re: Anyone beat depression?

Is it seasonal? It’s a bad time of year for many people, whether holidays were good (crash back to reality) or bad (wasted time) post holiday is shite. frick January except for some decent distractions like sports.

Need to identify triggers, consistency, trends etc to help diagnose and work through.

Man, sometimes happiness or something close is right around the corner.

Cold water immersion. You can get a tub for 50 bucks on amazon. Moderate exercise followed by 5 minutes in a cold tub does wonders for my body, physically and mentally.

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Volunteer to coach a travel ball team.

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Don’t know if you are trying to be funny, but if you are uber competitive, it can suck to lose the opportunity to compete. For me, coaching football and basketball brought that “feeling” back…

Setting new goals everyday.

I write down the 5 most important things I have to accomplish every day at the end of the day for the next. Sometimes it takes a week or two or longer to get them accomplished.

Day to day man. Just day to day.

Not going to say I've beaten it, but it seems to be leaving me alone.

If you're lazy, fix it.

You can stay busy even if you're unmotivated.

Force yourself to build towards something. Find a hobby. Something to develop and grow your mind. Most cases of depression, in my opinion, stem from sorta being a quitter in some ways. (No judgement)

Get busy building toward something every day. No matter how small, at first. Get a high score on a game. Read that book you've been thinking about for a long time and too busy to pick up. Fix something around the house. Learn about nutrition. Work out. Learn a language. Whatever. You get the point. Stay busy! And when you get good at this, keep pressing the envelope a bit. Challenge yourself more and more.

Change your rhythm. Force your brains into a productive mindset.

Give yourself a chance. As many as it takes. Whatever you do, stop stopping! You can stop when you're dead. Everyone deserves to wake up with some measure of excitement for what your day has in store.

You 100% can do this.

Cheers!

Effexor daily
Klonopin as needed

For me, getting outside, especially when the Sun's out. Simplest thing is to walk. You can also listen to a podcast, audible book, Bible, etc. There's something about getting outside that helps which may mean you need Vit D3 and K2, especially during winter when the days are shorter. Reading my Bible gives me a much better reset. Watch negativity. Also, go to a gym and workout if you can even if it's only for 30 min to an hour. Resistance training helps. Then slowly build from there. I've never tried this, but a guy I know swears that cold plunging totally changed his life. I have tried cold showers. It definitely shocks your brain out of a rut. And I did feel alert, alive, and ready to tackle the day. But I don't do that often.

Exercise, in any form, 30 minutes a day
Volunteer, help others. Many are worse off
than you.
Go to church. Get in touch with God. He's there for you.
Seek therapy, not medications.

These steps work.