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by jphalimi 2931 days ago
If you have been feeling depressed for a long time, I recommend consulting a professional.

I think I entered depression a few months ago after a hard breakup and a difficult personal, professional situation. I could not do my daily activities, I just wanted to stay in the corner of a room and cry out my pain. It was physically painful, too. I am still recovering and it takes a lot of time to.

One thing that helped me is to read self-development books. I read two, it has literally saved me from sinking. If you like philosophy, I highly recommend it.

Florence Scovel Shinn, The Game of Life and How To Play It:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUcnJrqKcSI

Just takes ~3 hours of your life and gives some good reason to get your faith in yourself back.

Louise L. Hay, You Can Heal Your Life:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E81XAYvmWfI

1 hour of your life. I like some parts of this book a lot. Some are weird to me, but once you sort things out, I concluded that it helped me a lot.

Oh and one last thing, from experience, IT GETS BETTER. It might sound silly or something you've heard 1000 times, but it does. I've been there.

Hope this helps. And feel free to reach out if you want to rant.

Cheers