Here are chapters 5-7 of The Happiest Choice. These include information on a road map of coping with depression and anxiety, as well as activities, hobbies, foods, and nutrients.

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Pro-tips for socializing in isolation:

• Visually seeing your friends by video chatting through apps like Skype and Marco Polo feels a lot better than texts and phone calls.
  
• If your social needs aren't being met, try meeting people worldwide through any number of pen pal websites.
  
• You still need shared activities so try a collaborative project or video game. You can also watch shows together with apps like Netflix Party or just call your friend via Google or Skype and start the show at the same time.
  
• Use Zoom or Skype for group hangouts.
  
  

Hope this helps. Take care of yourselves, and humanity!

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Hi everyone!
In these difficult times I want to make more resources available to help people. Over the next several weeks I'll be releasing content from a number of my books, starting with The Happiest Choice! This book covers foods to eat, thoughts to think, activities to do, habit reformation techniques, and much more for handling depressive episodes.

If you want to support this work - my book sales are going to take a major hit this year with Coronavirus and I'm still not sure how I'll make up that income. You can purchase a physical copy on Amazon or directly from me on my Etsy page www.etsy.com/shop/radcatpress You can also sign up for my Patreon at www.patreon.com/sageliskey for various perks including access to my complete collection of books and zines.


The Happiest Choice
Essential Tools for Everyone's Brain Feelings

By Sage Liskey


Cultivating Happiness Checklist

Deal with any situation causing your depressed feelings. Constructively communicate anything that needs to be said. If that is not possible, or more time is needed:

• Schedule for the day and week ahead (Section 5.5).
• Eat a nutritious meal with anti-inflammatory foods (Section 7.1).
• Get outside to nature or someplace you haven't been for awhile (Section 9.2).
• Get enough sleep or take a break from work (Section 7.4).
• Avoid triggering foods and substances, especially inflammatory ones (Section 7.3).
• Take some time for yourself and enjoy one of your hobbies (Chapter 6).
• Go socialize or put yourself in a social environment (Section 6.14).
• No direct sun exposure? Take vitamin D daily (Section 7.2).
• Seek out a calming environment (Section 9.2).
• See a therapist (Section 9.5).
• Breathe deeply, meditate, and live in the present moment without thoughts of judgment (Section 6.1).
  
  

If You Have a Depressive Episode

Read the list of triggers in Chapter 4 to help figure out what the trigger was. Focus on addressing that trigger if possible and constructively communicating with any necessary parties. Here are some other options depending on how you feel:

• Remove yourself from overstimulating environments.
• Create a safe environment by cleaning your room, putting on music, etc.
• Seek out help from someone such as a friend, therapist, or doctor. Everything is easier with reassurance and support from others.
• Write. Process the thoughts in your head, recall the best moments of your life, or figure out where you want to be and how to get there.
• Meditate and practice mindfulness. Don't allow repetitive negative thoughts to take over. Find contentment and goodness in the present moment.
• Trust that the negative thoughts your brain creates are untrue and disconnected from your rationality. Trust that feelings of anxiety, paranoia, distrust, and disconnection will pass if you take care of yourself.
• Go to sleep.
• Play a game, read a book, or watch something that will occupy your mental energy.
• Admit yourself into a psychiatric ward and put yourself into the full care of medical professionals until you get better.
• Call a support line like the National Suicide Hotline at 1-800-273-8255.
  
  

Positivity Exercises

• Create an 'abundance mentality' by thinking about positive things as well as the possibilities of positive things in your life. Write a list of good things that happened today, this week, or month (Section 9.8).
• Express gratitude toward someone you appreciate, or volunteer for a cause (Section 6.2).
• Repeat one or two positive mantras for 5-20 minutes, one for an in breath, and one for an out breath (Section 6.1).
• Pray for, or mentally forgive people who have wronged you.(Section 6.1).
• Resolve conflicts, preferably with nonviolent communication (Section 10.4).
• Smile and laugh (Section 6.9).
• Breathe deeply and live in the present moment (Section 6.1).
• Accept what you fear the most and sprout happiness there (Section 9.11).
  
  

Copyright © 2015 by Sage Liskey

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Edited by:
Sam Bennington, Jared Swanson, Julia Whisenant, Emma Banks, B.S., Alisha Kinlaw, Mitra Sticklen (activism chapter), Emily N Myers (activism chapter), Sonny Fisher, Larisa Varela, Elaine Russel, India Chilton, and Edmond Stansberry

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Kerrida Hall: Molecules in Section 7.2 and 7.3.
Janine Hesse: All other illustrations.

Front Cover Illustration:
Janine Hesse, Sage Liskey

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Sage Liskey

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