What an awesome attitude you have! Have you read "Tuesdays With Morrie?", you remind me of him. I walk everyday. I have found it clears my mind so much, my husband calls it my therapy and he can see a big difference in me afterwards. Sometimes I spend a lot of time crying, other times I'm happy, but it does work. Sometimes I have to force myself to walk, but I know what the end result will be, so I do it.
Everyone listen to what this man is saying, he found hope when others would have given up and drowned in self pity.
Best of wishes to you Alex, keep your hope and good attitude, and if you haven't read "Tuesdays With Morrie" I highly recommend it for you and everyone.
Take care.....
Yeah I have read "Tuesdays with Morrie" good book. . Oh and the name is confusing I am female.
I'm so sorry! I even have a sister-in-law named Alex (short for Alexis). Okay everyone, listen to the woman!
you are a very strong person and you have kept such a positive attitude about your life..how do you do it?
Its about accepting one thing at a time. I have two sayings on my refrigerator.
"Its not what happens to you in life its what you do about it"
"True contentment in life comes from playing the hand you are dealt"
A sense of humor really helps too.
With depression its about realizing its a filter for which you are viewing the world and its not reality.
I think we all have genetic weaknesses. Some people its your heart. For us its depression and when stress hits the brain chemistry changes. We need to be kind to ourselves.
You have to realize your thinking is off and not listen to it. For me my brain tells me people think I am a jerk, when they don't.
You have to accept you are depressed. It is not something anyone can will away. It takes too much energy to fight it. It is like body surfing a big wave knocks you under if you hold your breath and feel the current you can come up to the surface between waves and be safe or you can fight it and expend so much energy you drown.
The worse place to be is a lone in your head. I do anything to distract myself.
Call someone who is sick or house bound.
I take a walk.
I go to a public place with a book to be around people.
I listen to music. Music changes brain chemistry.
I have pets I spend time with them.
I have a bird feeder. I watch the birds and squirrels.
I make simple lists and check things off, even mailing a bill.
I hate doing dishes, so I say isn't cool you can still pick up a dish to wash it.
I rearrange one dresser drawer.
It is an illness like any other and should be respected. Proper sleep, not too much or to little, proper diet, and exercise help.
Take care and know you are not alone,
Alex
Hi there,
What a great post(s). The key thing you tell others I think they need to hear is to live and work around these things. For some of us depression will always be there and learning how to push it into the background is so damned hard but once you can do that your life becomes manageable and you know you are not going THERE again.
Another thing you say I agree fully with is about not knowing what it feels like to be not depressed any more. I'm depressed all the time, to some degree and truly I don't know if this is how normals feel or just the best I'll feel. It feels OK to me so really I don't care any more what the average bear feels like. I'm content with it and that's enough after such a hard road.
Power to you HVAC, you must be a strong person to have dealt with all that and particulaly so many pdocs!! There's a fruitcake or two in that lot I bet!! I've met a few too.