do you have any method to deal with depression?

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*is tempted to post a picture of a huge sword, but won't*
I just sort of run until I can't think. There's no single solution that's going to work for everyone. Even people with precisely the same type of depression(types being agitated/anxious/sluggish) are going to need to deal with it differently.

The internet. I'm on it all day and I forget about pretty much everything when I'm having fun online.

i go for a lead-footed drive while listening to some heavy metal, like metallica, disturbed, etc. i feel like i relate to a lot of songs by disturbed.

It's hard for me to even make it through the day then to deal with Chemical Major Depression, I sometimes loose all feelings, it's starting to happen more often now, I realized may be about a month ago; there is no joy in this curse, I honestly can't think of anything worse than major depression, I find myself now alot more cynical too, I guess what I'm saying is I've tried alot and haven't found anything that helps

I have had clinical depression and have not found anything that helped, including all the answers in this thread - with major depression you lose all pleasure and all reward, there is no longer and incentive to do anything to help, and all the "things that help" no longer give pleasure or comfort.

Drugs have had no obvious benefit (I was labelled "treatment-resistant depression") and only time, and the care of people near to me, healed.

Same here...

I know what you mean. It's probably better, and easier, to use these techniques to prevent depression, rather than using them to pull yourself out of it. In other words, it's a good idea to start these techniques while you are well, rather than waiting until you get depressed.

Depression is just chronic boredom. Obviously the cure is intellectual exercise.

i disagree

Care to elaborate?

I will elaborate, its not boredom that rules my life if it was i wouldnt be taking 7 different meds a day, boredom is just not knowing what to do, i know what i want to do i simply dont have the urge, the same urge i used to have, to go play games ect.. Boredom dosent stop me from feeling, wanting to eat, sleep, or any of those things. I think after 13 years of feeling fine and then 3 years of hell i know what boredom is

I'm sure I suffer from SADD; in other words, sun seems to help me immensely. The worst time of year is late October to April (I live in a northern climate, unfortunately). This problem is getting progressively worse, so I'm thinking of buying a sunlamp for the winter. Generally, I do notice that getting enough sun seems to lift my spirits, almost instantly.

I think exercise helps: at least, that's what I've read. My job happens to be physical, so I do get exercise. But I also still battle with depression off and on. The question is, would I be even more depressed if I stopped exercising?

I also had the realization, recently, that I think one reason why I drink wine regularly is to help me to keep my spirits up. This is something I just "do" (have done, for awhile) without thinking about. I'm not talking about getting drunk all the time, I just mean a glass or 2 of good quality wine, along with a nice evening meal.

Then, of course, the obvious: having an all-encompassing special interest. I think the times I've been most depressed are when I'm "between special interests", kind of searching around for the meaning of my existence.

I would tend to think that depression and fatigue are more closely linked than depression and boredom.

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agreed

Yes. In exactly the same way that Asperger's is chronic shyness, for which the cure is to socialize more.

When you sincerely want to die, but cannot find enough motivation to end yourself - you're not just bored.

Forgot to say - I thank God that I found my way out of that swamp. I fear ever going back, because I might not ever leave.