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It's a touchy subject about anxiety and depression. I've been through that story, tried pills, quit a job because of depression, got suicidal, etc. Ultimately I've become very much against the industry of depression and pushing drugs on everyone. But how I tell someone to get over it, that's much harder. For me, it was a lot of things. Lifestyle changes, mentality changes. One of the smallest but biggest things I ever did was start using a sun lamp. I always thought I had cyclical depression, but it was a sunlight issue. I literally have not been depressed once since starting to use a sun lamp years ago. It's such a cheap and small thing it almost feels wrong to advocate for it. What I've learned over time is I have to take care of myself. I have to take care of how I think about things, how I interpret things, what I think about, what I put into my body, how I spend my time, etc. Ultimately life's a journey. You've got one life. Don't give up on it, no matter what. Make the world kill you, but don't do it to yourself. Take every beating that comes and keep fighting. What's there to lose? That mentality got me through the rough early 20s. I felt like I was walking through a hurricane with debris slamming me in the face every day. But if it didn't kill me, I'd just keep walking. Eventually the debris doesn't hurt as much. Good luck, my friend!