[Littlefish]

My friends all suggest me find some hobby .it will help to work the energy in order,
but when u r depressed forlong u just get no interest or hobby...
oh i like eating ...just find this back but this is not hobby....and it can make me worse if i aaddicted to eating too much cookies etc.

I have hobbies i have started. they lay about unfinished.
i can;t eat when i'm depressed either.
i got on my scale last night agn, and i lost 2 more pounds. i was 235 over 1 year ago, now i'm 185.
T is concerned about it.
eating has become a chore for me.
the energy to have to get up and cook something.
i eat once a day for supper.
Of course i quit drinkin, but I am still losing.
i hate to have to buy new clothes again!

Is shopping a hobby...?

[Marla500]

that's a tough one, I hope this doesn't sound like a broken record because I say it all the time but I love the library.....when my kids were younger I just checked out the kid's section for how-to books...crafts, pets, cooking, all kinds of stuff and always something interesting. I know it takes a huge effort when you are depressed but sometimes just sitting on the couch with a stack of books feels good and you can take your time checking out all kinds of new stuff.

[AngelWolf3]

I understand too...I used to have a bunch of hobbies and now i am just like "blech." Maybe even if you just go sit outside on a park bench in the sun that could help. I know that my kids want to go to the park even when I feel too depressed to go, last night I literally felt like I was dragging myself there, but I went. Felt a smidgen better getting outside.

Even if you just sit outside on your porch? One step at a time.

[shezbut]

Littlefish,

My hobby lies in nature. I've said these words hundreds of times on PC, sorry!

But, for me, it's very true. I like to be as removed as possible from humanity, and just "be" with the plants, insects, animals, etc. The sky ~ watching clouds, trees flow in the wind, birds flying, stars and the moon at night. These things are absolutely necessary in my emotional, daily world. They are what gives me the motivation to live. No doubt about it!

In reality, I can't always take that walk and escape. So, I carry small memoirs with me. Little stones, leaves, and pine cones that I've found on walks. The get me through the moment.

[missbelle]

Hobbies are hard to get into when you are depressed but if you do have a passion for something why not start it....you may find that each day/week you become a little more interested and all at once you are totally absorbed. It worked for me. I started sketching/painting a year ago for the first time at age 67 and now I draw nearly every day for a couple or three hours. It gets me out of my head...and hurray for that!!...plus it aint too bad if I do say so myself!!

[Littlefish]

Thank u friends....
I feel currently my hobby seems to be the internet....i dont know if it is good that i addicted to this,
someone suggests me to run,
he runs a lot when he was in depression years ago,
every afernoon he runs miles,
i feel physical exercise do helps some, but it so hard to keep it, and persist,
i wonder how do u make the exercise or a new habit new hobby keep going and not quit ?when u read or write or draw, sometimes it is very tired and very boring to persist....too...?and no energy to keep doing...
how when times that u want to quit, how to take it up again? ....
and actually when i was younger i ran and danced a lot, and i was always outside my apartment, could not sit and stay long inside the room....but now i stay at home all day and not wanna go out ....
someone also wants me to dig out the root of depression firstly,and if i could dig, they said i would know my real hobby,
then it is my family co-dependant issue, i try to do everything to please them and later please everyone the people ,and finally my energy was all drained......
(cuz i was brainwashed i believe what they told was true and i must do that mission)

[Marla500]

Littlefish, this is what I think-don't worry about keeping something up in the beginning, take one day at a time and don't pick up on all that anxiety and concern around you (from the people that mean well, you need to focus on yourself and not making them happy), it's just you and the activity at the time you are doing it....if you like it, you can do it again tomorrow but don't dwell on that, stay in the moment. but I agree you should limit your time on line, you need to get outside, breathe some fresh air and move around a little.