Advice to a Subscriber for Dealing with Depression - Life Advice ASMR

Relax as I ink a fountain pen and sign a few Christmas cards. As I do, I'll fill you in on some friendly advice I gave to a subscriber that was trying to cope with depression. The subscriber messaged me, asking for my perspective concerning love loss. At the time of their message to me, the subscriber was pretty bummed out over a failed marriage and was having a tough time dealing with it. Although I'm not a trained professional counselor, I do have a few years of life experience under my belt and hopefully something I offered in my reply was of help. Of course when it comes to advice, one size does not fit all, but my suggestion is age-old, tried and true. The advice given in this video is merely "friendly advice" and should not be construed as professional advice. For severe depression, always seek trained, professional, medical help. The fountain pen used in this video is a Lamy Al-Star and the ink is Noodler's Ottoman Azure blue. You can find me on Facebook at:   / relaxingasmr   You can find me on Twitter at:   / relaxingasmr   Update: 12-26-2013 Recently, after this video was posted, I've heard back from the person that originally asked for my advice concerning love-loss. I'm happy to report that things have improved quite a bit for this person, but I'm not surprised. They took to heart my message that pain is part of life, and accepting that the world doesn't revolve oneself, and that our own positive interactions with other people does not only help make someone else's life a bit more bearable, it has the type of healing affect on our own heart that can't be duplicated simply by the passage of time. With the sender's permission, below is an excerpt from their most recent message to me: "Since we last spoke things have improved. I read your emails over several times and realized that it was exactly what I needed to hear. Indeed I was too wrapped up in my own life and over the summer slowly came to realize that suffering is, unfortunately, a part of life and rather than spending my life getting over past suffering and waiting until the next one, I began to live like as it was intended: live today like it is your last day. Now I am not suggesting I went crazy and spent myself into debt or did things I normally wouldn't do but instead felt like I was living my life instead of trying to surviving it. I feel like since June I have become more emphatic. I've become more cognizant of what others are going through and I have committed myself to try to do at least one nice thing to someone a day. It turns out it is very hard to do JUST one nice thing a day as I feel like I am doing more and more each day. You are 100% correct that by helping others you are indeed helping yourself."