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| Author: | floatingtree [ Thu Aug 21, 2014 8:54 pm ] |
| Blog Subject: | Good habits |
I decided to make a list of fairly simple things which improve my mood. Hopefully this will help me to remember to do them! Here goes. 1. Shower every day. 2. Get some exercise. Usually walking, sometimes working out. 3. Wear earplugs before going to sleep. Otherwise I tend to wake up during the night, often with depressive thoughts going on. 4. Keep the house fairly clean and get rid of clutter. 5. Eat healthily (I also take supplements which seem to help a little but it's hard to say for definite). That's all for now. Maybe I'll think of more later. |
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| Author: | floatingtree [ Thu Jul 03, 2014 7:01 pm ] |
| Blog Subject: | Back |
I'm back after an absence of some time. A little lost for words at the moment. My older blog posts tended to have a lot of ranting. I'm going to try and be more constructive. I might be going to a counsellor soon. Might be a good thing, might not. At the moment the thought of it is contributing to my depression somewhat. I've had a difficult couple of weeks but at this moment I'm not feeling too bad. Being distracted is good. I've got music playing, I'm typing this, drinking coffee... Not too much room for depressive thoughts. |
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| Author: | floatingtree [ Sat Oct 13, 2012 2:20 pm ] |
| Blog Subject: | Ah. Foiled again. |
Wahey! I just typed a really long post and then lost the whole thing. Brilliant. It was a pretty negative post anyway. I need a more idiot-proof blog. Or maybe I'll just write on paper. If anyone wants to see more posts, let me know. |
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| Author: | floatingtree [ Thu Oct 11, 2012 8:13 pm ] |
| Blog Subject: | We're all just chimps in suits |
That "friend" of mine invited me on another night out. I'm not going. Ha, imagine if he read this and discovered how much he annoys me! So many people my age are getting engaged.. And I'm still in my twenties! I'm seriously considering becoming a hermit. Being totally cut off from humanity.. I wonder what that would be like. For years, my most common fantasy is to be totally alone. The last man standing... I have been very depressed this week. During the evenings I recover a little, although that could be because I'm just distracting myself with stuff. I've noticed that if I see someone I know, very often I wait for them to say hello first. I feel unworthy to initiate conversation. I've spent most of my life feeling ashamed and depressed. I make jokes to disguise my social phobia, so people probably think I'm really laid back and happy. I'm the opposite. Hopefully a nice solitary weekend will lift my spirits. Well, they couldn't be much lower than they are right now. |
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| Author: | floatingtree [ Mon Oct 08, 2012 5:45 pm ] |
| Blog Subject: | Progress? |
So it seems I have two options: (1) Just muddle through my life. I'll get nowhere and may well end up in dire straits, but I'll be relatively sane in the meantime. (2) Try and fix things. This inevitably leads to despair and rage. I had an insight into (2) earlier. The reason I lose my sanity when I try and change my life is because it brings up so many bad memories. Stirring up past failures, other people's judgements (real or imagined), the fear of making the same mistake again, losing all my money etc. It's a bit like moving house - you're disturbing all these possessions, uprooting bits of your life. I remember being highly strung when I moved house years ago. I read an interesting article somewhere, explaining the psychology behind the stress of moving house. I've got the feeling that anyone reading this will be wondering what the hell I'm on about! I've been having a lot of thoughts about... how to put it.... dumping my friends! Particularly the one guy I mentioned in an earlier post. There's definitely a distance growing between us. It's funny how that can happen. With a couple of girlfriends it was the same. I'd be thinking, I wish I had my freedom, I don't want to be in a relationship right now. Then very soon afterwards, I'd be dumped! Haha. I'm a sceptical kind of guy but maybe we can sense when we're not wanted, even over large distances. I've been reading a book about a guy who travelled across the world without getting into a plane. Man, I'd love to do that right now! |
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