Advice I was given back when I ‘was’ depressed
Start swimming
Join a club
Drink lots of water
Meditate
Make “less depressed” friends
Watch the Iron Man movies
Write the Great American Novel
Stop smoking weed
Try herbal remedies
Stay busy
Take time for myself
Make a vision board
Watch Girl, Interrupted
Eat more protein
Read “less depressing” books
Get super good at yoga
Read self help books
Commune with nature
Go to a mental institution
Things I did to ‘overcome’ my depression
Take lots of Xanax
Quit smoking cigarettes
Watch Girl, Interrupted
Sleep a lot
Shop online from bed
Develop insomnia
Take up smoking cigarettes again
Take Prozac
Get migraines
Take Excedrin
Switch from Prozac to Celexa
Paint my nails black
Get to level 120 in Candy Crush
Start gardening
Plant roses
Plant basil
Plant cilantro
Read a lot about AIDS
Skype from bed with people who want to “see how you’re doing”
Learn to crochet
Bleach my hair
Get a job
What I do now that I'm ‘not’ depressed
Take two pills daily
Sometimes forget to take two pills everyday
Start reading fiction again
Stop ignoring text messages
Buy orange juice on a regular basis
Go to work Monday through Friday
Hang out with my fellow "mentally ill" friends
Make fun of people who don't understand mental illness
Delete Candy Crush from iPhone
Laugh at bathroom humor
Forget about herb garden and let plants die
Invest in mittens
Read my horoscope every morning
Give up on astrology
Cry reading an article about a mother who died of cancer
Realize crying over said article doesn't mean I'm depressed
Drink white wine with ice cubes on decks
Go to sleep without smoking weed
Buy $40 conditioner for my bleached hair
Look at the sky a lot
Eat first cheeseburger in five years