The simplest, fastest, easiest things to do when you're depressed.

Take a free screening for depression: https://screening.mhanational.org/scr...

Grief and loss resources:
https://www.cdc.gov/mentalhealth/stre...

Mental health resources:
https://jedfoundation.org/mental-heal...

Purchase Overcoming Depression One Step at a Time (buying through this link supports this channel): https://amzn.to/3UYTwkt

Contents:
0:00 - Depression and habits
2:44 - Before you start
4:17 - 1: Clean
5:29 - 2: Go outside
6:24 - 3: Interact with life
7:12 - 4: Complete one task
8:21 - 5: Treat yourself

Learn more:
- Sadness versus depression:    • Say “YES” to this and you might have ...  
- What is depression? https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topic...
- How to overcome depression:    • How to overcome depression  
- How to help friends and family with depression:    • How to help friends and family with d...  
- 10 bipolar depression myths:    • 10 Bipolar Depression Myths  
- Assessing anhedonia in depression: Potentials and pitfalls: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
- Assessment of Anhedonia in Adults With and Without Mental Illness: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama...
- Behavioral activation treatments of depression: A meta-analysis: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

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For information purposes only. Does not constitute clinical advice. Consult your local medical authority for advice. The information in this video was accurate as of the upload date, December 14, 2022.

If you or someone you know needs help immediately, you should take one of the following actions:
- call 9-8-8 in the United States or your country's emergency number: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
- call the Lifeline at 1-800-273 TALK (8255) in the United States or a global crisis hotlines: https://findahelpline.com/i/iasp
- text START to 741-741 in the United States or visit https://www.crisistextline.org
- go to your nearest hospital emergency room