Sunday, March 28, 2010

Depression and Exercise


I started working out again last week and i'm starting to notice my energy levels rise and my mood improve. I'm also starting to look better, which is making me feel better about myself.


If you don't exercise regularly, try it and stick to it for a while. Start out slow so you don't feel super sore the next day. Begin to challenge yourself when you notice your workouts are getting too easy.


BTW, hitting a punching bag is fun and a great full body workout.



Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Overcoming Depression With Small Victories


Small victories can help you with overcoming depression or bipolar disorder and feeling better about yourself every day. Every day is filled with opportunities for small victories.

A small victory is when you defeat your depression or irritability with willpower. Some examples of small victories are:
- Being kind to someone that cares about you even though you’re depressed or irritated.

- Continuing to work even though you’re having trouble concentrating.

- Going to the gym even though you don’t feel like it or you’re having anxiety about going out.

- Getting up at a reasonable hour even though you’re afraid to face the day.

- Trying again even though you failed the last time.

Thursday, March 18, 2010


I was feeling not too good about myself today so I figured I'd use some of those self esteem building exercises on the site.


They really do help.


To feel better about yourself, go here:



or here:



or here:



It sure is nice not to hate yourself all the time.

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Yoga for Depression, Anxiety, and Irritability



Yoga isn’t just for girls and hippies. It can be used for treating depression, as an anxiety treatment, and provide relief from irritability. It can teach you how to deal with stress. It relaxes your body and mind, and can make you feel euphoric. I often left yoga classes feeling very in the moment, free of anxiety, content, and confident. It can be especially beneficial to you people that are self conscious, pessimistic, and irritable. Yoga is also good exercise and daily practice is most beneficial.

Certain yogic practices have specific healing qualities for certain illnesses. Practicing yoga should be used as a supplement to conventional therapy, not a substitute. Yoga can enhance the effects of conventional therapies. Experiment and pay attention to what practices make you feel better and improve your condition. Yoga, breathing, and meditation cultivate faith, self control, concentration, determination, and patience.

Read the rest of this article at www.depressiondodging.com/treatingdepressionwithyoga.html

Friday, March 12, 2010

Check out Robin Williams Next Time You're Depressed


I spent a good hour today laughing my ass off watching Robin Williams stand up comedy. Its a great antidepressant.


Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Don't Rely on Anybody


One of the things that consistently leads to depression for me is people letting me down. I just can't seem to learn my lesson. I keep relying on friends that usually let me down and the result is always the same; me feeling worthless. Do my friends just suck or am I so worthless that I'm not worthy of respect?

It is difficult not to rely on anyone when you're mentally ill, because gettting on your own can be difficult. However, it might be something you might have to get used. Maybe its just my friends that suck (my friend let me down this week which is why i'm ranting right now)...Anyone else have this problem? At least I have family I can rely on. Thank god for mom and grandma...you're the best.

Its annoying when i get into a hypomanic state, because I feel so confident that people won't let me down (I can't help it). Then they let me down and I feel terrible. However, it does hurt less and less as i expect to be disappointed more and more. I think its finally getting through my thick skull that I can't rely on my frineds for anything and doing so only puts my mental health in jeopardy.

It can be a sad feeling not having friends you can rely on, but I think its even worse to be in denial. You shouldn't put your self esteem and happiness in the hands of people who are going to be irresponsible with it.

I hope you enjoyed my rant :)

People suck

http://www.depressiondodging.com/

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Dealing with Depression and Failure


Few things are more depressing than perceived failure. Notice how I said perceived? If you’re dealing with depression you often have to deal with failure first.

You can’t just base your satisfaction and happiness on outcome. If you only care about outcome you are setting yourself up for failure, because it is impossible to get the outcome you want every time.

1. Enjoy the journey, not just the destination. If you can’t enjoy what you’re doing, you should be doing something else. Did I enjoy myself?

2. Enjoy learning. You can’t be perfect, but you should be able to find joy in getting better. Did I improve?

3. Face your fears. Just because you didn’t win or get the result you wanted it doesn’t mean that you didn’t accomplish anything. It takes courage to try when you know that failing is a possibility. Was I ballsy?

To read the rest of this article, visit http://www.depressiondodging.com/dealingwithdepressionandfailure.html

For more information on how to deal with depression, visit http://www.depressiondodging.com/