How I Deal With Depression

I know we've all felt pretty down before and just feel trapped within our own minds. Not only that, but we feel like no one understands and everyone's happy except for us. I just want to let you know that you are NOT alone. I've been depressed PLENTY of times. A lot of it comes from my father not really being apart of my life. But one thing I've learned to do was neutralize my stress with something positive, and i also don't run away from my problems.  What I will do is lock myself in a quiet area and just think about everything that's making me feel down. I also think about why it's making me feel this way. I turn off my phone and stay away from any social media while I think about this so I can feel separated from the world for a moment. After I reflect and think about what's going bad in my life, I try to go outside and just witness the world in front of me and think more naturally. A lot of times we forget about nature and let SOCIETY stress us out but just being under a tree or smelling the grass under your feet can relax your thoughts a bit. Once you've been around nature and relaxed yourself, you should practice the things that you're good at. Say if you're a talented drawer or make good music, create some art and really focus on it. We tend not to think about our problems when we do the things we love. I highly recommend this to anyone who's dealing with any form of depression. After you've practiced your wonderful talent, you should just take a nice, long nap in the dark so you can wake up feeling refreshed. All of these things I've mentioned, I do for myself when I'm depressed and I've come to find out, it works pretty well! Just remember you are NOT alone and you can get through anything!