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Best ways to come out of Depression

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Best ways to come out of Depression

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  1. Best ways to Overcome Depression By: http://ocpsychotherapycentre.com/

  2. Introduction • Depression typically involves sleep problems; whether you're sleeping too little or too much, your mood suffers. Get on a better sleep schedule by learning healthy sleep habits. • Depression is something you can get rid of over time, Depression is a journey in which you learn more about yourself. It shows how strong you are, because depression is a war that each individual fights to win. • Depression is curable and is usually much easier than you think.

  3. Best ways to overcome Depression • Avoid Processed Food Processed food, fast food and commercial baked goods are linked to depression. The benefits of eating unprocessed food are twofold. First, it greatly increases your chances of getting the vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and other nutrients your brain needs to function. And secondly, it eliminates additives known to contribute to depression like white sugar, MSG and artificial sweeteners.

  4. Best ways to overcome Depression • Eat Healthy Fats

  5. Best ways to overcome Depression • Besides eating unprocessed food, the other dietary rule for depression is to eat plenty of healthy fats. Your brain is largely made of fat — about 60 percent by dry weight. • Research has found that the more unhealthy trans fats you consume, the higher your risk of depression. The simple act of replacing vegetable oils that contain trans fats, like canola oil, with olive oil decreases risk of depression by almost 50 percent. • People with depression tend to have lower blood levels.

  6. Best ways to overcome Depression • Get Physical Exercise • Physical exercise is one of the best things you can do for elevating your mood. It increases circulation to deliver more oxygen, glucose, and nutrients to your brain while clearing out toxins and metabolic debris. • Exercise builds a healthier brain by increasing the levels of brain chemicals that promote new brain cell formation and new neural connections. It actually reorganizes the brain so that it responds better to stress.

  7. Best ways to overcome Depression

  8. Best ways to overcome Depression • Practice Meditation • If possible, exercise outdoors which is considerably more beneficial than indoor exercise. Outdoor exercise increases vitality, enthusiasm, pleasure, and self-esteem while lowering tension, depression, and fatigue even better than indoor exercise. • The evidence is overwhelming that regular meditation is one of the best ways to heal depression. Researchers from Johns Hopkins University sifted through over 18,000 meditation studies and concluded that meditation is beneficial for mental disorders of all kinds and one of its best uses is for depression.

  9. Best ways to overcome Depression • Develop Gratitude • You don’t have to wait until Thanksgiving to count your blessings. Incorporating a daily practice of gratitude can improve your health, relationships, self-esteem, and sleep. Research shows that it can also make you happier. Gratitude and depression seem to be inversely proportional.

  10. Best ways to overcome Depression • Try Herbal Remedies For Depression While adopting a healthy lifestyle is always recommended, it won’t always be enough to conquer the black dog of depression. Herbal remedies can help. You might be surprised to learn that herbal remedies have been used medicinally to treat depression in every traditional culture.

  11. Best ways to overcome Depression 0.1 • Use Homeopathic Remedies Homeopathy is a controversial healing practice. The medical community largely believes homeopathy is quackery and that, if it works at all, it’s due to the placebo effect.

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