I don't feel very good lately.

[Neoma]

3. Pills are only there to help.

They don't make you helpless. Getting help at all is smarter and saner than what most people do. The other river will be the stigma attached to mental illness.

Might want to get a SAD light. Exercise and taking vitamins also doesn't hurt. Since It's so cold, I can't really run. But hot yoga fixed the exercise problem for me definitely. I'd also try being around people a lot more. I know being down probably makes you want to be like, "fuck people, I hate them!" But isolation is the very last thing you should be doing, and it will only make things worse.

I've noticed lately that the things I dread to do makes me feel better when I end up actually doing them. Finish that book, the laundry, and definitely making the bed if you feel like sleeping all day. Keep a very close watch on your hygiene, most people don't care enough to do it, but it's important. Stay away from depressing music, scary videogames, and yes I gotta say it. Stay off the Internet for awhile. No one has immunity from hearing bad news everyday. Unless you want to watch TED videos I guess, they're kind of uplifting. Also, do something creative with your hands. There can be pride in that. Do something new period.

That was totally a lecture, but that's the basics to try out. You have to actively take care of yourself.