When you're feeling down and stuck in a negative cycle of thoughts, feelings and actions, an important first step is to go out and do something new.
Cutting yourself off from friends and family is a natural response to feeling blue, but isolation just exacerbates the negativity. Doing something that's out of your usual routine, however small – taking a brisk walk every day, phoning a friend or joining colleagues at coffee break – could prove to be the turning point you need. Taking control of the situation you're in by changing your behaviour gives a sense of empowerment and challenges that overriding feeling of helplessness. When you behave differently, others then respond to you differently, and the cycle of negativity begins to be broken.
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