Hello Dear Lucy23...
A warm and caring welcome to our forums...
Coping...now that’s different for everyone...
The things I do to cope through my dark depression stages is to distract all my thoughts off my depression and try hard to focus on the things I like...music, burning candles, sitting outside and listing to the birds, watching the birds as they play with each other...
Depression unfortunately doesn’t care who it targets..and once depressed our thoughts are over come by only depressive thoughts..downing ourselves constantly...Happiness is the complete opposite of depression...in the way that it doesn’t reach out and like depression without being asked to....
We must find our own happiness...in the things we like do...even if that happiness is only for a few minutes while you’re doing what you like...happy thoughts will grow your happiness..depressive thoughts grows your depression...
We have a choice...sit back and let depression take over our lives..or fight it with happy memories, things we like doing, like music, reading, watching funny vids on youtube , hobbies etc..My all time favourite distraction is grooming my 2 dogs and playing with them...
Dear lovely Lucy..what are some things you like to do?..Please talk here anytime you feel to..
My kindest and most caring thoughts lovely Lucy..
Grandy,,