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[danuv]

It's tricky for me not to let a glum mood overtake everything. Separate what is causing the bad feelings from everything else and isolate it to just that. Not easy. I wish it were as easy to get oneself into a good mood as it is to swing the other way. There has to be some way. I'm replacing 'if we can put a man on the moon' with 'if I can lose weight' lately. Now I just need to lift the shades and brighten the hues. Let go of the cares and concerns that really are fairly inconsequential in the grand scheme of things and focus on what is good and right. Get off my ass and stop feeling sorry for myself and make positive (if tiny) changes. Do the dishes. Clean up my room. Move. Stop sinking. Change what I have the power to change and deal with what I can't.

Isadora wants to know if Gustav Klimt is a zombie.

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[mistressmedusa.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

...of things and focus on what is good and right. Get off my ass and stop feeling sorry for myself and make positive (if tiny) changes. Do the dishes. Clean up my room. Move. Stop sinking.

I am so there with you. I haven't dropped this low in a long time. It wasn't all too long ago that I couldn't fathom what it was like to be depressed, or even fathom how others could get that way. and now, I teeter on the edge, knowing if I fall I may not get back up again. its scary. I try revel in the little things that make me happy. I have a wicker basket filled with froofy yarn to make things with. I blow off my chorse to sit and create... but that creating brings at least just a small bit of happiness.

focus on small treasures and build from there.

oh. and tea. yup. everything is better with a good cup o' tea!

[danuv.livejournal.com]

I've dealt with depression all my life. Fortunately this particular funk is a situational one, not a more chemical/biological one which (to me anyway) are much harder to deal with because there's no rational behind them and not much you can do to fix them.

Sounds like you've found a good way of dealing with yours. Froofy yarn sounds fun. :) I tried knitting once years ago and it was erm.. pretty scary. Though if I can lose weight... hehe

Ooo, tea. I haven't had any tea in a good long while. I should make some!

[mistressmedusa.livejournal.com]

my mom got me some of this for xmas:

http://www.gypsytea.com/

at first I thought... hmmm doesn't get cheesier than this. but I am so addicted!!!! I have had one very large cup (=to 3 cups) a day ever since!

Though if I can lose weight... hehe
so, crocheted bikinis popped to mind when I read that!

hoenestly, I don't care how much weight I lose... I will not be wearing one of those! :P

[danuv.livejournal.com]

God no! Yikes. My stomach was already nasty looking from having babies and losing weight is only going to make it worse. No bikinis for me. Ever. I'll be doing good to put on a swimsuit at all. ;)

[mistressmedusa.livejournal.com]

*giggles* yeah, I may not have had children, but bikinis are also out of the question for me! In fact, it has been at least 2-3 years since I have worn a swim suit.

and the crocheted ones.... we have the lovely hippies of the sixties to thank for that!

[macaholic.livejournal.com]

Hugs.

I know what you mean.

Keep plugging away, you will lose the weight, and you will feel better too! I promise. Hugs

[danuv.livejournal.com]

Eh, yeah I'm losing. It wasn't nearly as hard as I thought it would be. Not eating seems to do the trick. ;)

I'm alright, just had a terrible day yesterday and it was starting to go downhill again today and I am not going to let that happen again!

[macaholic.livejournal.com]

good. go and find some funny things.