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The Guardian - UK
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Tell us: what advice were you given for dealing with depression?

From taking up exercise to mindfulness, others are quick to offer ideas on how to overcome the fog – some of which is helpful and some that is not.
From taking up exercise to mindfulness, others are quick to offer ideas on how to overcome the fog – some of which is helpful and some that is not. Photograph: Cavan Images/Getty Images/Cavan Images RF

With one in six adults in the UK experiencing moderate to severe depression, there is a lot of (largely) well-meaning advice available, from those who have or haven’t had it themselves.

From taking up exercise or mindfulness, to finding a new hobby or ways to embrace the positive, others are quick to offer ideas on how to overcome the fog, some of which is incredibly helpful and some that is not.

Do you suffer from depression? If so, what is the best and worst advice you have been given by friends, strangers and doctors? What worked? And what very much did not?

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