In my experience that’s like pressing on the wound to relief the pain briefly after letting go. Sure you go out and pretend everything is fine, but then afterwards when your alone, depression hits back even harder. It’s only a short term solution.
The insidious problem with depression is the vicious cycle it generates. In many cases, whatever started a person off on that cycle is long gone, and doing things which make you happy, or even just make you feel normal, is enough to with some persistence break the cycle and get well again.
But not always. It’s just as possible that the cause is still there, or the cycle is too strong to break out of like that.
In my experience that’s like pressing on the wound to relief the pain briefly after letting go. Sure you go out and pretend everything is fine, but then afterwards when your alone, depression hits back even harder. It’s only a short term solution.
If you keep doing these things, you’ll hopefully slowly feel better.
But of course, it won’t work for everyone, it depends on why you are depressed.
The insidious problem with depression is the vicious cycle it generates. In many cases, whatever started a person off on that cycle is long gone, and doing things which make you happy, or even just make you feel normal, is enough to with some persistence break the cycle and get well again.
But not always. It’s just as possible that the cause is still there, or the cycle is too strong to break out of like that.