When you are depressed, where do you search for happiness - inside or outside yo!
Question: If a person is depressed. He cannot find happiness inside. In real depression itself is absence of happiness. The person has to find happiness outside only.
Later when he/she gets recovered, can find happiness inside too.
Answers: If a person is depressed. He cannot find happiness inside. In real depression itself is absence of happiness. The person has to find happiness outside only.
Later when he/she gets recovered, can find happiness inside too.
When I'm depressed I don't want to do anything
but enjoy it
Both. Externally to get immediate happiness and inside to reflect and to make a healing plan.
Inside!
both places...you need to keep yourself busy so you don't sit and ponder on it...go out and walk...call someone for lunch...get a pet...they love you no matter what....inside you basically need to think of the good things in your life...family..friends...its there...maybe little hard to find..but it is there.....
"There is no happiness; there are only moments of happiness": old Spanish saying. Even these are few, and far between, with depression, so treat it effectively, then see happiness, in section 18, at ezy build, below. My standard post follows, but, if you are young, antidepressants are unsuitable for young people. See depression treatments, at ezy build, below, in section 2, and consult a doctor, to eliminate thyroid problems, etc. as possible contributing factors: also seek a referral to a therapist using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy. It is your decision, and yours alone, as to whether to take any antidepressants offered, but, before you do, read section 1, and check medications out at www.drugs.com so you will be on the lookout for side effects, like sexual dysfunction. My strong recommendation, however, is to follow the advice of my doctor, his associate, and also Marcelle Pick, OB/GYN NP, and Dr. Mercola, at www.mercola.com and many others: avoid antidepressants (pages 2V, and 2Z refer, & antidepressant websites: page 2). The reasons why we all share the same view on this are explained in full, as you will find, if you read the whole section. All of their advice, (except prayer, because many people are not religious) I have incorporated into the "core treatments", including occupational therapy, relaxation techniques, and exercise, with others as options, such as the supplements: Inositol, or SAMe, or herbal remedies, like St. John's wort. If you are diagnosed with clinical (major) depression, antidepressants may be necessary for a while, which will give the treatments time to become effective. The antidepressants themselves need at least several days, or even weeks to begin becoming effective. It's a good idea to taper off them slowly, with medical advice, after several months, say, to a couple of years, at most, because they are only effective in the long term for about 30% of people. Because of this, you would be well advised to begin the treatments immediately, and maintain them. I'd just thank your mental health care provider, and pocket the prescription, trying the treatments for a few months, to see if they are sufficient for you, before considering filling it (unless clinically depressed, and having great difficulty functioning, or suicidal, in which case I'd take them). If the amount of daylight you have been exposed to recently has reduced, perhaps due to the change of seasons, see Seasonal Affective Disorder (S.A.D.) in section 2, at http://www.ezy-build.net.nz/~shaneris and, instead of taking 4 Omega 3 fish oil supplements, daily; replace 2 of them with cod liver oil supplements for the winter months only! (or, as probably a better alternative to the 2 cod liver oil supplements: 1 teaspoonful of cod liver oil, with a little butter, to ensure its use; I take mine on sourdough rye bread, or toast, covered with fishpaste, and pepper, to mask the strong taste). Consider having your doctor test your vitamin D levels, using the 25 Hydroxyvitamin D test. Optimal levels are 50 - 55 ng/ml (115 - 125 nmol/l. It should be above 32 ng/ml. Those people who receive adequate exposure to sunlight, daily, won't need the vitamin D from cod liver oil, but many people, particularly those in latitudes far from the equator, find this difficult, to achieve.
Both.
The "inside" part is a matter of being satisfied with your situation and not expecting more. It's difficult to achieve, but if you can do it, you will always be happy.
Searching "outside" is much easier to try; novelty, entertainment, etc. But, the results are never permanent nor as satisfying as internal happiness.
Outside.
Getting inside just more depression.
Do not know yourself.
Inside, because that is the only place where you can change yourself.
Hmm, searching for happiness?... This may be something you have heard before... but it is definately true. God really can change your outlook on life. I now understand that He has a purpose for me (Jeremiah 29:11)... and I know that I have the authority as a Christian to "take every thought captive" (2 Corinthians 10:5) and give negative feelings to God. He can then bless my life with hope and peace (Romans 15:13). I think we make a relationship with Jesus too complicated. Just think of prayer this way... like you are talking to your best friend... someone who understands you... and who knows what is best for you. I like to write to vent my frustrations sometimes. Here is one thing i wrote when I was dealing with a lot of my past pain and hurt: "Give Life a Chance to be Good to You." Things do get better. We do heal. We do gain strength for the journey ahead. We do move on. And we do have awesome things to look forward to... even if we cannot see it right now. Sometimes you just have to believe. If you have a Bible, read Psalm 139. Or look it up on Biblegateway.com. This chapter has helped me a lot in the past. This is how I combat depression... & I don't allow it to control my life. I wish you the best!