6 Simple & Easy Ways to Help Cure Your Depression ASAP
Did you know that depression has become one of the most prominent mental health disorders on the planet?
Seriously, it has reached epidemic proportions.
The amount of stress we face daily is higher than it has ever been. The stress of pleasing our employer, of paying the bills on time, and of just scraping by has all caused some serious damage.
It’s no wonder that we get overwhelmed.
But the worst part? It doesn’t have to be this way.
There are several ways you can improve your mental health, increase happiness, and cure depression. Amazingly, they are not only well researched, but also easy to implement and highly accessible.
In short, you have no excuse to not give them a try – so what are you waiting for?
1) Get your Zen on
The accumulation of daily stress is thought to be one of the key drivers for depression. This chronic stress can wreak havoc with your hormones and nervous system, seriously damaging your mental health in the process.
Which is where meditation enters the equation.
Meditation teaches you how to control your emotional responses to the things that happen in daily life. Through this process, it directly lowers stress levels, which can have amazing implications for your mental health.
In fact, mediation alone has been shown to act as an extremely effective treatment for depression.
2) Introduce some Exercise
Exercise is hands down the most beneficial thing you can do for your body – but did you know that it is also good for your brain too?
Exercise causes your body to release compounds known as neurotrophic growth factors straight into your brain. This is damn important, because they actually promote the growth of your brain nerves, increasing their efficiency and function.
Crazy stuff really!
With this growth comes improvements in mood, heightened feelings of confidence and self-worth, and an increase in energy levels.
But more importantly, regular exercise has been shown to cause huge improvement in depressive symptoms.
3) Stimulate Your Brain
If you’re a little lazy and rather be cured from depression while sitting in a chair, TMS is for you.
TMS or transcranial magnetic stimulation is gaining in popularity as an easy and effective way of curing depression.
You sit in a seat and a magnet stimulates the areas of your brain that cause depression.
Depression specialists like Success TMS are touting some pretty impressive results, 68% of people who do TMS experience improvements and 45% achieve complete remission.
I imagine that this technology will only improve in the years to come!
4) Yoga it Up
Yoga is a type of exercise that has held a place in traditional eastern religious practices for centuries.
Suggested to strengthen the body, mind, and spirit, yoga has become increasingly common here in the western world – and for very good reason too.
In essence, yoga combines exercise and mediation into a single activity. In this manner, you get both the ability to better manage your mood and the physical changes in the brain that come with exercise.
Really, it should come as no surprise that yoga has been shown to be an effective treatment for depression time and time again.
5) Embrace the Light
Did you know that people who get regular exposure to sunlight tend to be healthier and happier than those who don’t?
Unfortunately, it can actually be pretty challenging to get enough sunlight on a daily basis – which is exactly where light therapy enters the discussion.
Light therapy is a treatment that involves standing near a specially designed device (known as a ‘light therapy box’) for around 30 minutes per day. Now the cool thing is that this device emits a light that is exactly the same as the light that comes from the sun.
As a result, light therapy has been shown to boost mood, improve emotional wellbeing, and even fight off depression.
6) You Are What Your Eat
Your brain runs on chemicals known as neurotransmitters. If you happen to be deficient in any one of these chemicals, then you are more likely to experience depression.
Now guess what you use to make these neurotransmitters? Yep, nutrients from the food you eat every single day.
So, what should you do about it?
Try and eat a diet rich in:
- whole grains,
- beans, eggs,
- cheese,
- yogurt,
- green leafy vegetables,
- fish,
- poultry,
- and red meat,
While avoiding sugar and junk food like the plague.
If you are not sure where to start, then the Mediterranean diet is great point of call, with evidence to suggest that it offers everything you need to help cure depression.
Take Home Message
Depression has quickly become one of the most common issues to plague modern society – but it doesn’t have to be. By taking those first steps and using the tips outlined in this article you can help cure depression for good.
So what are you waiting for? Give them a go and make some real metal health change today.
Do you or someone you know have problems with depression? If so do you have any suggestions or ideas on ways that have helped overcome the overwhelming affects it has on your life – please share them in the comments section below.
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