I diagnosed with depression and anxiety problem. I am taking medicine lamitor 75 mg ,Serta 250 mg, rospitril 2 mg. And anti anxiety .per day. And I am doing counseling with psychologist. Because of Serta my mood remains good. I don't go in down phase and negative thoughts doesn't come to my mind. Problem Psychologist give me daily activities list to do different task.in which included 5 min exercise, 15 min painting, 20 min evening walk. But I feel so much resistance to do this task. Psychologist says it is depression and you have fight with it. But I am not able to fight with it. Just tell me how I can do 5 min exercise, 10 min painting and 20 min evening walk? Help me.

Ms. Anjali MahajanPsychologist12yrs exp

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In depression people tend to stop doing their daily activities as it feels burdensome. But not doing anything can increase depression as person feels that he is useless and not able to anything. Further negative thoughts come more to your mind if you sit idle. So having few activities planned in your daily routine will not only keep you busy but also help you to decrease depressive thoughts and get back to your daily routine easily. So try to include activities that you like and can do them easily without much effort. So it could be anything that you enjoyed doing previously (prior to depression) but don?t do them now e.g. Reading newspaper, going for walk, getting grocery or vegetables, going out with friends, talking over phone, any other hobby you have. If you do things that you like then you won?t feel too burdened and will be motivated to do them. Further do reward yourself for any effort made however small so that it motivates you to increase your activity level.  

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