Food

Let us have a discussion about the importance of food. From what I've seen, one of two things happens when depressed. Either you way overdo it on the comfort foods or you can barely bring yourself to eat at all. Honestly I've had periods of time where I've done both. But I've noticed that I'm way happier when I'm eating three (relatively) balanced meals a day. I'm a college student. Most days my idea of lunch is a package of Sour Patch Watermelon or a few handfuls of prepopped packaged popcorn. Super healthy, I know. Lately though I've been trying to eat more "real food" and less junk. It has actually helped a lot. When I eat normal meals on a regular schedule there's a strange feeling of accomplishment to it. Like, "okay, I may have bombed that oral presentation, but I actually cooked myself dinner so I'm not a complete failure!" Like I said, it's weird, but still feels good. The real reason you should try to eat normally though is because it helps you be physically healthy, which actually does play a part in mental health. If you take care of your body properly you shouldn't be as fatigued and that's a huge part of depression. I am not perfect at this, seeing as the tie in between eating better and how bad my depression is has been a recent realization, but I'm trying, and honestly that's the important part. Never forget, lovely readers, that Yoda is wrong (do or do not there is no try). There IS a try, and trying definitely counts for something!