Your best trick . . .

[Bullwinkle925]

for pulling yourself out of the *doldrums*?

[lizziegrace]

1. Getting out of prison

(the house...)

Even if it's just for a few minutes.

[Bullwinkle925]

2. check your PM's

:hug:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

3. a mani and a pedi ...really just a pedi will do the trick

[Bullwinkle925]

5. thanks . . .

i did that yesterday - and felt good yesterday.

today is another story, however.

crappity-crap.

[Haole Girl]

4. Best trick?

It's hard to just pick one.

Here are some of the ones that work for me:

-Traveling

-Riding my bike

-A long walk...& taking pics of something pretty

-Listening to music


Do what works for you!

:hug:

[Bullwinkle925]

6. i wish i could . . .

i'm just depressed this afternoon - and lonely.

i took myself to the farmer's mkt. this morning - but something about this afternoon has just hit me like a ton of bricks.

[Haole Girl]

7. I know it's hard to leave the house when depression sets in

But if you could, it really might be the best thing?

Do you ever go down to Pier 39 on a Sunday afternoon?

It's a place full of energy if I remember...

just an idea.

I know it's hard. Really... I do. :hug:

[amitten]

22. That picture makes me crave Pez. n/t

[Mutley]

8. I just try not to dwell on it.

I work, clean, read a book, watch a movie, read DU, or whatever I can do to occupy my mind.

[dgibby]

9. Dropping into the lounge, silly!

:hi:

[Jamastiene]

14. That works for me most of the time too. n/t

[PBS Poll-435]

10. Romantic Dramadies

:cry:

<in the good way>

[foxfeet]

11. Oh, THAT kind of trick.

Never mind.:yoiks:

[Gormy Cuss]

12. Fresh air.

It always helps me to be around people -- even strangers. Walking in a park or a shopping district (particularly one that is unfamiliar) elevates my mood because I love to people watch.

[MissMillie]

24. yep

and it's a bonus if the fresh air comes w/ some physical activity... a jog or some tennis.

[Lavender Brown]

13. Baking, listening to music or watching a movie

[dawgmom]

15. Thinking about where I was this time last year

I had just had surgery, which did not go well. I nearly died, and spend a week in ICU, and then two weeks in a hellhole of a nursing home/recovery center until I could get sprung. I had an open wound from the surgery that was about a foot long by five inches wide, attached to a wound pump. Sorry for all the gory details -- but seriously, any day for me now is better than any of those days. And I remember some of those people in that recovery center, like the 19 year old kid who had brain damage and paralysis from a diving accident, and who I was told had a pressure sore on his backside that went to the bone. Or the middle-aged woman not unlike myself who was re-learning to walk, whose legs had been mangled in a car accident, who had been in that place for nearly a year because she had no place else to go and couldn't live in her own home because it was not handicapped accessible. I think about how her life was changed in a microsecond, and how that place had become her new reality.

And I feel grateful for every day that I have that is just plain boring and ordinary -- for every day that I can just sit on my deck and pet my dogs, and breathe fresh air.

Depression is a terrible thing. I don't it any way mean to disparage your pain, because I have been there. I'm just saying -- sometimes it helps to focus on what you have, instead of what you don't have. All the best to you.

[Bullwinkle925]

17. you are absolutely right . . .

i am very aware that there are others in more dire straights physically and mentally right now . . .

i saw it for the 10 years that i took care of my husband while he battled his cancer.

now that he's gone - the days fluctuate from good to bad . . . .

today happens to be a bad one.

sorry that you had to go through all that you did.

even knowing the horrid things in life that happen to people, it doesn't negate

the pain of grieving.




:hug:

[dawgmom]

21. I'm so very sorry for your loss

In re-reading my post, it felt as though I went on and on about myself, which wasn't my intent. I was just trying to illustrate my point by relating my own experience.

You're absolutely right -- the pain of grieving and loss is something that I think only time really heals. I think the only thing to do is what a lot of the other people said. Try to do normal things. Get out of the house and breathe fresh air. Put one foot in front of the other.

Sometimes the smallest thing can re-trigger the pain. I'm sorry you're having a bad day. I hope that tomorrow is a better one.

[Bullwinkle925]

23. No . . .

it didn't feel that way to me at all - I appreciate that you would share your story with me.

It is difficult some days to find whatever it takes to get through the hours.

Other days are okay - you just never know.

Having too much time on my hands and not being able right now to make decisions

as to what I want/need to do doesn't help.

Thanks for your responses.

[Danger Mouse]

16. video games. but then again, i am a nerd.

[bluesbassman]

18. Do some volunteer work with grade school kids.

They don't talk politics, their love lives consist of who has cooties, and they'll make you laugh. Keep your chin up BW, time heals.:hug:

[Bullwinkle925]

27. yes, time does heal . . .

it's the shits going through it though!!! thanks for your kind thoughts - i really do appreciate them.


sigh

[GoddessOfGuinness]

19. First I go into them...

because all the things that I do to "feel better" are merely distractions from feelings that need to be acknowledged.

Walking meditation helps me to be aware of all that I'm experiencing in the moment...the depression, the rhythm of my steps and my breath, the sounds of birds, and so forth. The exercise releases endorphins, which give biochemical relief to the doldrums.

I'm sorry you're having a rough day...
:hug::hug::hug:

[patomime]

20. ...damn....

I thought I was depressed, then I read some of your stories, and well....

it was the trick to pull me out of the doldrums.

[Shiver]

25. Honestly?

- Writing ( and actually getting something significant accomplished, as opposed to staring at the screen for seven hours and coming up with nothing worth saving).

- Celtic music.

- Mystery Science Theater 3000.

- Kittens.

- Flirting with older women.

- Measuring my tongue to see if I've finally beaten the world record... so far, no luck, and that bastard in England that holds it probably isn't going to keel over anytime soon...

[Bullwinkle925]

26. okay . . . .

i'm an older woman . . . .

so flirt with me!!

:evilgrin: :P

[Shiver]

29. Flirting on command? Much better to just let it flow, naturally...

...although I have to admit, I do love an aggressive woman. Any other requests I can... fulfill... for you? ;)

So how much older? I also profess a preference for redheads, but it's no requirement...

[insanity]

28. Cup of tea, a phone call to me mum, a green smoke,

a bag of popcorn and a good flick, a nature walk where you can marvel at how lucky you are to be alive in such a beautiful world, write a haiku, etc..

[applegrove]

30. I used to go shopping in a drug store and buy all sorts of indulgent

creams, make up, perfumes and stuff.