9 Surprisingly Simple and Powerful Depression Treatments
How simple routines can improve depression
Researching depression is a depressing task. There are so many different treatments, medications, levels of depression, and so much that we do not know yet. Depression can leave you feeling hopeless, exhausted, paralyzed, and apathetic to the things you used to love.
Depression also has different triggers and unknown causes that are likely different in each person. Now there is a new phrase I am seeing passed around; treatment resistant depression.
With all this in mind you can imagine that I was quite cynical when I approached this topic. The following are simple but surprisingly powerful treatments that work along with therapy and medication. During an internship at an inpatient facility I was able to witness the miraculous power of the following treatments. I have come to wonder if they should be the base therapeutic interventions and the medications and drugs as the supplementary treatments.
1. Get in a routine.
Depression erodes the structure of normal life. There are no meal times, no sleep times, or…
