HOW TO COMPREHENSION GUIDE TO COPE WITH DEPRESSION      This will share you guys’ advice on how to cope with your breakup with depression. Enjoy~       Break-ups can be devastating. Break-ups can also cause so many mixed feelings and emotions as well as for many of us some or so many unanswered questions as to why we break up in the first place. We shouldn’t have to always dwell on it as sometimes yes break-ups for many of us will take time to get over that particular someone. It’s a rough transition from sharing every part of your life with someone that you loved and cared about, to picking up the phone and suddenly remembering that it’s a bad idea to call them. In some cases, people can slip into depression: a mood disorder that can feel so heavy and difficult that no one else can possibly understand what they are going through. Caring for yourself, and deciding how to move forward, can be a serious challenge for many of us. Here with this video comprehension guide today, I will be giving you four methods on how to deal with depression after a breakup. They are as follows: Method 1: Handling Depression, Method 2: Handling your feelings, Method 3: Caring for yourself and Method 4: Avoiding Isolation. So, as I said before basically breakups can be really hard for many of us. It can be devastating for many of us. We tend to question ourselves over and over again as I said why is this happening? Could I have done better? Was I the problem etc? Right? But in saying this though, we need to know that we’re not at fault sometimes as breakups happen in our lives regardless of how old we are or even young we are if we’re trialing out the dating life. So, here are the methods now that I am going to share with you all. So, the very first one of method 1 as I’ve mentioned is Method 1: Handling Your Depression   Know the difference between sadness and depression. Sadness and depression are two different emotions with different symptoms. It’s okay to not be okay once in a while. We all will go through a break-up sometime in our lives as I said. After a breakup, it’s normal to cry, lose sleep, get angry, and temporarily lose interest in regular activities. This is part of the healing process for us. But you might have a more serious problem if you’re experiencing things like: *Serious changes in eating or sleeping habits *Fatigue *Often feeling worthless, empty, or hopeless *Unbearable, relentless emotional pain *Irritability *Difficulty focusing or making the right decisions *Failure to clean your living space and manage basic hygiene (Thinking about death, or even hurting yourself)   Log your symptoms or journalling your symptoms. As I shared before that it is always a good idea to write down our feelings, emotions, and symptoms so that we can keep ourselves on track. So, basically, I said this in one of the videos that I shared earlier in the piece about handling your loneliness which you can watch here When we do see something out of the ordinary in our everyday lives, we should be able to seek help no matter who it is from. Be it from our medical expert team. Be it through our friends or family or whoever. Never be ashamed to ask for help when you need it as this is the first step to acknowledging in ourselves that there’s a problem. It’s okay to ask for help as that is the first step in our recovery process for any recovery process. Be it our break up. Be it addictions. Whatever it may be. And this is the first step also in recognizing that something is wrong with us or just something wrong in general. If you suspect that you may have depression, however, or that something else might be wrong, then try as I said keeping a journal to note down what it is that you’re going through. If in doubt, write it on paper, or on your computer wherever it may be, for you to keep track of what you’re going through. It can be helpful to review later, and you can bring it to the doctor if you decide to get an evaluation as well as just some help. My advice here is: Try writing down basic feelings, like “I felt hopeless all morning” or “I tried to have fun but was mostly listless and tired.” You don’t have to be very detailed if it’s too upsetting though, just to bear in mind also. Try writing down what you did in that time period, like “I watched movies all evening and cried a lot” or “I stayed in bed for 3 hours in the morning because I had no energy left in me.”   3 . Know the time frame and urgency level that typically constitutes a problem.   Experts usually recommend waiting around 2 weeks to a month to see if things get better for us. You also have a problem if your sadness is preventing you from doing basic living tasks that you take for granted (like working or caring for your kids). You should see a doctor if: You haven’t improved at all within 2-3 weeks period. You can’t work or take care of yourself or your family. You think that you might hurt yourself.   4. Talk to a doctor about treatment options. Your doctor may recommend therapy and/or medication to correct chemical imbalances in the brain. The brain can get sick just like other body parts can. There’s nothing “wrong” with you to remind yourself if you have depression, or if you take medication to help fix it. Not just fix it but keep it in balance realm and don’t basically be afraid to take it. Do try and trust the medical team either via through your counselor and