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so easy said than done, I was once depressed and tears were the order of the day. I kept on convincing myself that i will be better but all was in vain. Everything you try, nothing comes out well, when you try to sleep all you see is the end of the world. Its rely a trying moment But thanks God I feel better now

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I think a lot of it is a certain sort-of hypnotic quality about certain kinds of work. When you start dreaming in programming languages, or about talking with customers, etc. you are trying to hard, and it's bad.

In this case the best thing to do is to scale back. Start a hobby of something else (it doesn't matter what but it needs to be very different) and assign some time to it every day. Maybe it's gourmet cooking, or woodworking, or growing your own food.

I totally agree. That this is easier said than done goes without saying it. But trust me, meditation (Yoga) in ambiance of the Himalayas works wonders like a magical potion. Even Steve Jobs turned to the space of this place during his absolute lows.

Think about this, not every depression have medication. Walk into any drugstore with complains about depression. what will they recommend,"sedatives" to enable you to have good sleep. To my concern this is not the solution.

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