How Do You Cope With Depression?

[Cash In 21,489]

Nothing, because I just hold it in. I've learnt to manage it over the years, but I wouldn't recommend it.

[Retro*Derpy 3,078]

Being a medical cannabis patient helps me out a lot. Makes it much easier to be distracted and get it off my mind, even for a bit.

[They call me Loyalty 1,941]

I do not. When it happens. I take the place of the observer, and try to see what my subconscious is trying to communicate me. Because, it generally means I am doing something wrong with my life. If I try to cope with it, there is always this tug in my arm, that feels like reality is telling me to stop running away from my problems.

[Pandora 38,004]

Draw, draw, draw away & cry.
Unless it gets too much - either way i'll be on my room silently, not hoping to bother anyone.
Meds aren't always a good help when it comes to depression.

[daviddaviddavid 772]

I don't have "depression", but when I feel sad I lift weights and it honestly does wonders to clear my head and get me "back in gear" again.

If I were clinically depressed I doubt that would be enough, I have a lot of respect for people who manage to overcome true depression and not simply some momentary sadness like we all experience.

[Shadowmoth2011 146]

I'm not quite sure if I'd fully call my current mental state "depression", but I do have a good amount of the symptoms (fatigue, occasional low mood, among other things), and I am pretty worried about it. When I'm feeling pretty down or nervous about it, it always helps me to look at pictures of my comfort characters or watch videos of them. I also found today that playing Spore helps a lot. It was a game I loved growing up, and even now I still have a ton of fun with it.