How do you handle depressing situations in your life? Seriously depressing not something simple?

I handle every aspect of my life daily with prayers. I pray about everything. 

I've had my share of depressing moments in my life. I'm an optimist but sometimes I just can't find the good in something. I put things behind me, not out of my mind, but in the part of my memory that I try not to wake up too often. When I feel a depressing mood coming on, I try to do something for someone else that will have a positive effect on them.

Usually for me I think about whether they really do and are affecting me. Usually I go back and forth and yeah, I have depressing nights cashing in my misfortunes.. But there are also things Ive yet to share with anyone so its not as if finding something can replace loss or memory.

Truth is, I dont seem to find any particular way. And it seems like everyone has their own way they deal with it. If anyone is ever feeling down feel free to message me :) I will not forget the support I got from you all.

We live to fight another day, and the mods fight another troll.

We've been through many difficult times, especially numerous medical issues:

In a five year time span I lost my grandmother, the aunt who was my second mother, three uncles, two cousins and many dear pets.  (We were wiped out with feline leukemia.)

My husband has had 10 surgeries.  He also has clinical depression, which brings many issues into our lives.

Four family members battled cancer simultaneously, including my husband.

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Here's one example of what I do.  When my sister-in-law was diagnosed with an aggressive breast cancer, I contacted the entire family.  People tend to jump in with support at the beginning, but it's a long struggle.  I set up a calendar for her entire treatment.  (None of us live in Texas, so it was all long distance.)  We each took a month to be her "thinking of you" mainstay.  We also reminded each other to send our love throughout, despite whose turn it was.

My month had a weekly delivery.  Cheryl LOVES Fannie Mae chocolate!  She got chocolate every week, flowers twice, snail mail letters and cards throughout.

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I was SAD!!!!!  I coped by pulling together with my loved ones, and getting outside of my sadness to be supportive and kind.  That energy came back to me and sustained me.

Recently, I've been coping with my stepdad's Alzheimer's, and more.  I'm truly grateful for the support I've gotten at home and here on Blurtit.    Thank you all !

I face them and try to fix them.  If I can't, I learn to live with whatever it is and make the best out of it.

I find that no matter what is going on a good run or walk helps to clear my mind in order to better deal with the situation, simple or large.

Daily exercising. Daily learning. Daily working on something.

Dear May Apple,

I just went to your profile to see what I could learn there...Ask actually had more thorough format for the profiles, which are often helpful in addressing someone's questions...

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Here goes anyway, because there is something called - or at least I call it - EXISTENTIAL DESPAIR, and it is when you REALLY see into the hopelessness of ever finding the kind of happiness you deep-down want...and there is nothing, nothing, nothing you can do about this kind of depression.

Nothing except just endure, that is...and somehow hang on...

Because it turns out this kind of despair is actually precious, it calls out a response from life that takes you into deeper into the splendor of existence...go over Happy's response to your Q, if you have not already...

And this is hard to describe, but ultimately you come out of the despair because you just get infused with something - infused with something like unconditional love, maybe - for me, the Holy Spirit is how I identify that dynamic essence of life that helps me...

So just do whatever you have to do to stay away from self-harm, and hold on somehow...and then hold on some more...then some more...just hold on...because not many people understand true depression, and how it is an authentic dimension of the full experience of life.

When i feel depressed at that time i do meditation. It is very helpful for me because it is the easy way  for me to reduce stress and depression. Meditation helps to increasing positive view and happiness. It makes  your mind peacefully.

Well if it's something like a member of family passing away, I always like to think of it that they've gone to a better place. I usually deal with it by having some personal space.