People who are depressed during quarantine/lockdown? …..part 55

We’re all tired of living in fear of the coronavirus and we’re tired of being shackled in the confines of our homes.

It makes you depressed. It feels like you’re trapped with no way out.

To the people who feel depressed during lockdown, focus on what you CAN do, then you’ll realize, it’s not that bad.

I realized the biggest reason why I and other people were feeling so sad in quarantine is because we don’t have much of a healthy space in the house.

We don’t do anything fun, exciting, or relaxing in the house and we already don’t check on our mental health as it is. Now that you can’t go outside, you are relying too much on the outside world to help you cope.

Who wouldn’t want to explore the world for the summer? Understandable.

What do you think those people did?

They worked on themselves. They did things with their families. They did work on crops if they had them.

Now we’re in an age where you don’t have to tend to the pigs anymore, you can write things online, do graphic design, play video games on zoom, etc.

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want to sound dismissive, but it’s important to learn these lessons if another pandemic happens.

If you feel depressed during lockdown, things will get better. But they’ll get better because you’re establishing a good mental environment at your home so you’ll be ready when another quarantine hits.

Since you are depress there may be any reason. Find out solutions and move ahead. Don't waste your precious time of your life.

Enjoy every moment of your life. May be it's hard for you but it's possible.

Do what makes you feel happy. Listen music, play video games, etc.

In short it is in your hand whether you want yourself to be happy or depressed.

If you absolutely believed that you were guaranteed to be happy and successful, and that every setback or obstacle was sent to you to teach you important lessons that you needed to know to achieve your goals, you would be completely unstoppable.

You would be positive and optimistic most of the time.

You would set big goals for yourself and bounce back quickly from any temporary defeat.

Your belief would eventually become your reality. By changing your thinking, you would change your life.

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Thank you …Our generation or even our parents generations haven’t seen something like this, so for us the nature’s wrath is something new to see. But this is nothing new to the world.

Nature has punished us in many ways earlier also, and humans have overcome it. This shall pass too.

Our generation didn’t believe in savings, home made food, talking to our loved ones or just be at home with our parents.

Governments weren’t thinking about health infrastructure to be their top priority.

Nature has punished us and showed us humans our position in this system. So just accept it and think that its our own karma.

Try a new hobby, Meditate, talk to your loved ones, manage your finances well and try to be optimistic.

I can't tell how long it will take to overcome this pandemic but we shall get rid one day. we just need to hold on and plan for upcoming crisis and challenges cause we are greater than anything. we shall overcome all of this.

It's not only you who gets anxiety attack or frustrated or depressed by the whole world is suffering. Be grateful for whatever we have because someone on the other side is fighting for every breath. Hope you get yourself together because there lot you can do for this world.

Want to add word or two?

Although many will suggest keeping yourself occupied and all that, I’ll suggest you don’t do anything for a while. For just some time, and try to think.

Think about the things that you feel might depress you. Think about why you’re feeling stuck. Be alone for some time - with your thoughts.

“Face your fear” and give yourself a chance; understand your feelings, understand yourself.

A lot of times people say, talk to someone, your friends and family; but according to me the best thing you can do is to talk to yourself - have some “me-time”.

Once you have all your thoughts in place, pour your heart out, either on a piece of paper or talk to yourself. Write how you feel, what your worst fears are, what ambitions you’ve, what do you crave for the most in your life. Be vulnerable in front of yourself. You and only you can pull yourself out of depression.

Why most people are suffering from depression during this lockdown is because their lives were so happening before it, and they had so many people around that they never really got time to spend with themselves, and their lives revolved around people. They made themselves “Social Slaves”.

You have to understand the beauty of solitude. You’ve to understand that nothing and no one can fill a void in your life, people come and go so instead of relying on them, rely on yourself. Be your own confidant. Be your own best friend. Be there for yourself and for others.

And once you start loving and enjoying the time you spend with yourself, you won’t feel alone, ever!

Your comment ….? 

For a start, it’s called lockdown (unless you have the virus) if you suffer from depression make sure you have enough meds. If it's “depression” because of lockdown then there's plenty you can do.

Unfortunately people who already suffer from depression will be more impacted by this..

What you can do is, plenty of exercise at home, good for mental health, it also helps if you have a few hobbies, if you don't, now's the time to find some. Keep in touch by phone or by Social media with friends and family at least once a day.

Make stuff if you're that way inclined, the more you do to keep yourself busy the less likely you are to fall into a dark lonely place.

Have to keep your spirits up and say to yourself this is only short term keep reminding yourself of that, take an online course that's always a good idea.

I turned my hobby into my career but I went to university as a mature student and for my degree after studying as a hobby I finally turned into something I could actually use for other people and not just for myself or my family.