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Am I normal now plz?
Some lovely people commented on my previous post: Am i normal now plz? Here's the follow-up!
Today I feel a bit wobbly so perhaps it's not a bad day for taking stock and thinking through why I've been so undepressed lately.
( What I do when I'm not depressed )
Guidelines
I can't think of more at the moment. When I'm happy, I don't need guidelines; they can be a stricture and in themselves firstly a symptom and then a function of depression but they are useful for remembering, in less good times. So here is some advice of okay-feeling-me to depressed-feeling-me:
• Keep busy.
• Tell myself every night, without fail: Trust myself; I can do this. I'm a writer; writers write. I look forward to the future with sanguine confidence; the future is the next x hours.
• Smile.
• Be open to people.
• Check the gelbe Zettel for longer-term goals and deadlines.
• Get things done. This is more important than routines.
• However, when depressed: Stick to the routines. You need them then.
• Useful when-depressed-routines: Write every day. Get up, shower, get dressed to shoes, fix face. Have breakfast; do a laundry step. In the evening: set table; go to bed EARLY! Eat five times a day. Drink water.
• But practise letting yourself go a little as well. Don't reify the rules.
• Make an effort to dress fabulously. Always wear your 'face' (make-up).
• Answer emails. Don't hide from uni work.
• I am a learned person.
• Be honest. This is incredibly important. Don't dissemble. You can even tell selected people that you've been in counselling. If in a meeting, an absurd proposition is made, point this out. Don't kowtow. This has only depressed you at work in the past. You can respect yourself. Others will respect what you say.
• Apologise and move on.
• Keep busy!
• Do stuff. Get stuff done.
Some lovely people commented on my previous post: Am i normal now plz? Here's the follow-up!
Today I feel a bit wobbly so perhaps it's not a bad day for taking stock and thinking through why I've been so undepressed lately.
( What I do when I'm not depressed )
Guidelines
I can't think of more at the moment. When I'm happy, I don't need guidelines; they can be a stricture and in themselves firstly a symptom and then a function of depression but they are useful for remembering, in less good times. So here is some advice of okay-feeling-me to depressed-feeling-me:
• Keep busy.
• Tell myself every night, without fail: Trust myself; I can do this. I'm a writer; writers write. I look forward to the future with sanguine confidence; the future is the next x hours.
• Smile.
• Be open to people.
• Check the gelbe Zettel for longer-term goals and deadlines.
• Get things done. This is more important than routines.
• However, when depressed: Stick to the routines. You need them then.
• Useful when-depressed-routines: Write every day. Get up, shower, get dressed to shoes, fix face. Have breakfast; do a laundry step. In the evening: set table; go to bed EARLY! Eat five times a day. Drink water.
• But practise letting yourself go a little as well. Don't reify the rules.
• Make an effort to dress fabulously. Always wear your 'face' (make-up).
• Answer emails. Don't hide from uni work.
• I am a learned person.
• Be honest. This is incredibly important. Don't dissemble. You can even tell selected people that you've been in counselling. If in a meeting, an absurd proposition is made, point this out. Don't kowtow. This has only depressed you at work in the past. You can respect yourself. Others will respect what you say.
• Apologise and move on.
• Keep busy!
• Do stuff. Get stuff done.