I feel like such a whiner. Though I am still fairly down, I have buoyed myself up on a raft of progress and am no longer spiraling into terror. Hooray?
So I must now list some “magical cures” for sudden depressive flashes:
– Take a walk
– Narrate your life [preferably as you walk, with a friend on the phone or next to you in an equally depressive situation (I heart you, Charlotte)]
– Write out all your feelings… in different forms… again… and again… and again…
– Do something spontaneous [like driving somewhere completely foreign and getting lost]
– Failing that, do something crazy in your own home [like dancing and mouthing the words to old Britney Spears or other trashy pop songs]
– Call your friends
– Read Christopher Moore [Fool is a really great book – not yet above A Dirty Job for me, but awesome nonetheless]
– Do crafts
– Make a list of things that you’re happy with in your life
– Work out [and leave all your frustrations in the gym]
– Sleep really early
– Sign up for something, make a new plan, work on something completely different [hooray random class sign up at Hugo House!]
– Put off all your responsibilities for later
– Remember that God and the universe provide and care for you; your incompleteness is not a fault, but an opportunity
Hopefully these ideas will keep my little raft afloat for a while. I really need to get out of here.
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