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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Since my return to swimming several years ago, I have built up a series of informal "buddies" that I swim with, occasionally scheduling our workouts but most often just overlapping at general times. This very informal community has helped. (Swimming at 5:15 am with the local Masters group is not in the cards, unless I completely rotate my natural rhythms.)
This may seem like an obvious statement, but clinical depression is treatable. Medicine is one thing, and can help, but Cognitive Behavior Therapy or CBT is another treatment with proven results. Many patients can get by on one or the other, but the combination is often the most effective. Medicine or no, CBT provides a lasting set of tools to get perspective on depressive episodes and to self-assess.
The value of exercise is indisputable, both for high-RPM anxiety folks and sluggish depressed ones.
I am empathetic. Good luck getting to the pool!
Since my return to swimming several years ago, I have built up a series of informal "buddies" that I swim with, occasionally scheduling our workouts but most often just overlapping at general times. This very informal community has helped. (Swimming at 5:15 am with the local Masters group is not in the cards, unless I completely rotate my natural rhythms.)
This may seem like an obvious statement, but clinical depression is treatable. Medicine is one thing, and can help, but Cognitive Behavior Therapy or CBT is another treatment with proven results. Many patients can get by on one or the other, but the combination is often the most effective. Medicine or no, CBT provides a lasting set of tools to get perspective on depressive episodes and to self-assess.
The value of exercise is indisputable, both for high-RPM anxiety folks and sluggish depressed ones.
I am empathetic. Good luck getting to the pool!
