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    The document discusses depression, including what it feels like, what causes it, and how to tackle it. Depression is described as an extreme low mood lasting at least 2 weeks with feelings of sadness, hopelessness, and reduced energy. It can be caused by genes, early life experiences, stressful events, and coping style. The cycle of depression involves negative thoughts and feelings that reinforce low mood. Suggested ways to tackle depression include exercise, engaging in meaningful activities, stepping back from negative thoughts, getting professional support such as therapy or medication.

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    The document discusses depression, including what it feels like, what causes it, and how to tackle it. Depression is described as an extreme low mood lasting at least 2 weeks with feelings of sadness, hopelessness, and reduced energy. It can be caused by genes, early life experiences, stressful events, and coping style. The cycle of depression involves negative thoughts and feelings that reinforce low mood. Suggested ways to tackle depression include exercise, engaging in meaningful activities, stepping back from negative thoughts, getting professional support such as therapy or medication.

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    Dealing with

    depression

    What does depression feel like?


    Depression doesn’t mean just feeling sad. Nowadays, however, depression is often misused to describe normal,
    temporary feelings of sadness, grief or disappointment. Depression is an extreme low mood that lasts at least 2
    weeks in which someone feels extremely sad and hopeless, with lots of negative or self-critical thoughts. Their
    energy levels are reduced and their sleep, appetite, concentration and memory may all be affected. They might
    feel irritable, and often, particularly men with depression, might appear to be angry, rather than low.

    What causes depression?


    Like all mental health problems, depression is caused by a combination of different factors including an
    individual’s genes, the influences of early life experience, current stressful events, and one’s internal coping
    style. The triggers for depression can be different for different people though often they are related to some type
    of loss (such as a break-up, bereavement or academic failure) or traumatic event (such as sexual or physical
    assault). Sometimes people find depression might occur completely out of the blue.

    1
    What is the cycle of
    depression?
    One of the hardest things
    about depression is the way the
    negative thoughts and feelings
    can create a vicious cycle which
    keeps an individual feeling low.

    2.
    What can I do to tackle
    depression?
    There are a range of things you can do to help
    deal with depression. All of them work to tackle
    the vicious cycle of depression by acting in
    the opposite direction to the way the negative
    thoughts and feelings of depression push you.

    Exercise
    Being more active or taking exercise can really help
    to tackle the low energy and tiredness of depression,
    as well as boost self-esteem and give you a sense of
    accomplishment.

    Do things that are important to you


    Plan daily activities that are meaningful to you. These could be things you need to do, things that give you a
    sense of connection with other people or things that give you pleasure. Do them even if the depression means
    you don’t feel like it. This is a really important way to break the vicious cycle and gradually, the more you re-
    engage with things in life which are important to you, the more the feelings of pleasure and satisfaction will
    come back.

    3.
    Step back from negative thoughts

    Try to remember that the negative thoughts of Talk to the hand: We all know that the most effective
    depression are not facts about you, other people or way to deal with a bully is to ignore them, well we can
    the world -- they are the voice of depression which do the same with the voice of depression. When those
    focuses on the bad things and ignores positives. negative thoughts come up just tell them ‘talk to the
    Try these tips to take a step back from the voice of hand’
    depression:
    Mindfulness: Practicing mindfulness or meditation
    Fact or Opinion: Pause and ask yourself, is this develops your ability to step back from all of your
    thought a fact (undisputed information based on thoughts, and be able to let them come and go
    evidence) or an opinion (a personal view based on a without getting pulled into them. Try some mindfulness
    feeling) - you will likely find the voice of depression exercises online or through meditation apps.
    has a lot of opinions!

    Get professional support


    Depression is treatable, and there are a number of have proven effective for depression. Therapists,
    different treatment options you can consider. Talking counsellors or psychologists focus on talk therapy as
    therapies (such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy treatment while psychiatrists are medical doctors who
    and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy) as well as can prescribe medications. It is completely up to you
    antidepressant medications (such as SSRIs and SNRIs) what treatment you feel will work best for you.

    Find out more on www.mannmela.in


    Mann Mela is a project by Sangath and is supported by the Wellcome Trust. 4.

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