How I Manage Depression to Stop The Hurt

Happiness is better than living with depression

Dayton Parks
ILLUMINATION

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Depression hurts. You feel it in your mind, but you react to it in your body. It makes you believe things are hopeless, and the response is your stomach aches. Feeling helpless makes you cry and causes anxiety. There are reasons for some people feeling despair. And negative emotions can be unexplainable. With or without an answer or reason, depression is real, and it hurts.

I have bouts of depression. I am not comfortable talking about it. But I’m going to discuss it here because I’ve learned things from it that might help you.

Disclaimer: I am not a psychologist, and I don’t have a diagnosis of any form of depression. But I have experienced feeling depressed in all the ways I’m going to discuss. Before I get started, if you feel depressed and it continues for more than a few days or if you feel suicidal, contact a medical professional or dial 800–273–8255. What I’ve written about is my experience with depression, at times deep depression, and it is for informational use based upon my experience. I hope it helps you.

Let’s dive in.

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Dayton Parks
ILLUMINATION

Published in The Ascent, The Writing Cooperative, Illumination-curated, Writers’ Blokke.