It’s also a testament to taking action. Deciding to exercise is action. Deciding to paint or write is action. Talking to people about your feelings is action. But, what keeps people depressed is inaction.

5/ For most people most of the time, depression is a message. That message is: We must change something about ourselves

unless you’ve been dysthymic your whole life, depression is a SIGNAL that something in your surroundings needs to change, stop treating it like a dragon that needs to be slain IT’S TRYING TO HELP YOU