Depression: Do you Wait to Feel Good to Do Good?
Depression hurts. The fact that you are reading this can be a powerful testament and a big step to getting better!
Depression can take you out… to a point where it doesn’t even make sense to get out of bed or even stay in this fucking world.
It affects every aspect of your life. Your emotions, social relationships, clarity in your head, energy levels, behaviour… your ability to be present anywhere or enjoy anything.
You may not want to read this but in all this pain, depression can say a lot of beautiful things about who you are as a person and there is a very good reason for you feeling this way.
A major way to get out of depression is to start doing good BEFORE you feel good.
It can take a mindset of, ‘fuck my feelings… I gotta get up and get moving.’ It is almost like you gotta fake it make it while at the same time of processing and experiencing (not avoiding) those really important emotions.
If you are unsure of this, please connect with me so we can figure this shit out… before it’s too late.
Your Diet Plays a Role in your Mood
Your diet and routine play a role in the way you feel. Holidays, like Halloween, can be a good reminder of this.
If you are generally healthy, and then ‘have a night’ for a special occasion, be curious and compassionate towards your self the next day.
Do you feel ‘off’ in your body? Where? What is it your feeling? Are your thoughts ‘darker’ or is your confidence lower? Perhaps your partner ‘annoys’ you more than usual!? :-)
This could be a coincidence, or it could be an impact of what you put into your body.
If you generally do not have a healthy diet (mostly highly processed foods/ high sugar etc.), take a few days off and be curious and compassionate towards how your mood changes.
It is, of course, not the only thing involved in having a low or depressed state, but it can play a role.
And! It’s okay to ‘have a night,’ especially if you are able to recognize that the reason you feel shitty is not because you are shitty :-)