Dear Bjarne
you've had lots of good advice from everyone here - I just wanted to add that
when I had my last, bad bout of depression (following a period of very hard
work, physical illness and not giving myself a break) I didn't enjoy anything,
even my beloved singing. I sing everywhere, all the time, all kinds of things
and I only realised I was depressed when not one single thing made me feel like
singing...
Pack your lovely things away, with care, in a safe place. Think about whether
you need to talk to someone: I found talking, hypnosis and herbs were what I
needed, along with some serious relaxation. If not, and you are really just
bored with sewing, then play around until you find something you like - I know
there is a system of very good adult colleges in Denmark where lots of subjects
are available.
Above all, get out and walk every day! If you can borrow a dog or walk with a
friend/neighbour, even better. If you can see the sea or a river, even better
still! Someone else already said this but long term physical inactivity just
brings my mood down without fail... reluctant as I am to admit this :-)
Finally, you can email any one on this list - or all of us at the same time -
whenever you need to. I kind of wish I'd had the courage to do that last year.
It has taken nearly a year to feel more like 'me' again and I am still fighting
wavering moods and anxiety but do you know, I am so inspired by your talent and
generosity of knowledge, it made me smile to read your messages even when I was
still too fragile to see friends in 'real life'.
I hope you all don't mind me saying all this but if everyone was open about how
yes, sometimes life gets us down even when we're not in what are typically
'awful' or life-threatening situations, perhaps we wouldn't let things get so
bad before we asked for help. :-) I'm glad it's not just me!
Thanks for your patience everyone, and a big email *hug* to Bjarne.
Katherine
> What do you do when you finally realise you dont want to reenact
anymore,
> and when your costumes gets bored to look at?
> When alll your reenactment friends leaves you, and your family two?
> What is left then?
>
> Bjarne
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