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Here are a few more tips I found helpful… or just plain ridiculous from this book I am finishing.

Tip #15: Anti-Depression Menus

I don’t know if this one actually works but apparently, there are some foods that can actually help. Among them are fish, rice, duck and beets. They apparently boost some type of hormone and help you sleep and be in a good mood.

Other foods help boost the dopamine in your system which also helps with depression. These foods include eggs, turkey, seafoods and milk product… I’m not too sure about that one. I eat eggs, turkey and milf product on a regular basis and it has not helped so far!

The book also says that you should be attentive to the presentation of the food which will help boost your moral… I just don’t see how somebody who is depressed actually has the time to be attentive to the presentation of the food but…

Tip #16: Change your decor

That one I actually like. When you are sitting in your home, depressed, changing just one picture or adding a little decoration here or there makes you feel a little better. I’m not sure depressed people will have the energy to repaint a room but adding a little something new can be easy. It may be a good tip for people who want to help people with depression. Bring them a new picture frame or a flower in a new vase to cheer up the room. Often, when we are depressed, we tend to close the blinds, stay on the couch etc. Maybe that can be something that helps…

Tip #17: Exercise

That one makes a lot of sense and everybody keeps telling me, even therapists! But how do you exercise when you have no energy and you don’t sleep. I’d love to have the energy to go jogging or train with weights and have a great body but I just don’t. For now, I am focussing on walking everyday to pick up my daughter at school. It’s a 20-30 minutes walk. I don’t think it’s actual exercise since I am walking with a 7 year old and not walking very fast but it’s at least something that gets me off the couch and moving!

I’ve also tried yoga and it’s great. I just don’t feel like actually doing it most of the time. I tape it on tv because I can’t afford anything else… I’ve also thought about going swimming, which I enjoy… but the problem with all these activities is everything that is needed to get there. To go swimming, I need to change, drive to the pool, pay, get undressed and jump in the pool, by myself… then I need to get changed again and drive back home. All of this is exhausting!!!  I just end up saying… FORGET IT!

I’ll end with this last tip:

Tip #18: Take some time for yourself.

Now that one I really hate! I’m so tired of people saying that to me. What does that mean! With all the stuff I have to do for others, there is almost no time left for myself. The only time left I have right now is due to the fact that I’m home from work. I just don’t get that one. They do mention that we should take at least 15 minutes a day where we shut everything off and just relax. That one I’ll try. Especially before the kids come home from school. I’ll try shutting off the music or tv and just sitting… I’m just afraid of all the thoughts that will come to my mind… but hey, I have to try something no?

More tips to come this week as a continue reading the book!