5 Steps Toward Managing Depression With Neuro Plasticity

You can manage or often even cure depression with neuro plasticity but how exactly do you accomplish these feats? Following are 5 concrete actions that can be taken to help you manage your depression. Any one of them will make a difference but using all 5 just might produce a miracle.

Avoid Things That Support Your Depression

Avoid things that make you feel depressed. If a TV show or the TV news makes you feel depressed then turn it off. If a person makes you feel depressed then limit your exposure to that person as much as possible. If you want to be happy then you need to avoid things that leave you dealing with depression.

Seek Out Things That Make You Feel Better

When you are dealing with depression you can’t always find things that make you happy but you can find things that make you feel a little better. These things could be people, activities, or anything really. Seek out things that make you feel a little better to get neuro plasticity working for you.

Don’t Say Anything That Doesn’t Make You Happy

This is a way to manage depression with neuro plasticity than can produce incredible results. If you don’t say anything that makes you unhappy then you stop programming unhappiness into your head. Whatever it is, if it doesn’t make you happy then don’t talk about it. This can be a challenge but try it out for one week. You might be surprised by how often you usually talk about things that do nothing but make you unhappy.

Say Things That Make You Happy

At the same time, you want to say things that make you happy or that at least make you feel better. In depression this can be a challenge but consistent effort will begin to change how you feel. Make happy statements on a regular basis and you will see that because of neuro plasticity these happy statements will start to come out of your mouth even when you are not trying.

Avoid Thinking About Things That Support Your Depression

Just like words, the thoughts you think are the ones that you are programming into your brain. If a thought doesn’t make you happy then don’t think about it. You can interrupt thoughts of depression by singing a song in your head or by thinking about happy memories. It will work if you do this consistently every time you start thinking thoughts of depression.

These are 5 steps toward managing depression with neuro plasticity. They seem like simple steps but they can make a world of difference for individuals who are dealing with depression. If you keep taking these steps then you may very well end up walking right out of your depression.

Annette Tonkin

Adversity Consultant, Physiotherapist and Author

“You have to do it yourself, and you can’t do it alone.” Martin Rutte