Posted by IsoM on April 7, 2003, at 15:01:08
In reply to Feeling dreadful- help to slog along?, posted by fi on April 7, 2003, at 14:26:33
Fi, my suggestions only. Take what you think applies or might work & ignore the rest.
When I feel crappy, from time to time, I don't fight it. I sleep as much as I want to or need to (hard to tell sometimes), don't push myself, & do anything except maybe light reading, looking through plant & seed catalogues to dream, watch some TV (nothing grim or heavy, mostly nature & animal shows, my favourites). I try to eat good but that tends to fall by the wayside for a couple of days.
Then after 2 or 3 days of 'vegging', I'll wake up & feel a bit better. I take that as a signal to do more but I still don't push myself. I'll clean around the place, try to get whatever needs to get done, & live a more structured & scheduled life. Then after doing this for a while (couple of days to couple of weeks), I'll realise that I do feel better again. I healed myself, so to speak.
Mind you, there's some things that do need doing every day that we can't avoid, work being the worse. That's why I don't push myself with other things. It may be the ADD & depression tied together for me, but while my "moods" don't change a lot, my energy level & 'joie de vie' does. I don't fight it but adjust myself to it. I feel like a piece of loose seaweed that moves in & out with the tides & is pulled by every wave that comes along. Not a bad existance, & often quite happy, but I've accepted that I'll always have ebb & flow in my emotional & mental life. At least, I never get angry or bitchy.
Oh, & I eat lots of chocolate on my low energy, blah or down times. Something wonderfully soothing & healing about chocolate for me. It may be the high magnesium levels but I think it's more than just that. I know it's not the PEA in it as it doesn't cross the blood-brain barrier.
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