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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As someone who has dealt with clinical depression my whole life this is what I learned.

1) get out into nature
2) get a moderate amount of movement
3) don't drink
4) make a conscious decision to think and maybe write down all things that ARE going well in your life. 
5) [b]know that no matter how bad you're feeling right now, it will end and things will get better.[/b]
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NP, but this feels like pablum to me.  How do you know things will get better?  They could just as easily get worse.  I heard a comedian recently joke that his life on a steady downslide, so every day you see him, he can truthfully say that he is having the worst day of his life.  
I find the DBT approach to be more helpful.  Life can be crappy AND there can be beautiful things worth living for.  Both things can be true at once.  
I think the other four suggestions are good.  I would add:
(1) add music to your life.  Good, upbeat music.  Having a soundtrack to your life really helps keep your mood up.
(2) add humor to your life.  I've basically eliminated a lot of TV, movies, literature, because I will no longer read or watch anything depressing.  I only read or watch funny or uplifting stories.  It's not that I don't think those other things are "good" -- they are probably better than what I'm consuming.  But I'm just too sensitive to negative stuff.  I need to surround myself with laughter, which is, as they say, the best medicine.  (It really does help.)
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