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Originally Posted by littleblackdog
I do, though probably not as much as I should. I walk my dog twice a day, which I used to really enjoy, but now it just gives me too much time to think. I should do more, but it takes all of my energy to get through a day at work pretending that everything's fine.
Not sure about working, but they are frequently reinforced. Apparently most people have a mixture of positive and negative beliefs and mine are all negative.
Sadly, mental health services seem to be somewhat lacking here. I am very grateful that we have an NHS, and for the help I have had so far but I had to wait for nearly a year to even be assessed by the psychological wellbeing service and then when I started CBT I was told that I had 12 sessions which made me feel even worse because there was this time pressure - and now I feel like even more of a failure because I couldn't even do the CBT properly  |
Hi. I started a NHS CBT course awhile ( maybe 5 years ) ago but wasn't impressed with the therapist and we mutually ended it early. I remember it seemed to need a lot of work; activity diaries, thought diaries etc . If you've got absolutely no motivation how are you supposed to do them. Where I am in the uk there is now an online NHS course you can do and I might do that.
I also think that exercise is at least as good as medication for moderate depression. Have you got a local sports centre. If you have see if they have any special membership deals. If not consider getting a treadmill or crosstrainer and exercise while watching tv. Go for longer walks. see if there are walking groups locally. You need to force yourself past the inertia and lack of energy until the endorphins from exercising kick in and exercising becomes as much of a habit as brushing your teeth or going to work.
As always feel free to pm me.