Re: Sooo Depressed, know any tricks?

[Guest guest]

If you can form a loving bond with a dog, I would get another. My animals make

sure I get up, they need me to take care of them. I have to muster the energy

to get moving.

What I've realized is that pain is like a lead weight and as soon

as I get a little relief from my medication, I can move around much better. I

have a lot of animals to take care of so I am on my feet for a certain amount of

time every day, but I don't try to get everything done all at once. There's time

for a rest, a bite to eat, a movie or something in between.

Everything I do causes pain and I know by the end of the daylight hours I'm done

for. Wish I could just hop in bed and sleep but no such luck. There's not that

much comfort in laying down too long. It's a world full of ups and downs LOL.

Jennette

>Kathy Koch wrote:

>Does anyone know any good tricks to talk yourself out of bed when you've sunk

into a deep depression?

>My miracle dog that I got back after surgery in time for Christmas ended up

getting a huge infection and had to be euthanized on the 28th.

[Guest guest]

My life kind of revolves around the animals too. Nothing like my big black

personal trainer telling me it's time for some exercise or his head is going

to explode, to get me out of bed.

I'd encourage you to get another older dog. The pounds are full of them and

often it's divorce or something stupid that got them there. Ther are so many

needy and deserving animals that you would be doing it a kindness and

yourself one too.

" Sweet Goat Mama "

CarAlyn Eddy

www.goattracksmagazine.com

[Guest guest]

I'm so sorry about your dog! I remember how excited you were and just assumed

that things were going well now. I'm a big believer in the animal-therapy thing

too and would find another pal when your heart can manage it. I can't walk my

pups but they do teach me a lot about " living in the now " , which is hard to do

when depressed. They don't care that yesterday sucked because Mom was in bed all

day and didn't give them extra loves, play or special treats; they care that

they love me now. (They do have plenty of room to exercise at our place, so at

least they're not as out of shape as I am!)

The other thing I do when I get the blues is truly focus on what I can do, not

what I can't. Once I got over feeling stupid because I counted making the bed as

a small triumph, it began to work. If I get to the grocery store, that's a major

victory! If I make dinner rather than fetch fast food or slam something into the

oven, I'm a winner. When I feel awful about not earning money because I can't

work and my husband is working 11 hour days to make up for it, I focus on what I

can do to make his evenings better: make him some tea, clean up after him

without complaining once in a while, take care of myself (even if that means

laying down a lot during the day) so that I can be a supportive wife who's not

hell to be around.

I don't know if that sort of stuff would help you. I don't have experience with

clinical depression per se. Oh, I also got Guided Imaging training at my

physical therapy clinic. It doesn't help my pain but has helped my attitude

quite a lot. Another thing I do is talk to the wonderful people here in this

group. I think I'd go buggers if you all weren't here! I'm feeling for you

Kathy!

>

> My life kind of revolves around the animals too. Nothing like my big black

> personal trainer telling me it's time for some exercise or his head is going

> to explode, to get me out of bed.

>

> I'd encourage you to get another older dog. The pounds are full of them and

> often it's divorce or something stupid that got them there. Ther are so many

> needy and deserving animals that you would be doing it a kindness and

> yourself one too.

>

> " Sweet Goat Mama "

> CarAlyn Eddy

> www.goattracksmagazine.com

>

[Guest guest]

when depressed do something nice

for someone in secret and sit

back and watch them ooh and aaah

in surprise. The experience is

priceless and makes you feel good.

Try it. It doesn't have to be any-

thing elaborate.

in tn

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