Daily Routine To Fight Off Depression

Are you looking for some mental health advice on how to overcome depression? Today, we’ve invited Emma McAdam, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, to share her insights on depression and some tips on how to cope with it!

Writer: Emma McAdam from Therapy In A Nutshell
Script Editor & Manager: Kelly Soong
VO: Amanda Silvera
Animator: Naphia
YouTube Manager: Cindy Cheong

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[detectivesupersomething]

hey, so since this video isn't public, maybe this comment will have a better chance of being seen by the creators. i wanna thank psych2go for creating such a positive community. I've never felt scared to express myself here. that's due to the people that run this amazing channel and the people with good taste that subscribe. also, I don't really see anyone saying much about psych2go's interaction with their community. they have nearly five million subs, (as deserved), a whopping five million people! and yet, whenever I read the comments of a video of theirs, most of the comments are liked and/or responded to. to me, that shows real care. anyone can say, "I care about my fans!" but they put in the effort. in short, I'm just really glad you're here. you teach me about the things I want to learn and school won't bother to talk about. happy new year to all of you wonderful comrades!

[m.sb.]

The hard part about depression is that it makes the things that would fix it almost impossible to do.

[asmabrm]

The worst thing about depression is once it haunts you nothing will seem to matter

[MistPlayzYT]

If you looked this up just like me, I hope you overcome it. I'm trying to myself.

[jimwoodman]

I have been depressed for a long time, but after taking shrooms few months ago, l feel much happier and highly motivated and my ADHD gone, lost a ton of anxiousness and had a few epiphanies about how I should live my life. I decided to buy an ounce for backup, but haven’t yet felt the need to take any more since then.

[datboi]

1. Morning Routine 1:37
2. Get Dressed and Showered 3:47
3. Exercise 4:33
4. Nature time 5:40
5. My Evening Routine 6:30
6. Other self-care 7:59
I hope I could help! :D

[heloysagalvao]

"sleep is super important to managing depression"

me, at 2:15 am: "... huh."

[Jennifer-bwku]

Psilocybin saved my life. I was addicted to heroin for 15 years and after Psilocybin treatment I will be 3 years clean in September. I have zero cravings. This is something that truly needs to be more broadly used in addiction treatment.

[estabravo]

I actually shook off depression with all of these things as part of a daily routine consistently for 6 months. Then sadly, after some drastic shifts at work, depression managed to engulf me all over again. If your depression is moderate this will work wonders, but don't be afraid of reaching out to your doctor about medicated therapy options. I was afraid of going that route, and staggered through 9 months of waiting for things to hopefully get back to normal while doing what i could of the routine. .. but now I'm back to it and couldn't be happier.

[SistersTape]

~ Summary ~

1. Morning routine:
- praying / graditude / meditation / breathing
- not looking at your phone
- reading
- writing down goals and priorities for the day
- showering and getting dressed
- eating a healthy breakfast (and taking supplements)

2. During the day:
- doing exercise
- getting outside in nature

3. Evening routine:
- taking a hot bath
- reading
- writing in journal
- expressing graditude
- no watching TV (or at least watching something short and relaxing)
- be sure to get enough sleep!

4. Other self-care:
- making time for hobbies
- taking one day a week off from all work-related things
- being social (talk, meet up)

Hope this helps someone else as well :3

[lomorngdoeun]

As someone who used to have depression and have crippling anxiety while also overthink, I know it's not easy. We want to change to be better and cure the sh*t. Sometimes these treatment are in our mind but it's almost impossible to do because we just feel tired and exhausted. I hope we can go through all of this together. Thanks Psych2go for the useful therapies. I hope people with similar situations can share because only us that go through depression know how it feel than expressing to people who just take it for granted and make fun. May good God cure us all.

[risika]

I heard in a podcast that said, “it’s important to live life by design rather than emotion. Basically, sticking to a routine is what allows us to be the healthiest version of ourselves (especially when you're fighting these demons ex. OCD for me).

I’ve had to overhaul how I approach taking care of my brain (exercise, journaling, studying etc) by practising mediocre consistency. Now I try to put in consistent 40-60% effort into my journaling habit - to make sure I do it I began recording it and posting it on my yt channel. After a really bad depression phase I started to believe I couldn’t change and I’d feel that horrible forever.

Historically I have a habit of going too hard, not being able to sustain the Herculean effort, giving up and hating myself. So now I’m trying to give a small, consistent mediocre effort everyday. And its crazy how it adds up. I’m still figuring out how to be a person again, reintegrate into society but right now I have a solid foundation that I’ve never had before.

[rosemaryngugi]

May 2021 be a year where people finally overcome their Mental Health struggles.

[ezzellchic]

"opening social media and letting others determine how I should feel" is so spot on. I didn't even realize it. My morning routine is taking care of the many animals I share my home with. My cockatiel, Gus, then sits on my shoulder while I work and drink coffee. So nice.

[glowshine]

You forgot the most important things setting goals and socialising: actually socialising with people either out Or indoors. From a person who has been suffering for years actually daring to go out, setting dreams again splitting them into little goals volunteering, doing something that feels good like helping others, being of service is the best cure, and bit by bit learn to build a supportive tribe around you it could be one or two people but "real" support system. Eventually u' ll learn resilience and get mentally and emotionally strong
Wishing you all peace, love, and happiness people

[diannefarrar]

Me and my partner both have depression issues. It helps that we are there to help each other when we recognize each other's symptoms, we just tend to step up for each other, and we pull each other up. So, if you live with someone that suffers from depression, be patient but encouraging. Be helpful but give space and don't be aggressive.

[Erick-ougd]

Who else keeps depression a secret because you fear that people tell you that your edgy, faking, or just looking for attention, I also tend sometimes to think I should keep it a secret because I feel I would give my loved ones more pressure or bad feelings so Im not a charge

[LoveLaw]

For someone who's never experienced depression it might be hard to understand and they could even label it laziness, but when you are in a depressive state doing routine things that other people do without thinking can give you a small sense of accomplishment when life feels like one giant mountain to climb. Like for me when I wake up and feel like I just can't do anything, just getting up, taking a shower, getting dressed, having breakfast and doing a few household chores makes me feel better. Really celebrate those small accomplishments because for a depressed brain it was amazing to overcome the urge to not do any of those things.

[paulah.]

You nailed it! Because depression has gotten scarily severe a few times in my life, I learned to do the things you've mentioned decades ago thanks to excellent therapists and psychiatrists, and am motivated to keep it up. The main thing is to keep doing these as prevention, and also when depression is in the milder stages, before doing anything becomes impossible. And really key is to aggressively pursue top notch mental health experts, consistently adhere to medications and change when they quit working, and remember that this is a DISEASE THAT CAUSES THE BRAIN TO LIE!!! My goal is to practice patience, because I never know if tomorrow will be the day depression lifts, and to tell my brain to shut up: I am not lazy. I am not a loser. I am not a slacker. It's not my fault that I don't accomplish much or sometimes anything. So, I try to wait it out and practice acceptance, because it always gets better. I just don't know when. And it is a disease, one I didn't ask for and certainly does not define my character or self worth. Since I'm mostly in remission, I know who I really am, and it is not what I want to tell myself, that nasty internal voice uttering unkind things when I am depressed.

[itsherlifee]

My current routine
6:00 wake up, brush
6:15 run to my academy
1:45 come back to hostel
1:45 - 3:45 lunch if I feel like having lunch otherwise watching youtube
4:00, 5:00,6:00,7:00,8:00 overthinking, self sabotaging, self criticizing, panic, feeling anxious, laying down, hiding or trying to bury my emotions
9:00 dinner just because my friends and roommates force me to and I have to tell my parents that i had dinner
11:00 thinking about sleeping at 12:00 sharp ...
Straight to 01:20 am sleeping with guilt and regret..

Edit: I need to change this. It's so upsetting routine.