How can you snap out to depressions?

I think depression is different for each person. For me personally it started after my heart attack. The damage caused has left me weak with no energy and that's depressing but the real depression comes if I let myself get over tired. At other times depression just seems to creep up on me and before I know it I am depressed without knowing why. At that time I have to get away from what ever I am doing. A change of scenery can snap me out of it. I meditate also and try to take my thoughts to a better place.

hello che and all others,depression has now been found to actually be an illness and can be very severe. The main reason for everyone feeling differant is that real depression is an imbalance of chemicals in the brain,and as everyones brain patternes are differant,so is how depression works in each of us. I suffer from severe clinical depression and have all my life,but for the fisrt fifty years they just thought I was a bit slow (which I was but,due to depression which at the time was an unknown illness). so long as you only suffer occationley,you can find ways to help mainly with relaxation,but if it is true clinical depression,you should get to your doctor and have him prescribe medication. For me,the meds are grate.

i think you have given the best way to face to depressions. I think the best one you said is : talking to others about your problem. Great job!

I guess having a stable relationship and support of your family and friends can help you snap out to depressions. Having a goal in life also helps to keep you going in life. Sometimes buying a small reward for yourself and quality time on your own is benefical

Depress the depression and you are out. How you like it. First of all usually I do not get depressed and some time for a while when it start happening, I use to slip away from all the affairs and things to a public park where lot of people available gossiping doing so many things and I get involved looking at them and some time if I found a know person then indulge in discussion on the things going on in the park itself and I do not know when the depression goes and I am all happy and return to the routine.How you see it please comment and have nice day to depress the depression.

Personally, I keep myself busy and pre-occupy my mind alot. I don't give depression any chance to empower me. It would only make things worst!

Snapping out of depression is a myth. If it is just your general, run of the mill depression, it will pass. If it is clinical depression,caused by not enough serotonin to the brain, then you need meds and therapy. This one defenitley cannot be snapped out of.

I agree with several of the previous replies to this message....depression is not something we have very much control over. sometimes there comes a point when all you want to do is sleep, been there, done that. I had post-partum depression after all 3 of my children. It's not a nice feeling knowing that this little one is needing you and you can't even take care of yourself. It can also be something to help you keep going.

[i]Hi che, I have also those in my list and I also love to play like badminton and billiard with friends in that way, I will exercise not only my body but also my mind...It helps me a lot and I don't spend time to be alone! I also love to write it down like a poem or just a composition to release![/i]

You did a good job of trying to get yourself out of your depressed state of mind. It can be troublesome sometimes. If this reaccures again nad take as long or longer you may need to see a doctor and possibly have your hormons checked to see if you are having a hormonal imbalance. Talking to others about why you think you might be feeling depressed is a step forward.

Proper depression can not be "snapped out" of. Ive suffered very badly with it for many years and sometimes I feel OK and other times I feel really bad. When I feel especially bad there is very little I can do that will cheer me up completley. When you feel a bit dad you can do things to cheer yourself up but unfortuntaley depression is not like that.

Hi chej, Depression is not something that will just go away because you say your ok and your over it. You are just fooling yourself and you may be sorry. It just doesn't work like that. I have clinical depression. There may be good times for you and then again you may go back to being depressed. I only found out one year ago what was really wrong with me. I went through my whole life knowing that there was something very wrong, but not knowing what. I was always feeling badly and never was happy no matter what was going on in my life. I have a form of depression that is called dysthima. I have been put on medication and I go for therapy. It is helping me to feel a bit better. I am not anywhere as depressed as I used to be. If you don't do something about depression it can take over and ruin your life. I should know, it did that to me. I am now sorry that I didn't seek help long ago. Oh, I did try to get help, but I wasn't ready and it didn't work. This time it did. I could have saved myself years of misery if I had listened and done this years ago. Take my advice, don't think it just goes away on its own!

Eat ice cream. I also watch asian dramas. Well even if i'm not depress i'm still doing this things. haha. I think it also helps if you just let it out. I mean you can cry once and for all then forget about it. Think of the nice things in your life. I think it also helps when you see other people that are worse than your condition then you can feel that you were a bit more luckier. Just don't lose hope in the future. :)

Well, sometimes its unavoidable that we feel depressed for the day..but for the health its not a good side, i believe in Meditation which will balance our mind and helps to be normal at situations

Every human being will be depression once in his life time .We can overcome it slowly by changing out hobbits like sitting alone and thinking,reading sad books and listening sad music.We have try to be in group of people.Watching televisions like cartoon networks and listening some peacefully music and taking good diet.I do all these things when i was in depression.

I just think of the bad things I have gone through before and overcame. I just tell myself this is just temporary. I sometimes listen to the news and hear about someone losing their house etc due to fire etc, and I think of my situation and it never seems as bad. I also get dress fix my hair, put on one of my favorite outfit put a little make up on, and I just feel perk up. Sometimes I call my girlfriend, and talk about it. I also believe God can handle my problems so I pray to him, and things always work out eventually.

I became depressed after I gave birth to my daughter. Not right after a couple of month after. It was when hurricane Katrina was coming our way and they put me on something and it was the right time b/c I wasn't so crazy when the hurricane passed and we couldn't get back to our house for weeks. They told me to workout to help relieve some of the depression b/c your body releases a hormone that makes dealing with it better so your doing the right thing by running and jogging. Talking about why your depressed is good for you also. Not sure that you can take yourself out of depression if its really bad by yourself. Its better to get some help before it gets too bad.

it has many ways to snap out from depressions, you can read a book, you can go to watch a film, you can play basketball, you can go out with you friends, or you can help other people.

Relax by reading a good book, or talking to my hamsters about my problems. When I'm unhappy, I try to smile as your brain produces something that will make you happy when you smile. Also, when you smile at others, others will smile back and somehow that makes me feel good. Or I go get a shower and sleep. When I wake up, the sourness in my heart is gone. Awesome stuff.

I was depressed for how many years. Unfortunately, my depression was not cured that easily. It took me years to overcome it. By ACCEPTING how things are in my life and STOP denying.