[gesman]

You don't handle depression. That's where everyone fails.

You come up with- and handle anything else - ideas, work, gym - whatever.

The moment you "handle depression" or "fight depression" - you feed it.

You kill it by lack of attention to "depression". You kill it by focusing attention to anything else.

Most effective is helping other people with whatever they need. That's because it de-focuses attention from your own needs and when "you are depressed" - that would be your depression.

Go, find someone who needs help and save someone's day. Or life. It could be person, place, animal or good cause.

[altairiumblue]

I couldn't disagree more with this advice. It's important to address your mental health problems, not ignore them. Trying to help others, while you're barely surviving each day, won't work out well in the long run. Just to be clear - "lack of attention to depression" kills you, not the depression.

I also think using the word "handling" is appropriate. Maybe "managing" is even better, because very often it's something that you need to take care of for the rest of your life.