Self-care is often the last thing on your mind when you’re struggling with depression. It takes energy and “a sense that you want to be around tomorrow” to tend to your needs, said Therese Borchard, author of Beyond Blue: Surviving Depression & Anxiety and Making the Most of Bad Genes.
But the very nature of depression is draining. “A depressed person is exhausted, hopeless, and usually not all that concerned about the future.”
Deborah Serani, Psy.D, a clinical psychologist who’s experienced depression since childhood, described the fatigue as a “knuckle-dragging, heavy-limbed, bone-weary, energy-zapping exhaustion.” Depression also causes groggy and slow thinking, “which makes it hard to kick-start problem solving skills.”
But, as both experts stressed, self-care is a salve for depression.
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First of all a good person who is depressed wants to end pain and be able to care for his or herself. Several things cause depression although most factors of depression usually are not seen up to an extension. There are several reasons why some need self-care and have to retrain themselves all over again.