Inner peace and kindness toward yourself are inextricably linked.

  Healing Depression 


Here are a few suggestions: 
1. Examine the way you talk to yourself. You may find yourself putting yourself and everyone else down. Detach yourself from negative self-talk. Decide to get off your own case. 
2. Reach for ways to trust yourself more, to learn from your endeavors, whether they work out or not.
3. Accept your humanity as fallible, rather than terminally flawed. Find ways to be kinder toward yourself.  
4. Don’t isolate yourself, but do find solitude. Solitude is a time to be with yourself; isolation is a way to defend yourself from imagined harm. 
5. Movement and exercise break up depression. Get moving.
6. If you are overeating, cut back. Eat nourishing food in moderation. If you’ve stopped eating, eat 3 balanced meals daily.   
7. Stop drinking, drugging, sleeping too much, and glowering
at the TV. 
8. Ask for help. Find a therapist who will work with you. Talk with a trusted friend about your feelings. 

 Above all, let your case against yourself rest.    

 


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