Posted by Tabitha on April 19, 2016, at 0:35:05
In reply to Re: Helping those with mental health conditions, posted by baseball55 on April 18, 2016, at 19:32:53
> When in the depths of depression, I have gone to the gym and swum (?) for an hour, then got out of the pool and started crying, went home, laid in bed for hours, planning suicide. [...]
Your post really rings true for me and you put it so well.
I used to take walks when in pretty bad depression. It took the edge off a bit, for the time I was walking, then shortly after getting home it was just as bad. I also noticed I would make poor decisions about the time and place to walk, thus risking my personal safety. I was suicidal anyway so I didn't really have much concern about safety :-(
I read a couple of books about how to change your mood, forget the exact author and titles, but the advice boiled down to "take a 10 minute walk" as a mood lifter. Seriously, this author stretched that out into two books. So I figured I needed to take shorter walks maybe, instead of going to the point of near exhaustion. I took the 10 minute walk, felt slightly better for maybe an hour. So what was I supposed to do, take a 10 minute walk every hour all day long?
Also tried many arbitrary diets that made health claims. Perhaps they help as much as taking up any challenging activity helps, which is only in giving you a sense of achievement.
I'll take the pills (that actually do help), thanks.
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