People need people. You may not feel like mixing with people but this is the most therapeutic thing you can do for yourself. It is important to be able to behave as if you are not depressed and you will be delighted to see that not only do other people not notice your depression, but you almost convince yourself as well. Nothing can be more helpful than that. Although it is good to mix with people who understand what it is to be depressed. because they have been there, it is also important to mix with those who do not understand. They will just find you to be in a quiet mood, no more, no less.
Some depression is reactive. You are reacting to a difficult situation. Mine is endogenous and not related to life around me. My worries are often of the kind where you say,"What if such and such happens?" I am very good at coping with the things life throws at me, but give me a negative possibility and I can spiral into worry.
Give yourself targets for your day and reward yourself when you meet them. Getting out of bed is a target and a very big one, so give yourself a big cheer when you do it.
I have written in previous posts about disasters. In the case of Concorde, decisions by people, plus other factors were directly to blame for the event. In the case of the Penlee disaster it may have been avoided if someone had made a better choice in the time beforehand and as a consequence brave men and the ship's crew and the captain and his family died. 9/11 was certainly the result of wicked men committing a terrorist act, but even in this there was heroism notably by another Cornish man, Rick Rescorla who helped many to safety and left it too late to help himself. In situations like this we see what the human spirit is capable of both good and evil. What of disasters that come on people because of the earth restless movement of tectonic plates. Often people live near volcanoes because the land is rich and fertile and they have the chance of a better life there when the volcano is resting. We cannot blame them for that but sometimes people become complacent...
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