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The societal systemic dynamics we experience in the Western World are intentionally programmed to depress you and overwhelm you with anxiety. It does not happen by chance but by design. If you are satisfied and psychologically, emotionally, and physically well-balanced, you are not so easy to manipulate for political agendas, blue or red, or corporative direct agendas (i.e., manipulating you to buy what you do not need even if getting into debt).

As a mood disorder, you have two main types of depression: (1) the most serious and sharper which cuts like a knife. It’s called the Major depressive Disorder (very dangerous, it paralyzes you, and you may escalate through the path of suicidal idealization by starting to contemplate an efficient plan. In this case, you should get professional help immediately and accept that you may need temporarily some medication to become stable as soon as possible; (2) the Dysthymic Persistent Depressive Disorder, i.e., chronic depression. You can live with these chronic depression symptoms all your life (sadness/hopelessness, fatigue, psychosomatic symptoms, anger, irritability, loneliness, isolation, anhedonia, lack of concentration, fatigue, sleep and eating disturbance, and a general decrease in motivation and productivity) decreasing its quality and your success opportunities in any dimension of life (e.g., health, business, family and romantic relationships).

Depression is best friends with anxiety. For instance, just notice how well they work together in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Prolonged Grief Disorder (for more than 12 months following the loss of a close attachment), Bipolar Disorders 1 and 2, General Anxiety Disorder, or some other Depression clinical cases.

The best treatments for depression include nature, eating and sleeping hygiene, self-care, and constructive self-talk to convey hope. To start getting out of depression all you need is to experience a little bit of success to keep walking the path of hope. Some psychologists suggest that you split a complex mission in little more doable tasks (e.g., if you have to read a complex 300-page, long paragraphs and small letters book for a college final exam, start by reading a chapter every day and use a log checking system. As you accomplish your goal every day, it boosts your confidence for next day. Also, you can read about or ask to people who have successively done it, how it can be done . If you align your doable short-term goals (e.g., half a chapter per day) with medium-term goals (e.g., to read the first 150 pages of that book and then the other remaining 150) like a chain of dominos, after a while, the final exam will become a simple short-term goal making possible to take the problematic, difficult final exam and pass it (i.e., completing the long-term goal). Another way of facing overwhelming symptoms is to accept them and be outdoorsy. Nature is a healer; rain heals as a sunny day heals, a foggy walk on the shore in the winter heals, the beauty of the snow day heals, the river heals, the ocean cadency heals, touching a tree heals walking barefoot heals, and nature sound frequencies heal. Be present in the moment, and the moment will lead you to a transformative life full of extraordinary, replicable, sharable experiences that started small.