Nice words Allmike
My main "remedy" to depression is action. Depression makes me just sit or lie there running through bad or sad thougts over and over again. So I try to find the strengh to do something, almost anything (sport, play guitar, read, write, phone a friend, ...) as long as it's something that usually makes me happy.
Depression can't go away by itself, you need to kick it out.
"One is depressed for he ignores his happiness." Dostoïevski
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