How I Deal with Depression
summary
Describes a data-first regimen: daily mood logging with Daylio, weekly self-assessments using the Burns Depression Checklist (score fell from 19 to 10), and a handheld tally counter for negative thoughts to spot triggers; documents a monthly financial-linked cycle and drops around major events. Treatment combines 20 mg medication (20 mg Lexapro), CBT work to widen the gap between stimulus and response, meditation, strict sleep, sunlamp use for SAD, daily exercise (bike plus gamified habit) and occasional relocation for sunlight; exercise and habit activation produce the largest measurable mood lifts.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction and agenda
- 2:01Content and safety warnings
- 3:10Personal experience
- 5:50Defining depression
- 7:18Mental frameworks
- 8:47Collecting data
- 11:14Data-driven insights
- 13:24Self-assessment methods
- 14:45Treatment and lifestyle
- 17:26Conclusion and resources
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