You could try something like yoga or meditation right away when you wake up. Get your mind in a centered state, wake your body up gently, get the blood moving so your mind's getting the oxygen it needs...I'm really bad about doing it every day, but when I do it sometimes does get me happy :)

Thanks that makes sense. It was nice of you to take the time to reply and make this good suggestion.

Great ideas Summer, i'll try that.

Bobby, have you ever tried guided imagery? you listen to a cd and it takes your mind on a journey. its similar to meditation. gives your mind images and helps to "rewire" your thinking. you can find them online(Belleruth Naparstek is great) or maybe find them at a local bookstore. Good luck!

A morning or night-time workout! It gives you an outlet for the anger you must be understandably experiencing, and, if at night, it exhausts you for a good night's sleep, so you can feel refreshed and go at the battlefield again.

My depression always seems to be worse in the morning, when I first wake up. I wake up earlier than necessary & I just lay there, thinking of all the stress that goes on in my life so I guess that's the reason. Here's one of the things I did. I'm a music lover. I have one of those clock/radio alarms & I used to set it to the annoying buzz. I now set it to my favorite radio station & when the music is playing, I lay there wanting to dance & I feel better cuz I'm not thinking of all the crap that goes on. I also meditate before I go to bed. I just keep images in my mind about laying on beach somewhere. Mind you, it doesn't work ALL the time but most times it does.

I tend to do that as well. This may sound funny but it works for me. I have accepted it as part of who I am,and have decided to just not worry about it or what it means. I noticed the more I thought about it and asked myself why the worse it was for me. Now I just get moving and it goes away.

Definetely deal with it now while you can. Use whatever suggestions come your way or do what you think would relax you in the mornings and evenings. Deal with issues at work that are stressing you out if possible. Don't let work stress you out or the people their. They are not worth it. No job is worth your health, in my opinion. I let it happen to me in my high stressed job. It got the best of me and the company only let it happen and made it worse once the problem was out. I didn't turn to the right people either. I was left sick, with no job, no income and really got screwed from it all. It's been 4 years and here I am still trying to deal with it, understand it and recover. Don't let this happen to you. Confront issues, people, whatever stressors you have and try to alieveate them if you can. Not just work stressors either but home life as well. Combined, they will eat you alive if you let them. I thought I was going to die, no I knew I was, it was obvious as well. Everyone knew how bad I was. I was constantly at the doctors (many and different types). I finally had to face the reality that the job I once loved was killing me and it had to stop before that actually happened. For my sake and my families. Yup, sorry to go on and on but the best adivice I can think of to give you, is deal with those stressors in some way or another, now!