It’s been a rough morning… one of those mornings where all you want to do is climb back into bed, turn on some mindless television, and forget you are alive.
But I’m writing instead.
I’ve been off from my day job for the past couple of days, and I feel like I’ve gotten nothing done (which isn’t true). My head is telling me that I should’ve done more (which isn’t true).
I actually got quite a bit done. But sometimes, especially for those of us who tend toward depression, our brains see ourselves as F students, no matter just how much grade A work we’ve done.
So I needed to change the way I was thinking.
I have tons of resources to do this. But sometimes it’s good to get a fresh perspective. So I did a Google search on “how to change your state quickly”.
The top result was this article: Change your state of mind quickly and reliably
In it, the author talks about the basics: positive affirmations, changing your physiology, and self-motivators. All things that I already knew, but wasn’t doing.
So I did them. I started repeating to myself “I can feel better. I can feel better.”
I forced a smile on my face.
I got off of my butt and did some stuff around the house.
I drank some orange juice, and chewed on a vitamin.
And I’m doing some writing.
Life is good. And today is going to be great!
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Yup, this is a great way to feel better. just getting up and actually doing some stuff brings in the good moods. and as always, google is your friend
Great decision to take action to change your attitude! Have a great one.
OhCash - So true… just sitting around and waiting to feel better is NOT the way to go.
Bradley - Thanks. It really did get the rest of the day going well!
Earlier this week, depression gave me a whack in the head too, Lyman. This time, I was able to think it out. It occurred to me that some of us inadvertently depress ourselves by complicating things that need no complication. Then we punish ourselves for not living up to the ridiculous standards we set. When we let life take the simple and comfortable route, everything is brighter; no self-recrimination and no depression.
That’s so true, Carolyn… when I think that things are so bad, and that I suck so much, and then take the (metaphorical) baseball bat to my head, it accomplishes nothing but adding to it. When I realize that it really *is* all good… it seems to get good again!
I’m glad you were able to pull yourself back. You are worth more than that stuff…
Lyman, don’t buy into the “things are bad and I suck” mentality. You’re better than that and deserve the good. By the way, did you get my email about the virtual conference?
This is a PS. Your left sidebar needs a smidgen of a tweaking.
I didn’t get an email from you, Carolyn. Could you resend it?
And re: the left sidebar… what do you see that needs tweaking? It looks pretty clean from my end. I appreciate the feedback!