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Post by Mel on Jan 15, 2006 16:06:17 GMT -5
Ok this is just me talking. I am really big on coping skills and using them. Some of the coping skills I use when I feel depressed is that I will call a friend or see if someone is online, I will journal I also journal when I get urges to cut. Soemthing else that I do is that I go for walks or even just sit out on my stairs out side to get some fresh air to clear my head. These are just a few that I use.
What do you do when you are feeling depressed?
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Post by parsnip on Nov 20, 2006 16:38:05 GMT -5
Well, Mel... I'm very good at wallowing in it actually! To change my mood I'll throw myself into work, even menial tasks like housework give a feeling of accomplishment sometimes. I'll play my guitar or piano and become absorbed in that. If I'm out and about (Like on sunday this happened..) and I suddenly feel down, or tearful or whatever, I try to distract myself, or think of someone I know who is going through the same problems. I remembered how I did something that helped her feel better, and then I remembered at that time how she was feeling down while I was feeling rather 'up'. Then i thought of how this would pass eventually if I didn't give in to it. Worked on that occasion! Journaling, I tried before, didn't do it quite correctly and became embroiled in negativity. Panic attack ensued! I was in public too, miles from home. Not a good day. I still have the journal, and sometimes I look at it - not for ages now. It reminds me how bad things were then, and how different they are now. All the stuff I've come through since/ We're stronger than we think you know.  |
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Post by caterpie on Sept 13, 2009 20:07:55 GMT -5
Like parsnip Im quite good at wollowing too lol!  ;D I also do lots of journalling but this can also take me to dark places if I dont watch myself carefully. I write lots of poetry & I love painting & drawing bcoz even if they do take me to dark places its like something creative is born out of that darkness - which ironically makes me feel so much lighter & brighter viewing the end result. ;D Most of the time I find cold stark reality helps keep me in check. At first this may sounds like a negative exercise but if I honestly look at the reality of the world, the shortness of life, the myriad of situations I could be in but arent it helps me appreciate what I have here at the present moment - so its not really negative but rather a life-embracing exercise, kinda like a call to recognise, acknowledge & embrace all the good things in my life & to not squander what I have. Taking time to appreciate even simple things help me a lot - like really enjoying a glass of clean water or a piece of fresh fruit - they r real privelledges in todays world which many ppl dont have.  This reality-check thing helps me nyway.   Wishing well to all Caterpie  |
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This reality-check thing helps me nyway. 
