How To Heal Depression?

I always get the question how do you heal depression? There is a simple answer, you can't! Depression is not something that can be healed, instead of focusing on healing depression you should be focusing on how to not allow depression control your life .

I suffer from severe depression, anxiety and PTSD. When I explain this to others they simply think it is the same as being sad. When depression takes over my body my mind enters a dark place. I am no longer myself, I feel away from the world! I feel lonely; I feel lost, and this affects my sleeping, eating and drinking habits. I begin having suicidal thoughts. I had a friend who doesn't suffer from mental health problems say that I was doing this for attention and honestly I didn't have the energy to argue with her or explain to her how serious my mental health conditions are. Therapy barely helps - something about talking to someone who gets paid to listen to your issues and cannot relate to you isn't the best option.

Last week I had an incident where I had a really bad breakdown. I have been dealing with being a single mom, having to take care of my mother who has multiple sclerosis, working full time, trying to make ends meet, dealing with the court system and relationship issues. Sometimes I feel the world is on my back. I smile to the public but when I get alone I break down. I try to find my purpose of living, I question my faith, I get so stuck in my thoughts that I feel like living is impossible! and people want to know how do you heal that! That's funny!

Instead of healing depression, I think about the things that bring me peace! My kids make me insane, but they make me get up everyday, they make me have to move around because I have to feed them, bathe them, do their hair and spend time with them! This is not an easy task, my daughter wiped my tears from my face and pushed me to get up. She is only 5 and yet so intelligent! I see myself in her which is so good but also scary because I don't want her to deal with the same mental health issues that I go through!

So that brings us to the real question how do you let depression not control your life? This could take time to figure out! Figure out what places bring you peace. Do you like going by the water, going to the club, going to the park, different functions? Put yourself in places that are positive environments for yourself! Surround yourself with positive people! People can have a huge impact on your mindset! Let me tell you, I have friends who are so negative and I have noticed that surrounding myself around them started to make me think like them. Once I surrounded myself with my friends who are full of positive energy I noticed my mindset was so much stronger! This process is harder than what it seems. You have to put yourself first don't allow others to control your mindset and put you into a state of depression. You have to separate yourself from people who is causing you more harm than good! Love yourself! Know your worth! You are not the only one suffering from depression! I live it and try to overcome it each day! Take it a second at a time!