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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My husband suffers from depression and drugs helped...for a short while. So I can understand your point about BTDT with the meds. Studies show that exercise is just as effective anyway.
Anyway, if there is anyone you can recruit to come by your house and take you to the pool, maybe that would help. I think it's also good advice that was given above to just go and say "just 10 minutes" and then get out. But I bet after 10 minutes you'll be thinking..I want to stay. But even if you don't..it's still a great exercise to get out the door when you are in a funk like this.
Or just get out and walk. The intertia of doing anything will help immensely.
Another suggestion is to get out and serve somebody. Help at your church if you attend one, volunteer at a soup kitchen, the Red Cross, youth programs, schools, etc. It helps get your focus off of yourself and your misery. I know the challenge is gettin' out the dang door but maybe something different might be motivation enough to get going.
Best wishes to you. It's a tough thing to deal with. :(
My husband suffers from depression and drugs helped...for a short while. So I can understand your point about BTDT with the meds. Studies show that exercise is just as effective anyway.
Anyway, if there is anyone you can recruit to come by your house and take you to the pool, maybe that would help. I think it's also good advice that was given above to just go and say "just 10 minutes" and then get out. But I bet after 10 minutes you'll be thinking..I want to stay. But even if you don't..it's still a great exercise to get out the door when you are in a funk like this.
Or just get out and walk. The intertia of doing anything will help immensely.
Another suggestion is to get out and serve somebody. Help at your church if you attend one, volunteer at a soup kitchen, the Red Cross, youth programs, schools, etc. It helps get your focus off of yourself and your misery. I know the challenge is gettin' out the dang door but maybe something different might be motivation enough to get going.
Best wishes to you. It's a tough thing to deal with. :(
