Fight Depression: Be Creative
If you are a Montrealer who is trying to recover from depression, you know all too well how hard it can be. Depression is not something that can just be willed away. Staying alone and isolating yourself only makes the depression worse. Reaching out for support is important, whether it be to family or friends; or if you have severe depression, you must seek therapy to help you through these trying times.
Here are some centers in Montreal for the treatment of depression
The Montreal Center for Anxiety and Depression
Montreal Clinic for Therapy Services
Interested individuals can seek hospital services and outpatient clinics around the city
Tips to help you through your depression and onto a better life.
Do what you enjoy
Be Creative
Write in your journal or create stories and post them online; there is a big Internet full of people who would love to read them.
Start a home business
Start a little business from home, sell Avon, bake and sell cakes, or give them away what ever makes you happy.
Paint for relaxation
Take up painting, or photography and look for the beauty in life.
Take up a class for relaxation or to expand your mind
Take a class that has always interested you such as Tai Chi, Yoga, pottery class, wine making class, or academic class such as women in society; anything that will interest you.
Give pleasure to others
Make it a point to do something nice for someone once a day or once a week.
Explore your religion
If you are religious go to your church, mosque, synagogue, ashram or temple.
Whatever you do, do what makes you happy now or once made you happy before.
to be continued
Sources
WEBMD
Published by Carol Roach
Carol Roach holds a masters in counselling psychology. She worked as a therapist at the Douglas Hospital in Montreal before becoming a professional writer.Carol is the author of the book Picking Up The Piece... View profile
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7 Comments
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nice job
Outstanding! Thanks!
Great tips, Carol. There is lot of gloom out there, but we have to fight every day for our own and family's welfare - siva
well written - thank you
I can really relate to this one! I think everyone has some type of God given gift, and, they should not let it go to waste! That creativity inside each and every one of us must be expressed! If we ignore our gift or gifts, we do become depressed....at least I do!!
Depression can be beat, cheers