When I'm blue, I read about neuroplasticity and remind myself that I'm just having a biochemical reaction, while I listen to frequency 528 hz which helps center and relax my energy. If that doesn't work, I go for a run. I try to active cordisol and endorphin productions.

Usually go exercise. Try to replace it with siemtikg healthy and productive.

Reconect with my anger, it gives me energy, then I start working to improve something.
Some musics help me

Listen to music.

I like to watch funny videos on Youtube.

Breath

Added Game Grumps to my watch list. If you're okay with awkward humor, you might enjoy my go-to show when I need a mood boost: Impractical Jokers.

If I start to get blue I can snap out of it fairly easily as I will remember that have a good life and shouldn't feel sorry for myself as others who are less fortunate have bigger problems...

For me "being blue" is like being sad, angry, happy. A state of mind. Being in a state of mind is a choice. If you don't like where you're at, change your choices.

I drink a beer and then I'll be in such a high spirits that I'll grab my phone and call all my women friends

I attempt to breath oxygen rich atmosphere.
This usually brings back my normal color.

I really like this particular episode of the Jordan Peterson podcast. It helps take the edge off of my bitterness and nihilism if that is what is at the heart of a depressive episode:

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It's best to have healthy habits so to avoid depression or recover from it more quickly. But when in a bout of depression and especially if you suffer from chronic depression it's good to have a 'toolbox' of quick techniques to use when suffering from depression. For me physical exertion usually offers quick relief even simple sitting exercises like palms flat on the table and press down hard for 30 seconds. A good one is yawn and stretch 10 times in a row, even fake yawns will trigger real ones, you can do it most anywhere including in bed if you woke up depressed (also it's a good technique for stage fright). Having a 'happy place' can be very effective, I like to visualize running down sand dunes and then walk in the water along the shore. Another good one is 'grounding' or focusing on the moment by focusing on your environment, your breath, sense yourself planted, to yourself name all the item around you (also good for a panic attack). Gratitude enriches us, be grateful for the little things, nurture gratitude, can you breath freely, think about how good it feels to inhale like you were smelling a flower, are you going to take a shower, enjoy the hot water, having a cup of tea/coffee, savor each sip. Forgiveness frees us, be quick to forgive, especially yourself. Kindness betters us all, we rise by lifting others.

Lately, I've been finding only one real thing has been able to help significantly. In my "real job", I work for a soulless corporation. Well, actually, they're surprisingly soulful, but still a corporation. I've started my own indie game development company, literally funded from nothing really but money I've saved, and I've found that forcing myself to sit and work on my games is the only thing which can help. It's not easy, because of the depression, but when I've accomplished something, that does actually help quite a lot - because if I'm nothing but a piece of crap, at least I'm an effective crap. So I guess I look for some goal to achieve, or some external purpose to be had.

Have multiple showers paints a bastard to get off.....

I honestly just have to 'just keep swimming'.

I honestly just have to 'just keep swimming'.

Usually hang out with my dog...go for a walk exercise a little and then go for a drink

Sex.

I like watching jim bakker and his crew. His wife is his "yes" person!! BASTA

Music, or go for a walk or run.

Fagitaboutit

Being blue, most often a euphemism for being depressed, only happens situationally for me. Most often i feel "down or not my best," when a conflict is percolating, or has exploded involving someone i care about. The temporary depression begins when i see no functional resolution which might work for both of us.

I know that in such cases, i have to figure out what is causing the pain, or fear, and then to find a resolution to it. So, when i feel frustration coming on, i have to do something to balance off those chemicals, which may cause the chemical imbalances which can bring me down. I also know that they will keep me down until i do something to balance them. I am also thankful that the chemicals which cause a depression/anxiety reality are not chronic for me as they are with some people.

So I manage such emotional angst like i do anger; i step back from whatever triggered the anger/depression chemicals so that the balancing chemicals have a chance to work.

My go to remedy is a combination of nature and exercise. I get on my bike and head down to the ocean-side trail, even stopping there to listen to the natural tranquilizer, the ocean's music. In winter, when it's sometimes just too stormy to ride, a long walk by the sea also serves my needs.

Some of my fondest memories are walking along the Dallas Road pathway in Victoria, BC, when i was so emotionally and mentally conflicted that i had no idea which way to turn. The peaceful sound of the rain on my umbrella was better than any chemical tranquilizer and the walking generated the endorphins, dopamine, and adrenaline i need to find my balance. That's what works for me, since i know that feeling down, felling depressed, has to do with a conflict in my own head, having nothing to do with anyone else, even if i sometimes can't see that in a moment of stress.

That's why i take as much space as i need to breathe so to balance emoting with cognition.

I'm sure many of you have seen the attached anxiety attack-resolution tip before. It works equally well to get out of a funk by distracting your mind from what has caused the situational depression. The technique, a band-aid for an ailing soul, has worked for some and may take practice.

Ultimately though, avoiding a real problem, if there is one, makes me find a permanent resolution. The spaces i create to do that hard work enable me to come out the other end of the tunnel sooner rather than later.

Cry. Just cry it out until I can't cry no more.

Watch something fun on TV or Youtube,, sleep, write, talk to a supportive friend, sing, meditate.