7 Simple Tips to Overcome Depression

A proper diet and regular exercise can be very suitable for overcoming depression, as they favor the production of endorphins and help us to feel much better

In this opportunity we want to reveal the 7 most important so you do not hesitate to put them into practice when you face this problem.

1. Recover your routine and act

It is normal for many of the daily habits to change when going through difficult stages that cause depression.

However, although it is sometimes necessary to rest from everything, one must always try to recover the routine and those activities that allow activating the body physically and mentally.

• This is that, if, for example, before you got depressed you were doing sports, try to re-practice it in some way.
• Take up all your tasks and habits gradually, until you feel comfortable doing them again.

2. Set Goals

Depression causes a feeling of insecurity that causes the affected person to think that he or she will not achieve what is proposed.

• Setting daily or medium-term goals overcomes this thinking and, in addition, is essential to take on new challenges.
• The ideal is to start with small objectives and, as the recovery progresses, take on greater challenges. 

·         3. Do a new activity

All falls, including those involving depression, are a new opportunity to learn, change and discover our potential.

• Start learning a new art, or starting a career can be key to overcoming this emotional state.
• The levels of dopamine and serotonin increase with the pleasure of learning and the ability to undertake a new project.

4. Improve Your Eating Habits

Food plays a very important role in the treatment of depression and, although it is often ignored, it is essential both to prevent it and to overcome it.

It is very common that patients with this problem tend to make poor food choices, affecting their health and weight.

• Therefore, before channeling the problem with harmful foods, it is vital to design a healthy, calorie-controlled diet.
• This should be based on foods such as fruits and vegetables, whose contribution of nutrients helps to segregate the hormones of well-being.
  
  

·         5. Increase the consumption of magnesium

Lack of magnesium increases the feeling of anxiety and, in the long run, causes heart palpitations and fatigue.

• Fortunately, it can be incorporated into the diet with foods such as nuts, oysters and bananas.

6. Sleep well

Achieving a good quality of sleep when depression takes over our body is a rather complicated task.
Thoughts are more difficult to control and emotional imbalance prevents achieving optimal and restorative sleep.
 

7. Learn to meditate

Meditation exercises are a therapeutic tool that allows you to connect your body and mind to reflect and eliminate negative thoughts.

Its practice not only decreases depression, but improves the ability to solve problems.

• Choose a quiet and quiet place, and spend at least 10 minutes.

Remember that in addition to following these tips, it is beneficial to surround yourself with people who make you feel supported in every moment.