What is the first step in self-care for depression?

Remember your happy and cheerful days as it will trigger a desire to get those things back. Happy days often brings hope and shine in our eyes. The shine we are looking for lies there and then you will start to miss the old version of yourself and your mind will automatically remind you of the real you. Once it started then you could make a way to excel in a positive direction. This process will go on and beside it writing your exact feelings or talking to closed ones would help. There is a high need to spend a lot of 'me time' because you need time to clear all the mess that leads to depression. And offcourse it will help you to regain your lost confidence.

Try to be productive and get things done. Setting schedules will help with this. Whether it’s doing school work, tiding up or doing a job that you’ve been putting off for a while, it will help. It keeps your mind busy so you are focussing on something else and it makes you feel better about yourself because you will have achieved something that say. Exercise can really help too (even if it is just a small amount) because it will help you feel less tired and it is good for both your mental health and physical health. Make sure to try and take some time out for self care too

I believe that the first step for self-care for depression is action. You may not believe that you are worth taking care of yourself and that is okay. That may take time. By action, I mean setting small routines before and after bed, even if you do not feel like doing them. This can be as small as washing your face before bed so you feel cleaner. Or making sure you brush your teeth every morning when you wake up. Overtime, these small routines will grow and turn into bigger things like maybe going to the gym a few times a week.

Usually the first step is to learn to stop all criticism. But if that’s a bit too steep of a climb, then learning to believe you can do that would be the first step. This begins with setting time aside every day to rewrite the stories that are patterned in your brain. Maybe in the morning and evening, or during the day. At this scheduled time one sits down and contemplated on what their life is like. One watches their thoughts, perhaps. Sees them jostling for attention. And then begins to learn to choose the ones they actually want.