Hi All,
I know that a lot of us here are suffering from anxiety and depression. Myself included with depression. Let's make a list and see how long we can get it to. List just ONE THING that you can do here and now to feel better TODAY. I don't mean long term. I mean TODAY. We all need more joy in our life. Let's try to learn from others. Maybe there will be some on the list that we haven't tried before! So I will go first.
1) Playing with and spending time with my 3 dogs
2) Get outdoors for a walk.
I bought myself some flowers
Do you get shaky feelings or tremors from amxiety if yes for how long they last?
3) Enjoy a delicious homemade lasagna
Going out in the sun. I am also exercising at the gym rn.
Hug someone or a pet.
These are ALL great!! Keep em coming! 😊
Turn on my favorite music and write.
Excercize helps
I've got another one-clean or clear out a drawer, table, or a small space of living area. Of course, ONLY if you can, and have the right mindset for it.
I went out to breakfast and spent the day at the mall with my family
Baking and decorating cakes!!
Watch a motivational speaker on YouTube!
Great one!! Do you have any favorites?
Read healthunlocked
Pray
Have a purpose..... I have learned that people who have anxiety feel better by knowing that they have a purpose. Maybe do something today for someone and when you do feel good about it. The fact that I can offer my help to someone and them accepting it make me feel important. Maybe find your purpose and give it to others. Sometimes it’s helping physically or emotionally. As long as you feel good about yourself helping someone
Prayer
talk to people
#1 Stop researching your thoughts, stop thinking how you may be wrong or unhappy, invluding stopping reading or thinking about this. How it can help? - Often we are boiling in our own juice and spending valuable brain processing energy on thinking how sad we are, creating multilayered memories, associating sadness with everything even things that are not sad. For example - you are having fun but still are thinking "oh ok I am not depressed" instead of having plain fun. Brain associates these thoughts with particular fun until you start feeling sad while having fun.
Stop that. stop spending peocessing power on fewling miserable and it all will fade away
Right. Sure. Like it's that easy. 🙄
start with something. Everyone expect to just - SNAP - and be absolutely great. It takes time .. I think I listed pretty doable things. Like what exactly forces you to keep daily reading about mental illness, thus only accumulating your daily concerns and thoughts about mental illness, and resulting in actual real life mental problems (since you have a ton of focus on your problems, which obstruct you from experiencing something nice for a change)? These small things, practiced over time accumulate. Step by step. ... of course you can just snarl at my suggestion and go to years long therapies and basically learn the same - that you need to do small things and one by one.
What a super great idea to keep a more positive outlook to express gratitude for the little and the big things.
I asked for help to sew a ripped couch pillow. The new friend who helped was happy to help me and asked me to call her to do more, especially creative projects.
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You're post made me smile, thank you for sharing this idea!
My goal for today: Work out even if you're tired! No excuses!
None of this is working for me. 😞
One thing is to write a list of negatives and positives in your life and to tear it up, later, writing down the positives helps you to focus on the future as opposed to the things that you can't change.
I make myself do nothing. Giving myself permission to actually be lazy and goof off. Gonna go to the movies all alone and it's okay . Skipping washing my laundry on my day off. I have the right to be happy. I work two jobs so the movie at the two dollar theater is a cheap treat I can afford. The laundry can be done before Monday. God is getting me through the constant worry and self criticism. I have survived an abusive ex husband, a tornado, a job loss actually a layoff and getting fired. Going bankrupt and worst of all, I survived losing my Mom four years ago. I can get up and relax today is my day to laugh at a silly movie. 😄🤗. My kids are grown last one just graduated Highschool. I can relax and do my own thing.i am a survivor of depression and anxiety. PEACE WITHIN. Gods grace to us all.
What can I say?? You have survived all that and seem to have made peace with it and within yourself. That is FANTASTIC!!! GOD BLESS YOU!!
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