Re: [mylifeismine] bit dark in here, where is the switch?

Hello
 Everyone goes through dark periods. I have recently become good friends with a wonderful person who suffers from depression and that got me thinking about it. I also have a cousin brother who suffers from depression but he seems to have given up the fight which has all of us irritated and concerned at the same time.
 The thing is life holds so many challenges and so many of us are struggling so much that how are we any different form people sufferring from the disease? Dont get me wrong, I know how powerfully depression can handicap you, but what I mean is so many of us so called "normal people" often have such long and dark periods of feeling low, where we feel overwhelmed by life's challenges.
 Anyway those were just some of my thoughts.
 As for dealing with this I always depend on exercise. I exercise like my life depended on it (it probably does). No many how shitty you feel before starting a workout you always feel better at the end of it. It does'nt have to be a perfect work out, but it should be a little strenuous. After a good bout of exercise you feel physically and mentally lighter. I often walk very briskly with soem uphill trekking for an hour. There is a place not far from my house with woods and lots of trees and I take myself there if I'm feeling down. I have my music and then I set off. (But not melancholy music).
 I also eat well - i.e. no junk food, lots of fruits and vegetables and no soda  or alcohol. I keep the food simple and home cooked.
Its just not worth it to give in to cravings and then feel worse afterwards. You only delay your recovery period if you do that.
 I also read a lot of positive books. I am currently reading "Psychocybernetics" by Dr Maxwell Maltz. Its reputedly a very popular book on how to get more out of your life.
 And last but not the least talking with a good friend always helps. It helps to get it out of your system a little. When someone tells you that you are not the only one sufferring or that what you are sufferring is normal and that you will get out of it, well it helps to some extent.
And always remind yourself that life is not fair. And if you are sufferring... well...if not you then who? Would you be so bad as to wish your problems on someone else?  Who would you give your problems to? Your neighbour? Your parents? your friends?

--- On Tue, 17/3/09, matthew naughton <mattynaught01@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: matthew naughton <mattynaught01@yahoo.com>
Subject: [mylifeismine] bit dark in here, where is the switch?
To: mylifeismine@yahoogroups.com.au
Date: Tuesday, 17 March, 2009, 6:18 PM

hi
 
i just went through a period during which i knew i was going to end up in a very dark place.
i could not avoid it but i talked about it with a valued and trusted friend and it helped me when that time arrived, as it is normally a very bad time.
however i believe that a few well chosen and simple words helped me through this time a lot quicker than would have been normally the case.
does any one else have simillar experience that they would like to share, how they cope when they know they are depressed or just low?
i would find it helpfull and i am sure some others would too.
 
matt

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