8 Ways I Keep Going Even on Days I’m Super Depressed

I suffer from massive depression. Some days it’s all I can do to get out of bed. Some days moving physically hurts. 

I’m not alone. Almost everybody I know suffers from some form of depression. It feels like this is an epidemic in my generation. Even though we have access to everything, our brains eat away at us. Even though we can do anything, our bodies fight against us. 

I read a lot and depression. Some of it helps, most of it doesn’t. Sometimes I find a tidbit that turns me around. I never know what’s going to help in the moment, but I know right now I’m cycling in a bad way. 

So I want to tell you how I keep going even on days when I can barely look at myself in the mirror. I’m not a psychologist. I’m not a doctor. I’m just a guy that deals with my own fight all the time.

1. I remember what I do has value. 

I don’t mean monetary value. I mean it has value to the world. I remember that my life has value to the whole of humanity. 

Even if that value is to help only one person for the re…