Hi! I can tell you as a person with severe depression...it is hard. We know that. I've been fortunate enough to have a gym near the somber living I'm at in Marietta. On the 1.5 mile walk, there is a little stream or something. Being from Florida. I love water. Yes, I go there often. I cry sometimes. It sucks being in a state with no friends or family. I have no kin here to speak of. I jump in to a.a. groups on zoom. And try to reach out to the few people I do have in my life. Unfortunately that results in me being more depressed. I have problems holding on to relationships that don't want to be anymore. But that's just me. If you do need anyone to just talk to, I'm available most the time. ...just putting it out there. I'm new to being sober. But ..sometimes we need a like minded friend I think. I also watch dumb stuff on YouTube. Or try and do something...anything... I hope it helps a little. God bless. We are all in this together.
When I get depressed I have to make myself do the opposite of what I want to do. Instead of sitting in my dark room crying and thinking I go out in the sunshine,walk, sing,talk to my chickens ect.. do I want to? NO! But it always makes me feel better.
Hey we are Going to be depressed at times just play some Gospel music and pray
Stay a prayer, keep pressing, commune with friends and enjoy something you love. It could be good food, a favorite place, or movie. Show yourself great love. 
Reach out to me if you need to. I have lived with it most of my life. I struggle with this because of trust issues. Pray and surround yourself with those who truly love you
Try to remember to be gentle and compassionate with yourself. Try to remember it wonāt feel like this forever. Spend as much time as you can outside in nature. These things help me.
Reach out to friends and family, pray, pray and pray some more!!! Iām dealing with it pretty bad myself, on top of becoming sober I m going through a divorce (being sober and my wife leaving started 3 days apart). You can do this no matter how bad it seems you will get through it. Message me anytime you want if you need someone to talk to.
Whatever you did in addiction gave you a dopamine high for a long time until it didnāt. Itās going to feel normal to miss that and get back to not expecting something to suddenly make you feel better. Some people need a antidepressant for awhile maybe for a long while. Get out in the sun and take a walk. Go to meetings. Supplement with some vitamin D. Look out for quick fixes like shopping or sexual hookups. Relationships early on can replace the dopamine but if they donāt work out it leaves you empty feeling and can be a trigger. Be good to your body it deserves it.
This is difficult because everyone has a different solution that works for them. I have MDD and it's always going to be a struggle but for me it's exercising or reading or sometimes it's just putting on some music really loud and singing at the top of my lungs like a fool. Anything you can do to get those endorphins going and dopamine flowing through your brain. This is a trial and error thing and can be difficult to find something that gets you excited and makes you happy, particularly if you're early in recovery and struggling with anhedonia. Keep pushing forward and trying new things until you find something that sticks. I find when I'm in a really bad depressive spell the thing that works best for me is reaching out to help someone else in need. Sometimes listening to someone else and doing a good deed to help them is enough to get you feeling grateful and out of your head
I've had some form of depression most of my life and I think that's why I became an alcoholic or at least partially. I've been clean for about 4 months and it's hard, I too get depressed. The way I have been defeating it which seems to work most of the time is - keeping busy. Anything to keep busy. But then also dealing with the emotions and having a plan to get out of them, like exercising soon after or planning to call somebody on the phone. That's all I got. I hope it helps. If you need an online friend, go ahead and friend me... Everybody here is in this together.
Hey hun I know being depressed and being in recovery is hard the best thing I can advise is to break out your phone book and call someone in recovery and talk to them and if u donāt have someone hit a meeting and pull someone you feel that their share is something that feels like you connect to ask them if they can just let you talk to them and donāt be afraid to ask ppl for their numbers.
Have you seen a therapist? Itās sometimes remarkable how talking out a problem can alleviate depression. You may also need some meds if itās biologically based. A good over the counter remedy is St. Johnswort. This helped me for several years.
Thank you'll for the courage.
Hello Diana, sorry you're depressed. I try to take baby steps to get through, such as small accomplishments like cooking am omelette or doing a load of laundry, or setting a lift on at the gym. I also spend time remembering positive moments in my life. Remembering things that I'm thankful for, helps too, and complimenting others on jobs well done.
Have you spoken to a therapist?
Even though it seems impossible you have to try and push through it. I used to let it cripple me majority of my life, then addiction became the "solution". Now I'm unmedicated raw dogging life and the one thing that keeps me up is pushing through and accomplishing something no matter how big or small. Like the one guy said do the opposite of what you're feeling. Get your blood moving, try to eat and hydrate, take a shower, and most importantly go to nature if you can, it's a proven antidepressant. Good luck
Everyone with depression is as unique as our fingerprints. Some can shake it some embrace it if they canāt shake it because itās so unique. Picasso did this and painted his depression in what we not surprisingly call his blue period.
Iām sorry you are struggling. Asking for help is courageous and shows your strength. They have meditation groups that help me with seasonal depression. I go to meetings on a regular just to keep my mind busy. Reading and walks and maybe a cat might help. Sending some good luck vibes your way so you know you are cared for 
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Be kind to yourself. Guided meditations on you tube are greatā¦ all you have to do is listen to the sound of their voiceā¦ tapping meditationsā¦ all great tools and I know that when I am in the midst of it I canāt even think of my toolsā¦ I need a Mommy in those moments! A friend recently revealed she too struggles with deep depression and when itās āfull onā she treats herself as if sheās got the flu. Jammieās, soup, tea, movieā¦ Something to think aboutā¦.
Natural meds like Ashwagandha unless you get a prescription. But, those take weeks to work