I agree that such tone and lack of justification might sound a bit off-putting—I left grandparent trying to soften that impression. (Add: Although I like chegra's post for its practicality. If you follow that advice, there's a very high change you will feel better no matter what.)
However, your statement about ‘underlying issues’ is confusing. You don't name these, yet claim that they can't be cured by certain methods. I wonder what, in your opinion, these issues are.
I think they often are just these—bad diet and physical shape, lack of social interaction. And bike rides can help that (especially considering mostly sedentary lifestyle).
Although there's another important thing that may be an issue, which you actually reminded me about. It's hard to communicate what it is—maybe it could be called ‘mental shape’.
My latest depression basically ended when I learned to allow my mind to rest, and gained some control over my thoughts. I often see studies now suggesting that our well-being inversely depends on how much we think. I have an impression at the moment that certain brain activity (which is related to abstract thinking and appears to happen somewhere in frontal lobe) does indeed contribute to feeling unhappy, that being in ‘flow’ reduces that activity, and that trying to do multiple things at once / frequent context switching increases that activity.
Anyway, since that depression I still experience difficult periods sometimes, but I think they are mostly health-induced. We shouldn't underestimate how physical problems can influence our thinking. E.g., you can eat food that you're unknowingly allergic to, it will make you feel constantly tired, therefore forcing you to spend most of your time at home, the consequences of which (lack of sunlight / movement, for two) can cause yet another host of problems, and so on.
To sum up, my supported by anecdotal evidence, layman speculations, and personal experience opinion is that depression is often caused by being, probably unknowingly, out-of-shape mentally (i.e., overthinking) and/or physically (bad diet, other health problems).
I hope OP will feel better soon. Being out to a coffee-shop is already good, keep it up!
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I agree that such tone and lack of justification might sound a bit off-putting—I left grandparent trying to soften that impression. (Add: Although I like chegra's post for its practicality. If you follow that advice, there's a very high change you will feel better no matter what.)
However, your statement about ‘underlying issues’ is confusing. You don't name these, yet claim that they can't be cured by certain methods. I wonder what, in your opinion, these issues are.
I think they often are just these—bad diet and physical shape, lack of social interaction. And bike rides can help that (especially considering mostly sedentary lifestyle).
Although there's another important thing that may be an issue, which you actually reminded me about. It's hard to communicate what it is—maybe it could be called ‘mental shape’.
My latest depression basically ended when I learned to allow my mind to rest, and gained some control over my thoughts. I often see studies now suggesting that our well-being inversely depends on how much we think. I have an impression at the moment that certain brain activity (which is related to abstract thinking and appears to happen somewhere in frontal lobe) does indeed contribute to feeling unhappy, that being in ‘flow’ reduces that activity, and that trying to do multiple things at once / frequent context switching increases that activity.
Anyway, since that depression I still experience difficult periods sometimes, but I think they are mostly health-induced. We shouldn't underestimate how physical problems can influence our thinking. E.g., you can eat food that you're unknowingly allergic to, it will make you feel constantly tired, therefore forcing you to spend most of your time at home, the consequences of which (lack of sunlight / movement, for two) can cause yet another host of problems, and so on.
To sum up, my supported by anecdotal evidence, layman speculations, and personal experience opinion is that depression is often caused by being, probably unknowingly, out-of-shape mentally (i.e., overthinking) and/or physically (bad diet, other health problems).
I hope OP will feel better soon. Being out to a coffee-shop is already good, keep it up!