Something I've Learned Over the Past Year

There is something I had to celebrate this past week. I finished my counseling with a wonderful therapist named Denise.

I compiled a list of techniques to cope with depression. May they help others who read my blog. These are valuable tools that I have used during the past year. They helped me to make progress along the way. They will be used by me to help from falling down into the pit of depression again. At least not so far or for a long period of time.

1. Tree Root Visualization
2. Meditation
3. Take Worry Breaks
4. Think Spontaneous Positive Thoughts.
5. Monitor Negative Thoughts
6. Spend 20-30 minutes a day for just me, I am the only who benefits.
7. Do Why/What Journaling.
8. Decide on one thing you want to accomplish that day and do it.
9. Be Thankful.
10. Be Grateful.
11. Allow myself to take a day off to do nothing.
12. Know that there will be down days.
13. Unloop the loop.
14. Allow myself to cry.
15. Get up and do something ~~ ANYTHING!

Feel free to use them. Hopefully they will help others. Questions or comments, just ask. Have a great day!