10 Ways to feel positive and peaceful when you are dealing with depression:
- Focus on self-love.
- Listen to your inner child, without resistance. Validate it, empathize with it and reassure it.
- Notice how you feel in your body when you are feeling and unpleasant feeling.
- Ask someone else for what you need. Create a connection.
- Participate in an enjoyable activity to help you get out of your head and into the present moment.
- Focus on the thought “a lot is possible if I be open to options.”
- Use a pleasant visualization to release your painful thoughts.
- Practice gratitude for the good times in your life.
- Do something productive, no matter how small.
- Practice tolerating letting love in.
Remember, the grass is always greener where you water it!