The world's best anti-depressant is...

Changing your current state.

Don't move out, not really necessary, not saying that.

It is to just go from point A (where sadness persists) to point B (where it could still persist, but it also might not, and maybe you see something new)

What's point A?

It could be your room,

It most likely is.

Big room, small room, even smaller room don't really matter.

Point A could also be your office.

Again, swanky or dull don't matter,

It could also be the park that you wander about every day,

Then, it's time for a new park.

Point is,

*preachy line incoming*

Sadness persists in the mundane. Mundane exists in the obvious and obvious exists in certainty.

(I just made that line up)

You get this special power after reading 8 billion self-help articles, you become a walking and talking self-help article.

That was a digress.

Ok,

Back to what I was saying,

* I am one plain cheese toasted sandwich heavier at this point*

Yeah, ok,

So changing states.

The other day, a situation demanded me to step out of my comfort cocoon and be squashed inside a train in-between sweaty armpits and an elbow jammed in the concave of my face (this will be a separate blog post ~~someday~~ soon)

This was a whole new situation.

An uncomfortable one.

But, I observed my sadness fade away.

The said sadness was the kind that I assume people contract out of thin air. It has no source, you just feel sad about nothing and also everything ( comfort sadness)

So while I was mildly gasping for breath, my mind was clear. My mind felt new. I felt happy. I felt happy after what felt like a long time.

Random photo but somewhat related.

P.S - That's not me.

Photo by Darcey Beau on Unsplash

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