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Originally Posted by plumapplepear
I am certainly not as skilled as others at words and helping out but I will give it a try I have had many depressions and I would say I am getting better at handling the effects. Allowing yourself to explore the darkness only pulls you further in I believe you need to speak positive things about yourself even if you do not believe it repetition of anything will seep into your mind if you are not in total deep depression exercise in any form helps I have been one year in this one and exercise has pulled me through the hardest parts I do get out around other people just to be around others sounds strange but it stops the darkness cycle for awhile
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Thank you, yes I agree.. exploring the darkness only pulls you in further. It's a bit of trickery, because there isn't that much gainful to find there, not after it's been explored enough. I do think there is stuff to learn there, but I don't think that it continually needs to be repeated. I don't think it is as seductive as it tries to appear. Besides that I can't see in the dark.
I am pretty physically active, I usually do yoga daily for 90 min, I also do other activities too, but I am lagging a bit right now. I can try to ramp that up, with the flu I am not feeling very up to anything, hopefully this passes quickly and I can put more effort in. Usually this does help me a lot.
I notice that when I am depressed I just need to find one thing, something that gives me something to look forward too and run with it. Ya it's not always that easy. I am searching for that one thing right now. My usual standby's are not working atm.
I think that Coda poem makes me feel better because I do not really agree with Dorothy, but sometimes it helps to read something like that and be able to recognize the pain and some of the untruths. Little in water? only life needs water, it sustains us.. depression tho ya might say there is little in water, little in living.