Useful Activities for Sufferers of Depression

  Sufferers of depression tend to give up their hobbies. This is a serious problem, as it results in a direct loss of reinforcers: stimuli that activate their reward system, help them release dopamine, and make them feel good. People with depression initially lose interest in most of the activities they previously enjoyed. In fact, it’s not necessarily that they’ve stopped enjoying them, it’s simply that they no longer have enough energy to do them. In other instances, people might lose hobbies due to the immediate consequence of personal loss. For example, the death of a person with whom they previously…