Meditation, non-sexual excersize (gasp, I know) like walking or whatever, and doing things that have no purpose whatsoever but to make me happy all have positive effects on my mood.
The first two are pretty obvious, but let me explain a little about the third. Sometimes, I get too caught up in what is "important" to take time for what is fun, exciting, or good. A couple of months ago, I got depressed to the point that I wasn't making it through the day. I had therapy and a meeting with my meds-man scheduled, but I needed something to get me through until then. So I bought a Death Star Pez dispenser. Think about it. Pez dispensers serve one purpose (excluding MP3 player case mods). They make people happy. They are fun, and they have candy in them, and ...erm... did I mention they're fun? A buck-sixty, and I made it through the day. Day before yesterday, I was feeling glum. When I went to buy myself lunch at the grocery store (decent and cheap deli), I saw they had chrysanthemums for dirt cheap. Mom likes 'mums, so I bought her some. It made us both happy. No real reason, except that she's been extra-nice lately. I just did it because I knew it would make her (and me) happy. Another note -- before I was on drugs, but after I became depressed, my libido would spike at random, then drop to below normal. My thought is that it would spike when I needed to connect to someone, and drop when I wasn't feeling attractive. Just food for thought -- as always, your headspace is your own. :-) S.Isaac Dealey wrote: > I'm gonna ask here because, damnit, I know some of you people. :) > > Plus I hear smart people get depressed a lot... > > Anyway... are there any really good solutions for depression? (Outside > of prosac?) I don't think I'm hormonally imballanced or anything, I > just get fed up occasionally... > > I normally don't ask around for advice on this, preferring to just let > it pass on its own, but for the first time in my memory I'm experience > a "loss of sexual apetite" rather than as is usually the case when I'm > depressed, an increase. It's somewhat disturbing to me... I'd feel > better about letting it pass if I felt like doing something that might > help me feel better (like sex -- but not necessarily... if I felt like > any meditative activity really)... but right now I'm just not feeling > any pull to do anything that might "relax" or "stimulate" me and get > my mind off of ... general dysphoria. > > I'm finding myself spending way too much time playing this: > > http://www.2flashgames.com/f/f-1211.htm > > But that's just feeding the cycle. > > > > s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 > new epoch : isn't it time for a change? > > add features without fixtures with > the onTap open source framework > > http://www.fusiontap.com > http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:165761 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
