Jun 06 2008
Depressed? Get a Hobby!
This may sound like a trite thing, but having a hobby is essential if you are going to battle depression and the after-effects successfully. Having a hobby gives you something to look forward to each day or week, depending on how often you are able to work at it. Choose something that pleases just you.
Think back to a time before you got married, had kids, and started your career. What really made you happy? What was it that you looked forward to doing. No, not the parties that you attended in college. What would you do when you had time just to yourself? Think if you can start doing that now.
My hobby is writing, but that’s also my job. In order to stay out of the depression cycle, I need something else. So I scrapbook or read. I don’t get to do it much, but I do it. You need something that you can turn to when the darkness starts swirling around you. Get a hobby!
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Very True, a hobby is a good coping skill for depression, or many other disorders. Scrap-booking and writing are great tools yet, they are isolation coping skills… One thing you can add to do, and the thought about doing it is sometimes dreadful, yet IF, you have the straight to try to get out of the house. Go for a walk. Studies show that exercising & sunlight can help depression. And for a power boost, try help others… How? Volunteering is a good way to start… there are lots of way and when your out of the darkness, and I do hope soon your are that is the time to make a plan and build a library of coping tools you can reach into upon you return to those “dark moments”.
Great points. I did mention getting out of the house in one of my earlier posts. It is invaluable as a coping tool!