Giving Kivetta (anxiety and depression) the boot! He may make his way back but that gives me a chance to kick him again, he will get the idea eventually hehe

Id like to thank all my friends throughout this difficult time, i know its probably not been easy but I feel im finally getting to a point of resolution and equilibrium. 

For those looking to improve their anxiety and depression, my tips would be: 

Finding your triggers, once you know what they are you can take measures to avoid them, or take action for resolution.  one of my own triggers that was really obscure are fatty and sugary foods such as sodas, pizzas. beefburgers, fries, cheese and chocholate in larger doses. I didnt consider it myself at first, but i realised it when i ate a dominos pizza which triggered a horrendous panic attack. I looked up online and your diet contributes a large amount to how you feel mentally, adding on to this eating the same food constantly can also be panic inducing.
I found that I was eating way too much tuna in my sandwhiches, tuna I thought was reletivley healthy for you, which it is in smaller portions that what I was eating them, I was having about a tin a day, and found out that one of those tins what supposed to last about 3-4 days, so I was eating way more tuna than what was reccomended, oops! Id reccomend having a looksie on the bits and pieces of what is in your food, like how much fat there is, calories, sugar, salt etc and the ingredients. knowing what your fuelling your body with can really help identify what you can have, what you should cut back on and what you cant have.
I myself cant have cheese or beefburgers due to the high fat, I have to moderate chocholate and tuna but i know I can have chicken based things, maybe even look into vegan based alternatives, technology has gotten a lot better since I was a kid for this kinda thing and some of the vegan foods now actually taste really convincing! I remember I had vegan chicken nuggets once and they where mushroom! I legit couldnt tell the difference between normal chicken nuggets and the mushroom nuggets I was eating. I also recently had Vegan bacon, which is based on plant based things, its really good for mixing into stuff like scrambled eggs and salads, for stuff like that i couldnt tell any difference honestly, it still had the saltyness that I liked from bacon but it was far healthier for you, virtually no fat. I remember I used to have vegan hotdogs when I was younger too, though that was a long time ago~

Try not to ruminate or overthink scenarios that have happened in the past, this is easier said than done, but the way I try to do it (which works most (not all) of the time) is if I feel myself getting into a negative spiral, I try and distract myself with a youtube video, movie or repairing something, I find that doing anything creative during this time (drawing, modelling, music making etc.) tends to make me feel worse. Your brain is incredibly powerful, and can create new scenarios in your head that never even happened or worsen the trauma that you have experienced, ive had it happen to me as well. If you can train yourself to detect negative spirals that is a step in the right direction. 

Set boundaries for yourself, This is something im working on myself as I dont have too many, but letting people walk around all over you is not good for you, if your not comfortable with something dont be afraid to say something. People dont know if you dont tell them, most are fairly reasonable so will likely be willing to form a compromise with you, or will try to remember what your not happy with

Allow yourself to grieve, Okay so this is more of a point that applies if you have or are going to lose someone that is close to you be it a family, friend or pet, Humans form very intricate and delicate relationships with other people (family friends and spouses) and animals, they grow very close to them. and it is absolutley devastating to someone when they lose someone they are close to. it creates an emotional wound which can take a long time to heal. much like a physical injury, its important to allow yourself a lot of time to heal. Im speaking from personal experience here, I didnt allow myself any time to grieve after loosing my nan, and it affected me a heck tonne in the long run... 

Accepting that Anxiety and depression will always be present, This one will be hard to accept, but I know that my anxiety and depression is still there, but im aware of that and am keeping it under tabs. Its intensity may change from day to day, some days it will be worse than others, I have a quick think of what may have caused it to be worse some days than others, sometimes it doesnt have an identifyable cause and its best to just try to make it to the end of the day. Try not to overthink the cause as it will lead to rumination and a negative spiral.
Think of the cause like a whirlpool or a sinkhole in sand. sometimes its shallow enough for you to find the cause from the outside, but sometimes the whirlpool is too large for you to see whats in its core without getting closer and by overthinking your getting sucked into the centre and you will get pulled under and surrounded, in that case its better for you to continue onward around the whirlpool as an obstacle that you need to go around. 

Dont listen to anyone that says things such as "Just man up and deal with it" or "Just get over it", etc... as its these kind of people that do NOT understand anxiety or depression. Its a silent killer and makes you compelled to pottentially hurt, mutilate or even kill yourself to an extensive degree... I again have had this happen numerous times and it got to a point where I felt dissacciocaited from my own body, like someone else had started driving with malicious intent to hurt me. Its also gradual, so much so that if you dont know the signs, you cant pick up whats going on.
Its important to be able to pick up when your heading into a negative spiral, if you suspect you are try to keep yourself distracted and notify a good friend or close family member, to allow them to help keep your mindset in a good place. If you can I also reccommend professional therapy sessions. Ive had them and its really helped me out with my mental state and provided me with tools I can use to keep my anxiety and depression under control, Im aware that the sessions can be pricy but in the long run its really worth doing. Some days I find that NSFW subjects also upset me, when that happens i try to steer clear of the online/internet for a little bit.