How to handle depression — when it's weighing on you
Not theory. The small moves that get a flat, heavy day moving again.
The day's waiting and you physically cannot make yourself move.
— Right now
- Don't aim for the day. Aim for sitting up. Then feet on the floor.
- Open the curtains or get outside for two minutes — daylight nudges your body clock and your mood.
- Glass of water and something small to eat. An empty tank makes flat worse.
- Pick the smallest possible win — a shower, the kettle on. Done beats perfect.
— Don't
- Don't lie there scrolling — it eats the morning and lifts nothing.
- Don't write the whole day off because the start was rough.
— Later
- If most mornings are like this for weeks, that's worth a chat with your GP.
The day's waiting and you physically cannot make yourself move.
— Right now
- Don't aim for the day. Aim for sitting up. Then feet on the floor.
- Open the curtains or get outside for two minutes — daylight nudges your body clock and your mood.
- Glass of water and something small to eat. An empty tank makes flat worse.
- Pick the smallest possible win — a shower, the kettle on. Done beats perfect.
— Don't
- Don't lie there scrolling — it eats the morning and lifts nothing.
- Don't write the whole day off because the start was rough.
— Later
- If most mornings are like this for weeks, that's worth a chat with your GP.
Depression: the short version
- 1.Smallest possible win. Done beats perfect.
- 2.Move before noon — daylight and a walk.
- 3.Show up even when you feel nothing.
- 4.Tell one person 'flat', not 'fine'.
- 5.Dark thoughts are the illness lying. Ring someone.
Doing it tough?Call Lifeline 13 11 14