When I found out I was numb it wasn't until later, the emotions I felt crashed into me all at once. A lifetime of hurt and pain, (abandonment, betrayal, coupled with pity). But one morning I woke up to my curtains wide open and the sun was so blinding its hurt to look but for some reason I kept trying. And I ended up going to the beach that day even though it was still chilly and laid out, let the sun warm my face while listening to my favorite tunes and realized since then, it's my zen place 😌. Doesn't have to be the beach just laying there outside anywhere just feels special to me day or night.

what helps me is doing something I like. listening to uplifting music, tinkering around with my solar panels, giving the dogs a walk, meditation. being active in any of these ways can relieve the depression.

Yes what DarinList , said is very good advice. Sometimes you have to cry in this life but I have music as an escape and gospel is my genre of choice. Hymns are Scripture put to song. I prefer traditional songs that my late mom listened to

For me I just have to work through them with music or church or scripture, meditation walking the dogs calling my support network. 99% of the time it works but that 1% is the worst nightmare imagined that's when it becomes dangerous for me and people around me. It's OK to talk and even cry about it. It always goes away welcome to the team

Depression, bipolar, and schizophrenia is a part of me as a lime green team. But how I deal with it is my Sims on my computer, music, and writing poetry. I got my WRAP tools in tat