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What about the inverse?
What about the inverse?
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Posted by Matches on October 29, 1999 at 23:28:20:
In Reply to: being productive while depressed posted by Amy on October 29, 1999 at 16:34:30:
Man, I NEVER do anything productive. Does that mean I'm depressed all the time??
A lot of times its cyclical....you are depressed, so you don't do anything. And the fact that you're not doing anything makes you realise that you're doing nothing of any value whatever...and it makes you even more depressed!
I like to listen to music...Perhaps write in "burrito.doc"....which is now a 26-page long document on my computer....mostly of nonsense that I write to myself when I'm depressed!
~Matches
: When I'm really depressed, I do as little as possible. Read a book or watch TV and read during the commercials, generally. I am guessing it would be helpful to get off the couch and do something productive, but I don't know how to do it. When I'm truly depressed, it seems like I'm only able to keep myself from spiralling even further downward into the abyss by having a great deal of control over my environment and blocking out upsetting thoughts as much as possible. Once when I felt quite depressed, I ended up going to a party I had been invited to, in the hopes that getting out and around people would help lift my mood. I ended up staying for a very short time and driving home in tears. (I cried some on the way to the party as well.) Admittedly I didn't like the party anyway; I felt very out of place. But I don't think that entirely explained my inability to lift myself out of my depression. Even if I'm just midlevel depressed--when I don't feel like my mood is out of control--I'm not likely to do much. Any thoughts, advice? I suspect I could move forward in my emotional development if I could overcome my tendency to hide from the world when I get depressed.
: Amy
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