Depression - Aspie Heroes

Are you stressed out of your mind? Would rather stay at home and hide away? Is someone you know not acting like their usual self? These are all signs of: Depression

What is Depression?

Depression is a downward change in your mood to emotions of sadness and hopelessness- feeling your lowest (worst). Many people who feel emotionally down can often can snap out of it but with depression they can’t, they need the help and time to recover. You can tell if you are feeling depression if you find yourself losing interest in doing stuff you usually like doing or if you are shutting yourself away, isolating yourself from your loved ones.

What causes Depression?

Depression is caused through feeling at least one or a few of the following feelings: high amounts of stress, having low self-esteem (low self-confidence), self-loathing (self-hate), being lonely or struggling with another health condition (could be physical or mental). This all stems from looking back into the past at something you did, something that happened to you or something you are doing now. It never comes from what will happen in the future as that is where anxiety comes from.

How do I manage Depression?

Managing Depression is all about maintaining your MIND and BODY whilst knowing what to do if you need to HELP ANOTHER. Aspie Heroes has put each of these things into sections down below to help.

How does maintaining my “Mind” help my Depression?

Your Mind is the first thing to be affected by Depression, if you feel depressed in your mind then you won’t want to do stuff with your Body. Whatever the Mind does the Body follows so if you maintain your Mind you can then work on maintaining your Body. You can find strategies on how to maintain your Mind by using the tabs above.

How do I “Maintain my Mind” whilst having Depression?

There are 3 areas we can look at to help you with Maintaining your Mind. These are: Understand your Situation, Gain Perspective and Talking Therapy. We have broken each of these areas down in the tabs above.

How does maintaining my “Body” help my Depression?

Your Body is linked to your Mind. By this, we mean that if your Body is in poor condition (due to eating unhealthily or from lack of exercise) then your Mind will suffer from that but if you maintain your Body by keeping it in good condition then your Mind will be positively impacted- Healthy Body = Healthy Mind.

How do I “Maintain my Body” whilst having Depression?

There are 3 ways to Maintain your Body whilst having depression and these are: Diet, Exercise and Rest. Each of these ways are covered until the tabs above.

What is good about “Helping Another” with Depression?

Whether you are in Depression or someone else you know is, Helping Another with their Depression can help you to better understand your own Depression and even see that maybe your problems are not as bad as they seem whilst you ate showing Another the same thing. Helping Another can make you feel more positive about yourself as doing good makes you feel good and helps the other person to feel more valued in life which can raise their self-esteem. Remember, everyone has value and deserves to be helped.

How do I “Help Another” with Depression?

To “Help Another” with Depression you have to KNOW THE SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION, SHOW THEM SUPPORT and URGE THEM TO SEEK HELP. Each of these things has been broken down in the tabs above.