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How to Manage Your Depression in the New Year
According to the CDC, at least 5% of adults had regular feelings of depression in 2024. That percentage has risen over the last few years, affecting adults and adolescents. 2025 is just around the corner, and it would be great to experience a year with less depression.
Living with depression isn't a life sentence; there are plenty of options that enable you to manage depression symptoms to enjoy all of 2025. At Carolina Wellness Psychiatry, our team provides psychotherapy and medication management to address depression.
Our team consists of two experienced psychiatrists and one board-certified psychologist. Each member of our team takes a compassionate and professional approach to mental health issues like depression and anxiety.
Key strategies for managing depression
The new year is just around the corner, but it's daunting when living with depression. If 2024 was tough to deal with, how can you possibly get through another year? Good news – various strategies enable you to get your depression under control for a happier 2025.
The key to starting the new year is beginning management techniques now. Professional treatments are often necessary, but simple lifestyle changes also improve depression symptoms.
To kickstart the new year with fewer depression symptoms, there are a few key strategies to adopt, and they include:
Mindfulness
Taking time for yourself is a great way to start 2025. Mindfulness practices like meditation and deep breathing reduce stress and prepare you for the day to come. Regular mindfulness practices, along with other therapies, improves depression symptoms.
Physical activity
Boosting your mood and feeling happier is as easy as getting regular physical activity. Exercise boosts endorphins, which are "feel-good" hormones, and they provide an analgesic effect to improve your mood.
Good sleep hygiene
Sleep is essential to managing depression, but it's hard to get enough when you're living with depressive symptoms. Committing to good sleep hygiene gives your body and mind the rest it needs to fight off depression with a fresh start each morning.
Social support
Surrounding yourself with supportive family and friends is essential to improving depression in 2025. Join a support group, go out with friends, and stay close to supportive family members who understand your battle with depression.
Light therapy
Seasonal depression is prevalent during winter and spills over into the new year. Light therapy is one of the ways to tackle seasonal depression by mimicking sunlight and improving mood.
All of these lifestyle strategies help improve depression. Still, it's also essential to have realistic expectations and understand that managing depression takes time.
Professional treatments help, too
Starting the new year without depression isn't an easy feat – but it's completely doable with the proper support. We enable you to understand your feelings and symptoms and take steps to improve your mental health.
Professional treatments are the perfect complement to lifestyle strategies for managing depression. We evaluate your needs to find treatments for a better new year.
Psychotherapy is the most successful treatment for major depressive disorder. Various forms of psychotherapy allow you to understand your feelings and develop coping mechanisms that help you decrease symptoms.
Cognitive behavioral therapy is one type of psychotherapy we utilize for depression. By challenging negative thinking patterns, it provides the necessary tools to overcome the depths of depression.
Medications are another way to manage depression. Antidepressants are drugs that even out the neurotransmitters in your brain to decrease symptoms and improve mood. We often utilize psychotherapy along with medications for optimal outcomes.
Call Carolina Wellness Psychiatry today to schedule a depression treatment appointment, or use our online booking feature to request a consultation with our team.
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