8 Lifestyle Changes That Help Me Thrive When Depressed
These strategies combine to form a regimen that makes depressed life easier and more predictable
I have had clinical depression for eleven years, and will until I die, for, per Medical News Today contributor Claire Sissons — and every mental health professional I have ever consulted — ‘depression is a lifelong condition, as there is no cure’. The Cleveland Clinic further states:
Clinical depression is a chronic condition, but it usually occurs in episodes, which can last several weeks or months. You’ll likely have more than one episode in your lifetime.
How very inspiring.
As for what constitutes ‘likely’, asserts a 2007 research paper published in the peer-reviewed academic journal Clinical Psychology Review that I have over the years cited more times than I have told my mother I love her:
- 50% of the people who recover from their first depressive episode have at least one more.
- 80% of depressives who recover from two episodes have a third.
Another research paper, published in the open access, peer-reviewed journal PLOS ONE in 2020, states:
- There is overall a 60% risk of recurrence in people who have recovered…
