Dealing with Depression

I had a cat that watched the ceiling fan, and I never understood why. Then I went through a divorce, and I came to understand the fascination. If you look at it a long time, it appears to start spinning in the opposite direction. If you close one eye and open the other alternately, it appears to move across the ceiling and back. This may sound odd to many people (especially those who don’t have ceiling fans) but the fan is not the point, and neither is the ceiling. The point is that depression can have profound effects on the way we behave and the way we think botox.

I don’t know how many hours I stared at the ceiling fan, but they were many. The problem of dealing with depression is finding the energy and motivation to do the things that will make you feel better. And that whole “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” thing just doesn’t happen.

Having said that, once you finally do muster some strength to turn off the ceiling fan, here are a few tips for beating depression youde.

Establish a strict wake/sleep cycle. Get up at the same time and go to bed at the same time every day. Stay out of bed. It’s okay to be on the couch or in your favorite chair, but the bed is off limits until bedtime.
While out of bed, try these:

It is possible to lie in bed and watch the ceiling fan, and move to the couch and watch THAT ceiling fan. This is not a recommendation, but it is intended to illustrate that when you are trying to cope with depression, even very mundane things seem like “activities.” And some of those activities can get you started toward overcoming depression, or lead you deeper into despair (i.e. skip the ceiling fan. I’ve tried it. It doesn’t work Office Design.)