Good luck and do what works best for you and don't beat yourself up if you don't stick to it. I tend to be an all or nothing type of person. I do like structure in many aspects of my life, but sometimes, it makes me inflexible too. Like I get disconcerted if I have to schedule an appointment in the afternoon and not the morning. Or I get anxious and snappy if my daughter has something to go to for school in the evening, and our normal after school routine is off or I feel rushed. Or, if I plan to exercise 45 minutes and only do 30 minutes, I feel like a complete failure. Even, ridiculously, I would feel like I'd failed if I stopped at 44 minutes. Sigh. In that aspect of my life, I'm a perfectionist. In other areas, like keeping house, I hate, and I'm sloppy at it. Give yourself structure with some leeway now and again.
But I do agree it is best to do SOMETHING, anything when you are depressed, especially getting out of bed. Better too if you can manage to do something productive, but some days I succeed more at that than others. I hope you find it helps you.
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Seroquel, Cymbalta, propanolol, buspirone, Trazodone, gabapentin, lamotrigine, hydroxyzine,
There's a crack in everything. That is how the light gets in.
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