How do you cope with your depression?

Poll how to cope up with depression?

• Most of the people at some point in there life undergo depression may be because exams went bad or anything else. But how to cope with it ? What you did? How you came up from bottom and reached top? Please don't say to take drugs or alcohol or smoke because i promised my dad i would never be that person. Please don't answer this question for the sake of points. And thanks a lot if you answered .

• Answer:

  Pour out your feelings. Proverbs 12:25 states: “Anxious care in the heart of a man is what will cause it to bow down, but the good word is what makes it rejoice.” No other human can know the intensity of the anxious care in your heart unless you open up and talk about it. By confiding in an empathetic person who can help, you will likely learn that others have had similar feelings and problems. Also, putting feelings into words is a healing process, for it relieves the heart to give expression to the painful experience rather than bottle it up. Feelings of worthlessness are a big factor in depression. You should try to have a balanced view of your true value as a person. “I would say to every one of you,” urged the apostle Paul, “not to estimate himself above his real value, but to make a sober rating of himself.” (Romans 12:3, Charles B. Williams) While guarding against arrogance, you should try not to go to the other extreme. Those who have a relationship with God are precious, desirable to him, for he selects humans to become his “special property.” Malachi 3:17; Haggai 2:7. You are loved. Reminding myself of this keeps me going and hopefully it will help you too. The Bible is very comforting and its words are encouraging too.