What do people do when they really feel depressed and they can't get themselves

[Ari Ben-Canaan]

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I also find that meditating each day in natural surroundings, on sunny days, does a great job to chase away the depression...

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[MassuhDGoodName]

JTFenthusiast2,
Those Lubavitchers were not there for you by chance.  They can teach you peace of mind help you to fill the empty void inside you that you sometimes feel.  They did the same for me.  Seek them out and become a regular.  Perhaps you do need a "change" of occupation.  I can not speak to that, because you alone must make the decision.  But you can't tend others' bodies only, without tending to your own, and much of that requires you to equip yourself with spiritual strength so that your body and mind can withstand the stress we find ourselves under.

[JTFenthusiast2]

I think you should find another nursing job. It will always involve people with illness but there are probably alternatives where you don't have to deal with seeing children sick all the time. Is it possible that you could be transferred to another department where you deal more with adults?

HI Ruby, Thanks for your good advice.  I am a doctor though and I am locked into a contract.  If I broke my contract, at my stage, it would be taantamount to professional suicide.

Massa, Those Lubavitchers made my week.  I was so happy to see them and to know that someone physically near me gave a hoot about how I was doing.  I wish I had asked for a card

Thank you Muman, what you said is very much how I feel on the inside

[Aces High]

I would say, go out to a nice place for dinner.  Nothing like good food to get you in the right frame of mind.

[MassuhDGoodName]

For depression (the normal non-clinical type):

-regular exercise (preferably outside in good air and sun - swimming also good even indoors)
-eat a diet containing more fish and fresh vegetables if possible
-NO ALCOHOL, NO CANNABIS, NO DEPRESSANTS OF ANY KIND (this includes over the counter anti-histamines, prescription tranquilizers, or similar)
-NO STIMULANTS stronger than coffee (because whatever goes up, MUST COME DOWN!)

turn off the TV and radios, stop reading the newspapers or reading on line news, and instead read a good book before going to bed and listen to good symphonic music during the times you used to spend on the media news or "media entertainment".

If all else fails, you might should seek medical attention, but most folks don't have to do that.

Let's face it - You show me someone who doesn't become depressed by the world today, and I'll show you someone too stupid to live.

[Secularbeliever]

My Irish-American grandmother had very very wrinkled skin and I was always told it was because she went out in the sun all the time when she was younger. So I have been out of the sun a lot to avoid extra wrinkles too and I think it's helped because most people say I look younger than I actually am.

I don't know how old you are but I had my first round of skin cancer last year.  Oddly I enjoy being out in the sun more than I did when I was younger but I have a new found respect for the dangers of sun exposure.

[~Hanna~]

 The thing that helps me the most, when I am really, really depressed, is to call a trusted friend. It is difficult to find those anymore, someone to talk to...but once or twice a year I find someone.