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Journaling works pretty good most of the time. I try to force myself out of the house. take a walk, go to the park and people watch. Listen to people who love you. Believe that they are worth living for even when you don't believe it. look for the memories that depression takes away and project them to the future. exercise even when every step weighs a thousand pounds. eat even when it tastes like ****. i know it sounds like a bunch of **** but it helps me. just to do these things even when i really just want to stay in bed seems to take the edge off. the opposite of depression isn't happiness, it's vitality. sometimes happiness just seems like too much to look for. i just try to work on contentment. stick with it .
What I do when my appointment with my therapist is awhile away is write. I sit down at the computer and just type whatever comes into my head for as long as it takes to get it out of my system. Sometimes when I reread it I can see how distorted my thinking is. Sometimes I just delete it all and start over. I think the venting can really help.
I have also recently gone back to school at an "advanced age" (older than you!) and can understand not feeling like part of the group.
I guess my advice is to do whatever it takes to distract yourself until your appointment. Hang in there.
I am seeking help again. A little background...
I am a 37 yr. old student at a private university. I consistently make bad decisions, i dont fit in with the student body, i have trouble making friends. While i have been depressed for most of my life, more or less, this recent episode was brought on when i got fired from a hotel job months ago for being emotional excitable in dealing with customers and panicing. i hate that i am like that and i wish that i wasnt like that but i am.
now i am running up debt, i refuse to clean my house, and i am skipping classes though my grades are really good...i would like to go to grad school in the near future. i am sabotaging myself and i dont know how to stop.
i have been sober for 8 yrs now but none of what i here in the prg seems to be helping
my first therapy appt is in a week and i dont know what to do in the meantime. i am trying to stay afloat as best as i can but dont know if i can
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