes to sleep when I'm depressed. It might be difficult, but I just try. Maybe listening to some calm music will help. I just make sure to think about positive things, like things I'm going to do this summer, or just in the futur. Stay strong, you are strong.