How to deal with depression fallout?

From personal experience, the biggest thing I can preach would be self-forgiveness and self-compassion. You are going through a battle in your mind, where you are drained of energy and motivation. Recognize how much work you are doing by just staying alive and give yourself some credit. I'm not asking you to revolutionize your self esteem, but start with recognizing how difficult of a situation you are in and go from there. Even if the only thing you did all day was eat, and maybe brush your teeth, that's ok. Be kind because your body if fighting hard to keep you alive.

Empty your mind. Our depression can often lead us to overthinking about we haven't done or what we "should" be doing during these low-times. Remind yourself: it's okay. Relax, take your time, and try to calm yourself by doing what's best for you and makes you the happiest, even if it's not working at it's usual percentage at that time. Your mental illness is as serious as any physical illness: you wouldn't push yourself out of bed with a fever, would you? Treat yourself as you would on any other sick day. Take time for you. Rest up. Do what you can to make yourself feel better, and try your best not to worry too much. There are always people around to help you in your time of need.

Getting support plays an essential role in overcoming depression. On your own, it can be difficult to maintain a healthy perspective and sustain the effort required to beat depression. At the same time, the very nature of depression makes it difficult to reach out for help. When you’re depressed, the tendency is to withdraw and isolate so that connecting to even close family members and friends can be tough. Taking the first step is always the hardest. But going for a walk or getting up and dancing to your favorite music, for example, is something you can do right now. And it can substantially boost your mood and energy for several hours.

Look for support from people who make you feel safe and cared for. The person you talk to doesn’t have to be able to fix you; they just need to be a good listener—someone who’ll listen attentively and compassionately without being distracted or judging you. Reaching out is not a sign of weakness and it won’t mean you’re a burden to others. You may feel too exhausted to talk, ashamed at your situation, or guilty for neglecting certain relationships. But this is just the depression talking. It’s nice to receive support, but research shows you get an even bigger mood boost from providing support yourself. So find ways—both big and small—to help others!

Stay in touch Don't withdraw from life. Socialising can improve your mood. Keeping in touch with friends and family means you have someone to talk to when you feel low. Be more active Take up some form of exercise. There's evidence that exercise can help lift your mood. If you haven't exercised for a while, start gently by walking for 20 minutes every day. Get in touch with people that you feel good and happy with. Try to concentrate on new things and new activities in order to have a better mental health. Whatever you do, make it so you're happy.

It's normal to feel depressed. If you are under the pressure of study/work, ask yourself if you should slow down. Talk to your boss or supervisor to reduce the workload for a while and take some relaxation. If the depression comes out of the blue, try to think about a similar situation before. If so, how did you overcome it last time? Find some resources in your history to get over this time. Start small and try to make plans to deal with life. Connect to nature, exercise, eat, and sleep regularly, no matter how bad you feel. After trying out everything, if there's still no improvement, remember to reach out for professional help like your GP, psychotherapist, social worker, etc. Lastly, keep in mind, it'll pass eventually.

Learn how to recognise symptoms of depression and it’s effect on your day to day life and how to implement strategies to make your day a little easier to get through. For example, using distraction techniques to take the focus away from how you are feeling. Or by using a goal system to help with the overwhelming nature of some tasks, by breaking the task down into smaller more achievable goals, that seem more realistic and attainable from the current ‘big’ goal. Big goals can seem a lot less intimidating if they are broken down into smaller ones that can be completed easily right now, working your way through the small goals in order to eventually achieve the big end goal.

Depression could be very hard to move on, yet you can try to do small tasks in your life and start to feel small things of pleasure. For example, if you are in a state where you feel like you don't have the energy to move from your bed to a chair, even though how hard it may seem get up from your bed, and sit on a chair or take walk. That's the best advice I got from an amazing person, however, if you feel still blank know that it's okay, you'll figure it out. All you need to do is know there's a whole world expecting to support you. When I was depressed this helped me a lot. Sending you healing energy, from the otherside of the screen...🤍🖤🤍

You can deal with depression fallout by starting to understand what is exactly the cause, whether it is physical, mental, and start to work your way from that part. You can also go through a self-help training where you will be able to help out in whatever you are dealing with, it could be good to visit a therapist, and get a second opinion, eventually the decision is all up to you. Most importantly is the intention behind your decision whether it is for the betterment of your mental well-being. Practicing self-care, gratitude has also it's benefits, also self expression can do wonders in releasing any kind of pain stuck within you.

In my experience, the most important thing is to still believe in a better tomorrow, because they will come, but if we don't look, we will never find them. Mainly doing what you enjoy, even if it means getting a little overwhelmed. Ask for help. In my opinion, these should be the main principles. It is also very important to testify, whether on a line or to a friend, family. There are a lot of people who are interested in you and we will be happy to help you. Even if it is difficult, try not to keep your head down and go for yours (dream, life ...). There are a lot of things we can do, even if it doesn't seem like it at certain stages of our lives.