[gina_re]

Just curious.
I think for me, I just want to get up and go do things and be outside instead of staying in bed or laying on the couch.

[Ocean Swimmer]

Yeah. I feel like driving my car. Paranoia and guilt from anxiety disappears.

[venusss]

I just know, because I feel better....

[hopeless2015]

I want to get out of the house. Im not sleeping around the clock

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[gina_re]

Originally Posted by venusss

I just know, because I feel better....

What I'm saying is there something that you do differently, or something that starts to happen. I know the feel better feeling as well.

[venusss]

Well, I do the usual, just with more enthusiasm, I guess.

With my jobs and other activities, I cannot really have the luxury of staying in bed. And I force myself to do things even if I don't feel good, to have some semblance of active life. I guess it works, since BP hasn't been the problem for a long time.

[violetgreen]

I smile for real, and feel it. Like Venusss, I keep going, there are lots of things to do.

[pirilin]

It's been so long I forgot. I'm sorry for not having a more uplifting comment.

[Roaming_bird]

I clean the house. Not in a manic way, but in a normal person way, rather than simply not seeing the clutter and dust, or not caring. My dh takes care of so much and I like to be able to do my share.

My depressions are usually pretty rough, so I think it's relatively easy for me to tell when I'm better.

When I'm depressed, I literally want to die and I think about all the possible ways I could kill myself. I also lose interest in everything, I want to hide away in my room, I stop talking to people, I sleep a lot, and I have crying spells. The only reason I don't kill myself is I'm usually too scared to do it.

When I'm feeling better, I go out more, I start talking to people again, and I generally just want to DO things. I'm a pretty introverted person, though... so my idea of "going out more" is maybe going out once or twice a week to some place like Target or the mall, as opposed to not going out at all.

I still tend to go from slight depression in winter to slight hypo in summer. But I STILL haven't found a good combo of meds...But I feel better in the summer.

[bbTofu]

The way I interact with the world changes,
I laugh more, I talk more, I want more.

[ComfortablyNumb5]

Originally Posted by gina_re

Just curious.

I think for me, I just want to get up and go do things and be outside instead of staying in bed or laying on the couch.

I come out of my room (the black hole) and sit in the living room with the family. I actually am not scared to answer the phone. I go places and run errands. I'm nice to people around me (lately I've been flat out annoyed by my step kids. Feel really bad for it too). Haven't felt good enough to do these things for awhile now. And I get like this when I either hypo and depressed. Maybe I'm mixed. *thumbs down, fart noise**

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When I am not sleeping half my life away and actually take a shower and put make up on and want to get out of the house and do some thing, Then I know I am doing good

[Poppy.K]

Things don't seem so bleak...I feel lighter, and I laugh again. I always miss laughing when I'm in a bad place, and it feels like you will never laugh again. Either from hurting or from numbness.
I get things done, I overachieve to make up for the time I felt I was 'out of it'.
I am just better. I love when I feel better, and it feels silly that I ever felt bad, like form another life. But it always goes away in the end. Then again, it always comes back. Thus far anyways.