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When you're having a bad day, do you find that unburdening yourself and venting about your problems makes you feel better?

In a grim bit of news, it turns out that being around happy people can make unhappy people feel even worse. As reported by Tara Parker-Pope in The New York Times — "Happiest Places Post Highest Suicide Rates" — places like Denmark and Sweden score high on measures of happiness and life satisfaction but also have some of the highest rates of suicide.

Meghan O'Rourke, author of The Long Goodbye, explains the experience of grieving her mother's death and how and when she started to feel like herself again.

You won't find them in a pharmacy, but these eight strategies could help you beat depression