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Hi, it's David George Brook, That Gratitude Guy
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Can gratitude cure depression? Well, the short answer is, I don't know, but I know 10 things that can help
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These are all important things when done individually and combined together can make a huge difference
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in dealing with depression. Number one, exercise every single day. Try to exercise
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I know there's times when you're depressed. I've gone through it when you don't feel like exercising, but if you could even get out
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for a walk, it can make such a huge difference. Gets the blood circulating, gets the muscles moving, gets the body moving
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Motion equals emotion. So it makes such a big difference. Next, meditation, preferably a guided one if you can
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I do a 15 minute meditation, which guides me and talks me through the whole thing
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Take the breath in, the breath out. Really makes the time go by fast, but it really helps your brain to take a break for just
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a second. And speaking of your brain, next, feed your brain. Read inspirational books or podcasts or audible books or whatever you can
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Feed your brain good information. It's just like gas in the car
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If you put old gas in the car, you wouldn't expect the car to run really well. So put really good information into your brain every single day. Sleep
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So important to get seven, eight, nine hours of sleep. Do whatever it takes
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Get to bed early. Try to get some hot chocolate before you go to bed or whatever it might be, but get your sleep
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It's so important. The chemicals in the brain get recreated for the next day and it cleans out all the toxins
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from the day that you just had. Sleep is a time the rest of your body shuts down so your brain can do the work and get
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you prepared for the next day. Gratitude journal. I'm that gratitude guy
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Talk about a gratitude journal. So important to write in a gratitude journal
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I have that gratitude guy's daily gratitude journal. Five minutes every single day
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It's all about reporting your blessings and abundance. As I say so many times, gratitude turns what you have into enough
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So, so important. And there's the highlight of your day. There's your daily number
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There's gratitude for the day. There's gratitude for tomorrow. Takes just five minutes, but makes such a big difference
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Positive friends. You know, you're known by the company you keep. You know what they say, one bad apple will spoil the whole bunch
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Hang around with people that are positive, that lift you up. Rising tide raises all boats as they say
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If you've got some negative friends, get rid of them. Don't make a big deal about it
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Just move on for somebody else. It's just like going to Starbucks and you have coffee with somebody
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When you walk away, if you feel worse after the coffee, that's probably somebody you don't
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want to have a friendship with. If you feel the same, that's okay. But if you feel better, that's somebody you want to spend more time with
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So think about that. So, so very important. Breathing. Take the time to breathe and take for granted our breathing all the time because it's just
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in and out, in and out. And we don't think about it, but you sit down and you take three deep breaths in and out
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about 10 seconds apart or so. You will notice immediate difference in your attitude
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You can just feel it in your body. It's so important. Diet is next
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You know, once again, like the bad gas in the car, you put junk into your body, you're
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going to get junk out in terms of performance and how you feel. So eat healthy, healthy and nutritious things, vegetables, fruits, all those things
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Limit fast food. Limit red meat. Eat a lot of fruits and vegetables, as I said, are so, so very important
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Again, like gas in the car. Supplements. I'm a big believer in vitamins and supplements
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I don't believe you can get everything you need in a standard three meals a day
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Sometimes you don't get as much of the nutritious stuff that we need. I happen to believe have those supplements
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They make up for some of the things that you don't get. And sometimes they can get the things that bolster you like vitamin D is a huge thing
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that helps you if you don't get out in the sun and in the sun every single day where
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it naturally produces vitamin D for you. So and lastly, hydration. I'm about 200 pounds
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I drink a gallon of water a day. So you want to be drinking a lot of water
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It's so important. Yes, you have to go to the bathroom a lot, but think of it as this way
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You're constantly flushing out your body, the toxins, getting rid of the things you
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don't need. You wouldn't go wash your hands and just wash it with just soap and then not rinse them off
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You got to get rinse off all the dirt and everything. Well, it's the same thing with hydration through your body
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So think about those things. Exercise, meditation, feed your brain, get your sleep, gratitude journal, positive friends
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breathing, diet, supplements and hydration. It can't necessarily do everything you need, but they can take a good shot at curing depression
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I've been down that road before. It is not pleasant. There's some days it's hard to even get out of bed
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And so when you deal with that, try these 10 things. It can make a big difference, but at least give it a shot
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And you may see a difference. So that's the answer. Can gratitude cure depression
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I don't know, but these things can make a difference. Thanks a lot
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I'm that gratitude guy. Remember, be grateful and never quit
