I know many people just go to the pool, no matter what, they don't give themselves a choice, but I've succumbed to bad case of blues. Swimming always has been my salvation for depression, but now I am finding it very hard to get out of the house to get to the pool.
I know "inertia begets inertia" (I read that once); thus I just gotta get myself to the pool. Anyone out there have any ways they trick their minds/bodies when it feels like the world is made of cement? Drugs aren't the answer for me; been there, done them. Swimming really has been an incredible help. I have swim goals: I'm not accomplishing them due to the incredible pull of my cozy bed and evening "house" clothes.
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I guess when you have blues you don't feel like doing anything, not just swimming. Then you stay home feeling worse and worse, vicious cycle. The other day I had a very bad experience and didn't feel like going swimming as usual. I almost didn't go (I think it was also a rainy day). But since I had brought all my swim gears with me, it didn't seem to be a good idea to carry them back without using them. So I finally went swimming. After swimming I felt really good, and I thought, if I hadn't gone swimming, what would I have done? Nothing anyway!
I guess when you have blues you don't feel like doing anything, not just swimming. Then you stay home feeling worse and worse, vicious cycle. The other day I had a very bad experience and didn't feel like going swimming as usual. I almost didn't go (I think it was also a rainy day). But since I had brought all my swim gears with me, it didn't seem to be a good idea to carry them back without using them. So I finally went swimming. After swimming I felt really good, and I thought, if I hadn't gone swimming, what would I have done? Nothing anyway!
