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Originally Posted by Hopingtrying
Force yourself to become engrossed in activities? Walking, running, cooking, meditating, praying, cleaning, binge watching a comedy series or movies? Laying in bed ruminating contributes to the problem. I know some people have the type of depression that makes it hard for them to get out of bed every day but make your battle be about accomplishing small goals rather than changing your thoughts. If you do something enough, you will start thinking about it.....<<hugs>>
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THANK YOU.
I really have big things I think about like finding a job, finding and moving to a cheaper place in an impossible rental market, saving up money to move closer to my son 2,000 miles away, not going bankrupt or defaulting on my student loans. I have really excellent credit and I ruminate on what will happen if I ruin it. I am alone and I need good credit for renting apts. etc. I need either one good job or three bad jobs. I am nearing retirement age...alone...and somehow need the energy to work until I die. So yeah, those keep me in bed.
I watch YouTubes for distraction...mostly inspirational. But I could try the activity thing. I heard one YouTuber make fun of all these "activities" -- he said when he was depressed he needed to fix his life...not run a mile every morning. When he fixed his life he got rid of the depression. I kind of agree. I am training for a half marathon but it isn't really fun. And I don't train consistently.