How to Survive depression...

Often times, people go through depression because of one situation or the other.  Depression some times can lead to one committing suicide. According to research, depression is usually caused by over thinking and lack of self- esteem.
But hey! if you are there, reading this story, this might help you....
 The best way to survive Depression and has worked for many are :
.1. think what put you into depressed state--sometimes, one is depressed without knowing what is the cause . ponder over what made you depressed and learn to work on it.
2. Avoid negative thinking--negative thoughts can warrant depression. learn to think positively, no matter the situation or the problem life has offered you, learn to see the positive side of everything. be optimistic in your thoughts.
3.Always be happy-happiness is the best key to get over depression. happiness comes from within, no one can offer it to you. once you are happy, no negative thought can pop in. be happy, be free and confident. often times, people will want to talk down on you, but because you have what it takes to look down on what theymight have said so far, it wont bother you. Thats confident!. once you have confident, you are over it.
4.Learn to look presentable- when you look tatered and dirty, it reduces your self esteem , and that will lead to you thinking on how beautiful and neat that girl/ guy you met at a mall was. you wish you could be like him.
5. Accept your weakness and your strenght-- acceptance means never having to regret the way God made you. when you accept your weakness as a human being, your mistakes wont bring you low. once you have accepted your strength and your weakness, i Beth you that nothing will bring you down not even your mistakes.
6. Appreciate yourself and love you--when you accept yourself the way you are, you will love yourself more and more. no one's strength will even intimidate you, because you have wjat it takes to intimidate people as well. Appreciating yourself makes it easier for you to communicate better with others. it boosts  your self confident and image. look at yourself every morning in  a kirror, and praise your self a little. Never ever think of what people say about you but what God says, because people's words don't matter at all in your life.