Sometimes when you are sad a great coping skill is to:
"Call your mom. Or your dad. Or your favorite aunt, or your grandma"
Sometimes your favorite person is not your best friend, but the person who taught you how to love. Sometimes they are blood, and sometimes they are heart bonds that are just to strong to sever no matter how hard you try.
A summery from my first source is that guilty pleasures are not "guilty" spoiling yourself gives you a reason to love yourself, and not all of those things are bad. Everything in Moderation.... but, don't excuse being childish or blowing off work or chores for those things, prioritize your life and fit in those little blessed moments of self indulgence just to be the one who makes yourself smile.
Source 2
"Every day is a new opportunity to be better than yesterday; that pursuit can increase your self-esteem and, accordingly, your happiness."
"Finding joy in the present moment, no matter how inadequate it may seem, makes a difference in other people’s lives."
Conclusion:
Some people really think that being happy is a choice, although people with depression can fall into the mindset that nothing will help, and that there is only 1 way out, that is not always true. Sometimes instead of trying to show other people how happy they make you, being happy around them can make them happy and in turn increase your mood as well. although this article deals with sadness and not really a depression mindset these two quotes are definitely true and EVEN helpful if the depression does not have you curled up in a corner searching for someone to understand you.
Depression is a "mental illness" it is not a joke, and it is not made up. Just because it cannot be seen from the outside, people believe so many lies about it. Sometimes all it takes is a little medication to fix it, and sometimes the medications make it worse because your body starts to look and feel different.
So whatever the case is, Someone else is there, and even if they are not, you can be there for you too.
-Crystal-
