When you are recovering from depression it is especially important to get professional help in order to help ensure that the gloomy mood does not return, or that it is less severe if it does. Thus, if you have already been attending treatment continue working on your treatment plan.  If you already have a therapist, discuss new goals that you’d like to work on. Make sure you follow through and continue attending your appointments. If you don’t have a therapist to help treat your depression, try it. This can be useful even if you aren’t currently feeling depressed. A therapist or psychologist can help you reduce the likelihood of worsening depression by using specific interventions, such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), which help to change your thinking to promote lasting well-being.  Continue seeing your psychiatrist and taking medication as prescribed. Talk to a medical doctor about your health, diet, and exercise. Addiction can worsen the symptoms of depression, making recovery difficult. Whether it be substances, food, gambling, shopping, self-harm, sex, or eating disorders, you can get specialized addiction counseling. It may be necessary to treat the depression and addiction simultaneously, as depression and addiction are often closely linked.  One way to seek help is to speak with your medical doctor, therapist, or psychiatrist. They can give you a referral for chemical dependency treatment. Some therapists even specialize in drug treatment. You can participate in outpatient treatment or inpatient treatment (drug rehab). You can also seek help by joining a 12-step group such as Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A) or Narcotics Anonymous (N.A).  Recovery from any addiction takes time, but it will be worth it in the end and will help to support your overall health and reduce your depression. Sometimes during a bout of depression people can lose contact with important friends, family members, and other interpersonal relationships. However, social support is so important to maintaining a depression-free lifestyle, reducing the likelihood that depression will re-occur, and bouncing back from difficult life situations.  Send an email, text, card or letter asking how your friend is doing. Focus on the positive things you're doing in your life, and ask questions. Phone a friend and invite her to meet up for lunch or a coffee. Social support, especially support from others that are in your same position, can be extremely useful in recovering from depression and continuing to maintain a healthy outlook. After a depression you may feel well enough to cultivate new relationships, especially if you have discarded damaging or unproductive friendships. By doing the things you are interested in, you may be able to meet people with the same interests and similar personalities.  Join a church, club, sport team, community college, neighborhood center class, charity, etc. Try Meetup.com, which is a useful website for finding groups of like-minded people with similar interests. Some examples include: singles groups, hiking groups, acting troupes, and rock-climbing enthusiasts. Can't find the right group or club? You can start your own! Try starting a book club. Spread the word amongst friends and acquaintances, put ads up at local libraries, and ask everyone to bring a small plate to share. Or, you could start a fitness club and meet at a park and pay for a personal trainer, splitting the cost between the group. Whenever you receive a social invitation, try to say yes. The more times you say yes, the more invites you might receive. Also, for every time a friend invites you to do something, invite them to something the following week. This keeps the balance equal and you both feel valued.
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One-sentence summary -- Get professional support. Seek help if an addiction is affecting your life. Reconnect. Join a support group. Make new friends.


You can clip the strings away using your usual pair of string clippers. Unfortunately, there is no way to repaint a guitar with its strings on, so note that you will likely need to readjust your truss rod once you reassemble the guitar. Bolt-on guitar necks are fairly easy to remove - simply unscrew the bolts at the back of the neck joint and wiggle the neck free. Glued necks cannot be removed, but most glued necks are painted to match the guitar body anyway, so you'll want to leave it on so that you can repaint it. The output jack, pickups, bridge, knobs, strap buttons, and pickguard can usually be removed using a screwdriver or Allen wrench. On some models, the output jack and knobs will be wired to the pickups through holes between each cavity, and so you'll need to snip the wires to remove each piece. Make sure to record how they where wired so that you can put it back together correctly. Some guitars may not have these, and the bridge can simply be unscrewed from the body. Removing bridge studs can be difficult because they're pounded into the wood. You can use a soldering iron to heat them up so they expand, and then when they cool down they will contract and be easier to remove. You can use pliers to pull them out, but this can scar the finish and ruin their appearance. The refinishing process can take a few weeks to a few months, so make sure each screw or bolt is labeled. This will prevent confusion when you try to reassemble the guitar.
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One-sentence summary -- Remove the guitar's strings. Remove the guitar's neck. Remove all of the guitar hardware. Pull out the bridge studs. Set all of the fasteners and hardware aside and label them.


You can find these hooks in home improvement stores. They are often labeled as "Command Hooks" and come with a strip of adhesive. Make sure that you get a hook specifically labeled for windows.  If the window hook comes in multiple sizes, get the largest one. A smaller one may not be sturdy enough to support a wreath. These hooks can typically only carry 4 pounds (1.8 kg). If your wreath is heavier than that, this method would not be a good option for you. Decide which side of your window you will be hanging the wreath on, then wipe it down with a cloth dipped in rubbing alcohol. You do not need to clean the entire window—just the part where the hook will go. This is very important, as it will remove any dirt or oils that may prevent the hook from properly adhering. Find the side of the strip that has the black-and-white liner. If you can't find it, look for something that says "window." Peel the liner off, and leave the other one in place. Be careful not to touch the adhesive. The more you touch it, the less tacky it will be. Decide where you will hang the wreath, then press the strip against the glass, adhesive-side-down. Make sure that it is oriented vertically, then rub the strip with your finger again for another 30 seconds. Most strips will have a tab on one end. Make sure that this tab is facing down. Make sure that the hook is oriented vertically. Press the hook firmly against the window for 30 seconds. Do not get impatient and hang your wreath right after securing the hook. The adhesive needs this time to bond. If you hang the wreath too soon, the hook may fall off. If the wreath is too thick for the hook, thread some ribbon through it first, then tie both ends together to make a loop. Slip the ribbon loop over the hook. Most adhesive strips on command hooks will have a little tab on the bottom. Remove the wreath first, then pull straight down on the tab. Stretch it to about 12 inches (30 cm), then pull the hook off. Peel the adhesive strip off the window.  If there is any gunky residue, wipe it off with some white vinegar or a goo remover (i.e.: Goo Gone). If you can't find the tab on the strip, try dripping some rubbing alcohol, acetone, or rubbing alcohol down the glass, right above the hook. This should dissolve the adhesive.
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Get a an adhesive hook meant for windows. Clean your window with rubbing alcohol. Remove the liner on the back of your command hook's adhesive strip. Press the strip against the window, then rub it with your finger. Remove the second liner and place the hook against it. Wait 1 hour. Hang the wreath over the hook. Pull on the tab when you want to remove the hook.