At one point, the shadow of depression hung over me almost constantly. My moments of happiness became fewer and fewer. Finally, I decided to seek help.
I began meeting with a counselor regularly. She helped me realize that negative thoughts and wrong interpretations of people's words and actions added to my depression. For example, if someone refused an invitation for me, I wrongly assumed they didn't really like me. Once I recognized these wrong ideas, I could stop them.
Managing depression
- Physical health affects your mood, so eat a healthy diet, and exercise regularly. Choose an enjoyable exercise that won't increase your stress.
- Get enough sleep. If you depression interferes with sleep, go to bed and get up at regular times, and limit your caffeine consumption.
- Participate in activities, even when you don't feel like it. This will take your mind off your depression and give you a sense of accomplishment.
- Share your feelings with someone you trust.
- Have realistic expectations for yourself. Focus on your successes, not on mistakes or problems.
Editor's Summary
Today, our writer gives us some good tips for managing depression.
With the help of her counselor, she realized that she was making some wrong assumptions, and she should look carefully at things.
More tips, she gives, are to eat a healthy diet and exercise regularly.
Go on and do things even if you don't feel like it.
Share your feelings with someone you trust and focus on your successes and not your failures.
These are just a few of the tips to offer hope in this kind of situation.
Grammar Gym
[Something 1] and [something 2] added to [something else].
added to = made something better or worse
... negative thoughts and wrong interpretations of people's words and actions added to my depression.
- Sara's boss' criticisms and her coworkers' lack of support added to her dissatisfaction with her work.
- The balloons and lively music added to the party atmosphere.
Info Cloud
Teaching Topic: Diet and Dieting
diet n. 飲食
the food that a person or animal usually eats [count]
- You should watch your diet.
- eat a healthy diet 攝取健康的飲食
go on a diet 節食
the kind and amount of food that a person eats for a certain reason (such as to improve health or to lose weight) [noncount]
- I should probably go on a diet.
diet v.節食
- A lot of people have to diet to stay slim.
Language Lab
hang over someone or something
hang over [phrasal verb]
hang over (someone) : to be a threat or danger to (someone) : to cause (someone) to feel worried or guilty
- A sense of hopelessness hung over the town.
- Uncertainty hung over the staff. Many felt that they were going to get fired.
interpretation n.
the act or result of explaining or interpreting something : the way something is explained or understood [count]
- There are many different interpretations of the sudden resignation of the mayor.
[count] : a particular way of performing something
- The actor's unique interpretation of this character won a lot of praise.
interfere v.
[no obj] : to become involved in the activities and concerns of other people when your involvement is not wanted
interfere with [phrasal verb]
1 interfere with (something) : to stop or slow (something) : to make (something) slower or more difficult
2 interfere with (someone) Brit : to touch (a child) in a sexual and improper way
- Charles went to the library so that nothing would interfere with studying.
- Linda never interferes in her son't love life.
accomplishment n.
[count] : something done, achieved, or accomplished successfully
- As a director, finishing this documentary is quite an accomplishment.
a sense of accomplishment
- The project was extremely difficult, but the sense of accomplishment is huge.
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