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For those who get depressed, what is your favorite way to cheer up?
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<blockquote data-quote="Scent of Cedar *" data-source="post: 650412" data-attributes="member: 17461"><p>I am glad you are feeling better. </p><p></p><p>:O)</p><p></p><p>Gratitude. You know how they say we are supposed to write down five things we are grateful for every day? I actually do that, when I am depressed.</p><p></p><p>I read Simple Abundance for a few days.</p><p></p><p>I meditate and watch the sunrise. There is nothing that can turn my mood from sour to grateful and even, happy, like watching the sun rise. There is so much life out there in the world that we don't think about. When the sky begins to brighten, the birds begin calling to one another and the breeze rises. There is this steadily increasing cacophony of birdsong and breeze and then BOOM the sun is over the horizon. </p><p></p><p>That is the coolest feeling!</p><p></p><p>I watch for a few more minutes because everything is still so pretty, but those feelings of hushed expectation and all that crazy birdsong changes once the sun is riding high.</p><p></p><p>Just a thought for you too, MWM. Any surgery, even minor stuff (which a mastectomy is not) traumatizes us. They say we are aware of everything that happens while we are under anesthetic, but that we cannot remember.</p><p></p><p>That feeling of missing time is bothersome, and the feeling that something happened that wasn't right. I still feel so badly for myself that I had that thing on my back removed. I mean, I am glad it is gone, but the scar makes me feel so badly, and I feel very sorry that happened to that little piece of me.</p><p></p><p>I would have saved it in the freezer, like I did the kids' tonsils and umbilicals, if they hadn't needed to biopsy it.</p><p></p><p>Still, I feel badly that it's out there in the world somewhere, all destroyed.</p><p></p><p>Surgery is a strange thing.</p><p></p><p>And I was awake, so I don't have that sense of missing time.</p><p></p><p>It must be traumatic, to have a drain.</p><p></p><p>I hope you feel so much better soon, MWM.</p><p></p><p>Cedar</p><p></p><p>P.S. I liked what you said about gearing up for depression or PTSD and having it turn out to be only sadness. This has happened to me, too! I hadn't put it into so many words, but I do gear up for the worst reaction, now.</p><p></p><p>When I am okay, I am like...huh.</p><p></p><p>Which is a little disconcerting, in itself.</p><p></p><p>But I never want to feel that way, that terrible way I felt for all those years, again. There is a song about that.</p><p></p><p>I must be getting better MWM, and you must, too. </p><p></p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/hugs.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":hugs:" title="hugs :hugs:" data-shortname=":hugs:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scent of Cedar *, post: 650412, member: 17461"] I am glad you are feeling better. :O) Gratitude. You know how they say we are supposed to write down five things we are grateful for every day? I actually do that, when I am depressed. I read Simple Abundance for a few days. I meditate and watch the sunrise. There is nothing that can turn my mood from sour to grateful and even, happy, like watching the sun rise. There is so much life out there in the world that we don't think about. When the sky begins to brighten, the birds begin calling to one another and the breeze rises. There is this steadily increasing cacophony of birdsong and breeze and then BOOM the sun is over the horizon. That is the coolest feeling! I watch for a few more minutes because everything is still so pretty, but those feelings of hushed expectation and all that crazy birdsong changes once the sun is riding high. Just a thought for you too, MWM. Any surgery, even minor stuff (which a mastectomy is not) traumatizes us. They say we are aware of everything that happens while we are under anesthetic, but that we cannot remember. That feeling of missing time is bothersome, and the feeling that something happened that wasn't right. I still feel so badly for myself that I had that thing on my back removed. I mean, I am glad it is gone, but the scar makes me feel so badly, and I feel very sorry that happened to that little piece of me. I would have saved it in the freezer, like I did the kids' tonsils and umbilicals, if they hadn't needed to biopsy it. Still, I feel badly that it's out there in the world somewhere, all destroyed. Surgery is a strange thing. And I was awake, so I don't have that sense of missing time. It must be traumatic, to have a drain. I hope you feel so much better soon, MWM. Cedar P.S. I liked what you said about gearing up for depression or PTSD and having it turn out to be only sadness. This has happened to me, too! I hadn't put it into so many words, but I do gear up for the worst reaction, now. When I am okay, I am like...huh. Which is a little disconcerting, in itself. But I never want to feel that way, that terrible way I felt for all those years, again. There is a song about that. I must be getting better MWM, and you must, too. :hugs: [/QUOTE]
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