Activities to help with Depression

 

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Activities to help with Depression
INCREASE ACTIVITIES YOU ENJOY
Make a list of enjoyable activities and plan those activities over a 24 hour period

•     People with depression lose interest and pleasure in things they once enjoyed. You may even find that you’ve
      stopped some of these activities. This loss of pleasure and enjoyment in life then makes you feel worse.
•     Plan activities you’d find enjoyable, interesting, relaxing or satisfying. For example, reading, listening to music,
       stopped some of these activities. This loss of pleasure and enjoyment in life then makes you feel worse.
•     These activities are important in overcoming your depression. At first you may not find them as enjoyable as before
       but, if you persist, the pleasure will eventually return


List of enjoyable activities

Below is a worksheet for planning activities and managing your sleep wake cycle


Work sheet for your activities over a 24 hour period

Further Reading

Keeping active helps depression

Source
beyondblue: the national depression initiative
www.beyondblue.org.au
1300 22 4636

 
 
 
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