Distracting the depressed!

You have now idea how powerful a good distraction can be! When we the depressed are occupied with stuff, there is hardly any room to be sad. We might be a little short on enthusiasm, but being busy is far better than dwelling in Depression!

For us the depressed:

Keep yourself busy. Find activities that you like that offer rewards. Be it painting, and the reward is being able to be proud of you work. Hiking, the reward being that you not only get to enjoy the view but you get to pat yourself on the back for making it to the top! Anything that involves you doing something, will be a good enough distraction. It will leave you with less time to lay under the covers crying! Trust me, you'll be happy you gave your Depression the run-around!!

For the non-sick people:

Help your loved depressed one to find the distractions and help motivate them. Sometimes you shouldn't even ask if they want to do something, just call and let them know you are on your way, or even in extreme cases....show up unannounced and pull them out of bed or peal them off the couch!!

Remember that Depression is not laziness, attention seeking, or any other stigma the world has placed on it. Depression is a dark place where the dwellers are stripped of happiness, dreams, hope, desire to live, and almost all value in life. So when in a "low" is like when you get to security points in an airport and you have to take all you stuff off and put it in a tub and your luggage goes through the scanner thing, Depression does the same thing, except you don't get to keep you happiness or sane mind when you pass the gate!


Thought for the day:

Sometimes Depression thinks it's winning, give it the run-around and stay one step ahead of it!!


Truly Yours

Dr. Nobody