I have a lot to be depressed about, seriously. But from a very young age I found being depressed was a useless thing. It starts with hurt, then perhaps leads to frustration, and maybe even made worse by feeling of powerlessness (see how it escalates) and eventually to the feeling of resignation and 'nobody wants me' or 'nobody understands me' starts to fill your head. Getting depressed just further reinforces these negative feelings.
I went about beating these negative self thoughts by acquiring my life's skills, broadening my horizon and learning new things progressively. Not only did it allow me the chance to meet new people, get new ideas, share and discuss different topics, I also over time got involved with a variety of different activities. Not only did I develop as a person, I also realised how skills i learnt from one area can also be applied to other areas. In the course of developing new interests and stuff I will faced challenges and made decisions, good ones and bad ones, I learnt. What I also learnt (indirectly) was the realisation of growing as a person when I dealt with the bad decisions I made.
Really, I have found that I have no time for being depressed. It is just a feeling of 'hurt', it should go away like pain. If it doesn't then it is just me aggravating the injury, like running on a broken ankle or more specifically, me feeling sorry for myself!
But then again, this is just my opinion.

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