How Do I Cope With Depression?

I ask people to get a physical, because there are a lot of physiological things that have relatively simple fixes that can contribute to depressive symptoms. No amount of talk therapy is going to address those things. When you don't feel like you've got safe, stable housing, it adds stress and distress which makes it harder to recover. I encourage people over the next 12 weeks to start thinking about what they need to do in order to make sure that they feel as safe as possible in their own four walls so they can relax.