when i feel down and depressed ( really depressed) I go to a quite place ( usually my room while alone in the house) and just let it all out. i mean cry. i don't care what everybody says but crying really works. i always feel better rejuvinated and ready to face the world. Or I tell myself life has many phases depression is just one part of it and it will eventually pass. and sure enough it does pass and then another phase of life comes on. but best of all SMILE and socialize. keeping yourself from others will only make it worse. don't dwell on the worries of yesterday or today will pass you by. no matter what pple say never tell anybody you're depressed they will only make you feel worse.