Lunarios's Journal, 24 September 2014

Keep the Faith Young Lady, ! have Faith in You!!!! 

If you can, choose not to be. Choose not to be for the next 15 seconds and take it one step at a time. :) 

wouldn't it be so easy to choose not to be depressed? it would have made my life a lot easier. if you are feeling depressed all the time, especially if you have suicidal thoughts, you need to see a doctor, preferably a psychiatrist. a GP will do, but they really don't know the intricacies of meds. that and a therapist. in any case, the answer is not in food. exercise does help though. 

First, if you haven't seen a doctor about it, do that. You wouldn't try to self-treat a broken leg; don't try to self-treat this either. Stephen Fry wrote a famous letter to a girl suffering from depression (as he does) where he said something like this: "I find it's helpful to think of depression like the weather. Here are some true things about the weather: * It's real. * You don't control it and you can't wish it away. * Sometimes it's dark and rainy for weeks at a time, and it can really grind you down. BUT... * The sun does come out again. We don't know when, but it will. Just as we have to live with the weather, sometimes we just have to say "today's not a great day, I just have to live with it as best I can and look forward to the sun coming back"." Best wishes. 

I do go to a doctor. On a regular basis. Depression is not something I can turn off and on, if I could, I would chose not to be depressed. Although some of the comments are intended to help, telling someone with depression is....well stupid. Sorry it is. Moreover, it tends to upset those with depression quite a bit when a piece of advice is, go to a doctor or just be happy. It does not work that way. At all. I do see a doctor. A few actually. I also do NOT CHOOSE to be sad.  

I am VERY lucky I am not an emotional eater! I am actually and emotional under eater.  

i had to go through quite a few psychiatrists before i found one that was good for me. therapists too. and i took lots and lots of drugs. i'm finally on some that seem to be working. they're not perfect, but they're better. maybe if you're still depressed you need to switch things up. i wish i was an under eater. no such luck. and the meds i take make me gain weight. 

I'm an emotional unheated too usually. Yesterday there was a strange juxtaposition of events and I ate Crap that I normally wouldn't no matter the mood. Today I still feel beat up, but I went for my walk. And then when I got to the park instead of turning to finish my route home, I went into the park. I explored all the walkways I could find (and there were a bunch). I finally ended on the south side of the park and had to ask a bus driver where I was. Armed with this info I made my way home 2 1/2 hours after I started. I didn't run or think about exercise. I just walked. I felt better (until I got home and had to face my dead cat again-funeral home tonight). The point is, I felt better for a while. Walking is good therapy. And make sure your Dr is checking your thyroid. Low thyroid leads to depression and many depression and anxiety meds interfere with thyroid function. With a former TSH of 87.8 I'm an expert in this area. 

Walking almost ALWAYS makes me feel better if I am down. I dunno. Something in it is reviving.  

i used to hate when people told me to exercise for depression because i was too depressed to get off the couch. how could it work? and then when i did exercise, i just felt tired. but i have started walking 2 miles a day. at first i was just tired. later i began to feel so good when it was over. i still don't like doing it, and i have to force myself, but i'm just so happy when i've accomplished it. it amazes me. so i would have to agree with the walking comments. 

Gym-Good Music-Good Sex  

I hear you on the forcing thing. I have to fight my anxiety every day to get out the door to walk or go to church. Once I'm out I feel better, but fighting that urge to crawl back into bed and pull the covers over my head is tough. Last winter I left the house twice. Twice in 6 months. I don't want to go back there so I walk and get sunshine. And the added benefit is weight loss and building some muscle back. 

Its hard. Can you find one thing you enjoy doing that you can do for a little bit of time every day,for me that has been cross stitch,or footbaths. Cheap and doesn't take much time.I consider it me time where I reward myself for getting through the day.