6 Lifestyle Tips To Help Your Depression Recovery

On the physical level, exercise improves blood and lymphatic circulation, aids in the detoxification of bodily wastes, releases muscle tension, as well as promotes better sleep – all these physical benefits, in some way or the other, help in your fight against depression.

On another level, exercise makes you fitter and stronger, as well as helps you lose weight and keep lean and mean. All these factors boost your confidence and self esteem, and feeling good about yourself is a sure good way to prevent and beat depression.

It’s often difficult to begin a brand new exercise regime. Some tips to make sure you get moving include choosing fun sports and activities; finding exercise partners; penciling exercise slots as part of your schedule; and persevering – before you know it, you will find that you can’t do without exercise.

Get Some Natural Light

Did you know that lack of exposure to natural light, or sunlight, can causes depression? That is what happens during the winter, when many people get seasonal affective disorder (SAD), also sometimes referred to as winter depression. To get an official diagnosis of SAD, a person would have to suffer from depressive symptoms for three or more winters in a row.

If you’re stuck in a cold, dark and dreary place, make the most of whatever sunshine you can get. A vitamin D supplement may help, too.

Manage And Relieve Stress

Some stress in life is a good thing, as it helps keep us on our toes and performing at optimal capacity. When stress and anxiety become overwhelming, however, many problems can result, and depression is one possible consequence.

To prevent the problem escalating, it is crucial to nip anxiety and panic related issues in the bud.

Avoid Alcohol Drinking

A little bit of social drinking sounds pretty okay for most. But if you are addicted or dependant on alcohol, it is time to take note and take positive action. Alcohol contributes to all sorts of physical ailments, including, but not limited to: hepatitis, impotence, liver cirrhosis, and stomach ulcers. It kills your appetite, disrupts proper sleep and affects your brain in many ways – these include making you feel angry, hopeless, paranoid, irritable, frustrated, aggressive, anxious, sad and even suicidal.

For sure, alcohol over-consumption or abuse plays its part in inducing and worsening depression. Worse still, a vicious cycle would be in full swing – a depressed person takes to drinking, drinking makes him feel worse, he drinks more, and becomes more depressed, etc.

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