I have generally been in good mood and felt happy the last weeks. Yesterday I felt tired and wanted to rest a bit. Guess what? I slept for almost three hours in the middle of the day.

I stayed up two hours longer than usual before bedtime and slept for nine hours. Today I feel drowsy and tired. I try to use what I learned in the neuroscience book about depression and say to myself: "It is only your limbic system (the inner parts of the brain) that has become out of control because you slept too much yesterday. To overcome this you have to use your "prefrontal cortex" (parts of the brain that are on the front) to decide to overrule your " limbic system".

Put in other words: "Use your thinking power to be stronger than the parts that control your emotions".

The book on neuroscience appeals to me. It is not about pulling oneself together, but about using knowledge to try to not fall downward.

I read it as if it is a map of Europe or America, and not a map only, but a book about how to help some parts of the brain to overrule other parts, and in essence create new habits (teach the brain to act differntly). I love it! It is good that we are all differnt and can use our different interests to help ouselves to some degree.

The sun is shining, so I am going outside for a walk.