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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Like Jim, I've battled depression (on meds and doing well now).
The thing that helped me the most with the lethargy is arranging to meet someone at the pool. It's an amazing motivation to know that someone else tumbled out of bed at 4:30 on a freezing Chicago morning just to meet you at the pool.
Good luck.
Like Jim, I've battled depression (on meds and doing well now).
The thing that helped me the most with the lethargy is arranging to meet someone at the pool. It's an amazing motivation to know that someone else tumbled out of bed at 4:30 on a freezing Chicago morning just to meet you at the pool.
Good luck.
