Boost Your Self- Esteem Or Go Roost In A Corner

Anti- depressants.

Must be the next popular drug in the market after the normal antibiotics and paracetamol. Depression starts, pulls you to the depths of Tartarus and its no joke or something that can be cured be medicines. It starts to suck out all the happiness out of your life. J K Rowling's dementors in the normal world or should I say normal mind. And what is our Patronus charm? Our brain. Our brain is the only capable thing that can ward away all evil, self- deteriorating ways of our mind and give us calm and peace.

 

Yeah, yeah. I can hear that mind of yours. I must be sounding like an old psychologist who spends most of his time counselling young teens( LIKE ME). And it does help to have doctors as parents.

 

How to figure out if you have depression, or your friend or child has depression or is starting depression?

 

Frustration: Gets angry easily, shouts or cries without any reasonable reason.

Argumentative: Argues about everything under the sun.

Inferiority complex: Feel others are better than you in a particular field.

Laments over everything: Laments over studies, physical appearance or anything that happens to them.

Overeating: When the mind is upset it wants comfort food and it leads to overindulgence in chocolates, sweets or basically any food item. This causes weight gain and causes more depression and stress and is a vicious cycle.

 

Any two of these and you might be entering into early stages of depression.

 

How do I know? Been there and done that and today I am a confident young girl who even in the most trying of times has enough belief in herself to keep her head out of water.

 

And these are what I did and they worked wonders for me.

It always helps to get some consolation and self- confidence from parents, friends and yourself provided you are receptive to them.

Try to think positive and don't get influenced easily. You shouldn't get too influenced by external factors. You should have the courage to dust off any negative thoughts. Stand in front of a mirror and smile at yourself and think happy thoughts like " Today I have my favourite lunch", "Today I have good hair", "Today is my lucky day", " Today mom/ dad didn't shout at me", " Hey! I seem to have reduced some weight", etc. for five minutes everyday.

 

You boost your self- esteem or go roost in a corner.

 

Happy boosting!!