Coping with Depression at School? 5 coping skills for teenagers

Coping with Depression at School actually starts at home!

These 5 coping skills for teenagers are a great way to start coping with depression so you have a great school year.

When you cope ahead with these 5 coping strategies, you'll be back to school with healthier mental health awareness and a solid self-care plan for coping with your depression at school.

If you prefer to watch the video, click this image here:

🔔Subscribe here for MORE videos that help teens struggling with mental health: mallorygrimste.com/youtube

Coping with Depression at School starts at home with these 5 Coping Skills:

1. BRUSH YOUR TEETH

Trust me, taking care of your teeth is key because not only will you have a beautiful smile, you will help protect against other diseases and struggles when you take care of your teeth and your gums.

I highly recommend at least brushing once a day, though, dentists recommend twice a day.

The people around you will thank you for that because nobody wants to be around somebody who has smelly breath.

I know brushing your teeth can feel like, aargh, it's so boring, it's so cumbersome. But getting into that habit of brushing and flossing your teeth every day will be a huge help to your depression.

2. EAT A SNACK

Oftentimes when we feel depressed, we feel horribly unmotivated to do even our basic needs, including eating throughout the day. So eating a full meal might feel too cumbersome, or you might feel like you don't have enough energy to make that happen.

Trying to keep some healthy or nutritious snacks around can be really useful to your depression because if you're not eating throughout the day and keeping yourself fueled, it's gonna be hard to create the energy you need to do the things to pull you out of that depression, like showing up to school.

LIKE THIS VIDEO POST? I’D LOVE FOR YOU TO FOLLOW ME ON PINTEREST AND PIN IT FOR LATER!

3. MOVE YOUR BODY

When you can literally shake it out or dance or move around, that can help your depression because we need to create some energy and movement in order to create other movements in our lives too.

Moving your body can help complete the stress cycle so that you're not holding on to all that stress and letting it weigh you down.

Plus, as you know, when you move your body, you move your mind. Actually, I'm gonna add, you move your mood. I think that works better, what do you think?

4. DECLUTTER

So once you've taken some time to move your body, you're ready for coping skill number four, because you created more energy to put in the effort to declutter.

WANT TO REMEMBER THESE TIPS? DON’T FORGET TO PIN IT!

Our physical surroundings and space are our reflections on how we're feeling and how we're doing.

We can usually use these as kind of a warning signal when we need to intervene or take care of ourselves or slow down a little bit.

Taking some time to declutter your space, whether that's your room, your desk, your locker, your book bag, whatever, taking some time to declutter and organize your space, will help your mental clutter a little bit too.

When we don't have to sort out and figure out "where is that shirt? where are my clean socks?" it can help us feel more motivated to keep going on our regular routine.

5. GET SOCIAL

We know that when people feel depressed or they're experiencing depression, they tend to isolate themselves. They feel really bad about themselves, and they can't imagine that if this feels so bad that other people don't wanna be around them. So it creates this self-fulfilling prophecy that nobody can appreciate or wants to be around us so let me withdraw even more from society.

The cure to depression really is engaging in social activities. It's one of the reasons why I love running my Teen Growth Therapy Groups because it's a social encounter that these other teens can experience with each other while they're going through this healing journey together.

It might feel hard to imagine what life could look like as you work on your depression. So I really highly recommend that you visualize your perfect day.

And you can do that with this exercise all right over here: https://youtu.be/FlYSRmWnFOk

If you found the information in this video useful and helpful, you know what to do, go ahead and share it.

---

IF YOU ARE CONCERNED THAT YOU, OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW, MAY BE CONSIDERING KILLING THEMSELVES, PLEASE CONNECT THEM WITH HELP.

SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE

1-800-273-8255

✨ Call 24/7 ✨