Feeling Sad & Depressed / What Helps Me | Aug 27, 2016
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- I still have days where I am depressed. They come and go. How I deal with it is with distractions and staying busy, focusing on my goals. When I am not thinking of the low energy depression and what it does to me, I'm able to live my life and accomplish my dreams.
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I can also get a litlle sad if I just lay in my bed and watch youtube all day. It's not that bad but I can feel it sometimes. Sending peace and happiness😊🌈💎
Hi, I suffer from major depression since I was a child. Severe depression is like being terminally ill. It's worse in the morning to me and I can find no remedy apart from compulsive shopping and get distracted with my new purchases for a while. I need something that motivates me every day, or I drown.
I lost my dad in 2009 to heart failure and my mom to lung cancer in 2013 and I always tell people time doesn't heal wounds, but the distractions of life keeps us going.
depression can be so hard, i find hiking thru the woods to be useful. Quiet time to sort thru my thoughts
My grandma passed away on the 21st of August, so when you made this I was deep in shock and depression. I need a constant distraction as well. Your videos help with that :)
recently i began perceiving depression as an opportunity to explore more subtle factors in my life i don't believe i'd notice otherwise...and to allow my regular focus to deeply rest. it can be a really gratifying teacher; very humbling. i also look at it as an opportunity to be mindful of my grasping. acceptance is tricky, but i think acknowledgement is strengthening, as well. i really need to forgive myself for what i'm not doing because what i am doing i'm very proud of, and most of my works i produce to survive depression.there are also behavior analyses my therapist taught me. when writing one, one makes sense of their thoughts, feeling, actions, starting with vulnerability factors...i'd like to share one but yeah i don't know how to do that.
Never stop going! You're so strong
evil and bad stuff has a way of creeping up on you. Don't you let it!. Don't let it overtake you! Force yourself ho on. Love your life its a gift. Love ypurself very important
God bless you
i'm that type of person who gets down easily. Honestly, till this day idk really how to stop being this way. What helps me get some positive is just get around people a love, drawing, write down what's on your mind, listen to music, taking naps, pamper yourself, run in the early morning, maybe go to the beach and maybe think about positive future. I hope you the best:)
I know what you feel Elle, I've been dealing with depression too. I had to take medications. I am very impressed that you can deal with it in that way, you are a very strong person. Distracting yourself and thinking about positive things are the best ways to feel happier, you are acting right. I think that we have to learn what to do when depression comes, because we won't escape sad moments in life. Not everything depends on us, we can only control our reactions and attitude. Everyone can find something to be happy for. I hope that your depressed days won't occur so often. Everything will be better with time.
I can't agree with this more, I always feel down and dead when I have no goals for the day, and the only thing that moves me forward is distractions, but relying on distractions doesn't always help :/
I also tend to get depressed when I'm bored and have nothing to do. I tend to make lists of things I want to achieve that day, even if it's simple things like watering my plants or doing laundry. I also have to keep reminding myself that my mood improves if I'm able to be creative--but sometimes it's hard to get started.
You need someone who will love you unconditionally and depend on you, that you will grow to love and depend on. I recommend a black labrador puppy.
I have anxiety and depression and I try to treat myself just as we vets treat horses that have depression: exercise, contact with nature and socializing. most of the times I need to force myself because Im not in the mood but it does help especially exercise. Love your videos!!
Without that "great golden goal" the skeleton of my day sags and then collapses. Positive structure is the key to handle, and handle is the word I want, the quantum of want'em that will not vary.
BTW, all the ASMR/hypno/meditation videos sound really great.
I'm dealing with a depressive episode right now. It really sucks and I wish it would go away. I'm feeling solace by watching your videos. Thank you
For me occupying my mind with games or talking to someone, things that are supposed to be kind of challenging or so and thus require my attention and focus, help distract me. I'm really bad at motivation though. Especially when doing chores and such because low self-esteem is one of my symptoms, so whenever I do them I doubt my ability to accomplish the task and spiral into self hatred. My depression is currently not medicated or discussed with a professional... I've been feeling ashamed about sharing it in real life. Especially since everyone looks to mental illness with such negative stigma. It's probably why I avoid many people these days.
I feel the same way. I love that you said that you can't rely or depend on sleep. School throws my life into a tizzy and the way I relax is by sleeping and watching RUclips videos. However, these ways of coping actually are more destructive. I spend hours on my phone or in my bed and I don't get any work done. The more I realize this, the more I stress and want to repeat these things. So yeah that's where I'm at right now.
I still get depressed some days, fortunately not as bad as I used to. What usually helps me is Mindfulness. When I do a Mindfulness meditation, I observe my feelings, my thoughts, my body sensations, and that helps me to 1) determine what exactly is going on (ok, appearantly I'm depressed today), so I don't have to stress about "Why can't I get myself to do anything productive!? Waah!" you know? And 2) release resistence to it. Because what you resist, persists. I just let the depression be there like I would with a friend who comes visiting for support. And as long as I'm depressed, I'm mild towards myself. I don't force myself to do anything 'because it has to be done'. But I will do what I need to do to get my needs met. Usually when I'm depressed, I want to rest, but I can't relax in a messy home, so I make sure the place gets tidy enough for me to be able to feel relaxed in it. Bonus points for feeling better and better while cleaning up the place already. I also make sure I eat healthy and drink enough water. When I'm depressed I feel like there's fog in my head, and eating fruits and vegetables and drinking lots of water seems to make me feel clearer or something. It's weird, but it works! And overall I just relax. I don't force myself to do anything, but I don't limit myself either, and that freedom sort of lightens the depression.
Reading it all back, I realize I treat myself like I would when I had the flu or something. I mean, when having the flu, you stay warm, get lots of rest, drink lots of water and get some vitamins in your system so you'll get better. It's the same with depression, right? I mean, that's also an illness, so you gotta treat yourself like you'd do with a physical illness. You don't force yourself to do anything you're not capable of, and you don't beat yourself up over being unable to do certain things, and you just take good care of yourself. Makes sense right?
Oh yeah, and that's another thing that helps me. I guess I can deal with anything as long as it makes sense to me. I've been through a lot lately so it's no wonder I'm gonna be depressed at times. It makes sense, so I know how to deal with it, which makes things a lot easier. So yeah, making sense of it helps, I guess... I can remember the first time I got depressed and I didn't know what hit me. I couldn't make sense of it so I paniced, which made the whole thing worse. I even got suicidal back then. Fortunately I was already seeing a psychologist who could help me make sense of it, so it got a lot easier real quick!
Why do I always end up writing whole essays in comments lately? :P
I'm the same when I feel down. Just when I really don't know what's wrong, and I feel very dead. It's physically difficult to speak. You feel like a zombie. Some people probably think I'm stuck up, grumpy or rude when I don't restond to their "Good morning" greetings and stuff like that... I don't want to be those things, but it's very hard to behave differently. What does tend to help me is watching videos or talking with people who make me laugh. It's the best remedy and cheers me up!
Hi, Elle! I just found your RUclips channel out of nowhere with your DID video from 2014. I found it so interesting that I couldn't help but scroll down and watch the other videos, and now here I am! I'm a new subscriber from Brazil (that explains my terrible English), and I just want to say that I'm loving all your three channels and learning a lot with them. I also have depression and anxiety so I promise you we'll cross this path together. Receive my hug. ❤️
That essence looks interesting.
I totally feel you! Today was a drag in more ways than one. Hope it doesn't last too long for you.
Wow. I just came across your channel, and I instantly fell for your personality.
Strength you beautiful soul. I just discovered your channels. I think you're a beautiful person inside and out from just watching you. Thank you for existing. You made my lame day better. xoxo -E
Hi! Yeah I feel very much the same way about depression and sad days. I must admit I never realized how depressed I had been before I got on a medication for it this year. So with the better part of it taken care of, I have a few ways of coping with bad days. One of the better ones, I think, is taking walks or going running. Takes my mind off of things bothering me and gets my body feeling better, even if it's uncomfortable at first. Another thing I do is, like you said, make up tasks for myself that I'm already interested in doing. So even if I don't feel up to doing the work I should do for the day, I'll put my mind to something I feel I can accomplish and be satisfied with a job well done. Recently I've been really stressed with work, so I got a very old computer I used to want in my teenage years off of craigslist, and got it working again by cleaning and replacing parts. Another thing I do to ward off bad feelings is sweeping the floor. Works for me.
I hope your days - or hours - of feeling depressed are few and far between, Elle. I love the ideas of building structure into one's day and engaging in distractions.
Today was a crappy day for me too. We are riding the same roller coaster in life.. I am so tired my mind can be effen exhausting at times. Your video came on at 4pm here and I was delighted to see you once again, Your meditation videos and the SMR in the forest sound awesome I may stay in the Forest for a long long time. Hope tomorrow is brighter than today was, as always all the best to you. Hugs xoxox
I feel yah with how hopeless the cycle of being depressed and not product is. Getting out of it just seems to be by chance that I'm not sure how. An equation that I'm going to implement is to take better care of my body, sleep better, eat better, go out and get sunshine. do more yoga, etc. I am very interested in the idea of you doing videos about the chakras. I'm just learning about them now.
sometimes it feels like my mind has warped where i live into a completely different place.
its uncomfortable, it feels alien and my body is feeling really strange. although my body has been physically and psychologically dependent on opiates for ten straight years, i started with 5 years of heroin IV addiction then went onto the "replacement therapy" that they recommend for all of us opiophiles.
i felt like it was just an endless sort of sucking at life to keep my core numb.
so its actually been two weeks now off of methadone and its been one of the hardest things I have ever done but at the same time this is my choice this time.
no prison....so not being forced..but because I wanted to do something different. I want to be chemically free. I want to be alive and be ok with that.
Where my emotional body is located is going through some intense things with this detox. it feels like a "dead" muscle inside that I can't get to work. i feel that there is so much there to connect to but how to build this bridge is something I haven't even had to think about. To be honest I am in worse shape or at least just as bad of shape physically being maintained on an enormous dose of methadone...a definite sedative and numbing agent...not only that but thats all my brain cared about for real so it was just about getting my dose and sleeping...whaat? no I want to live if I am gonna be alive. I did need some time on the replacement but they don't teach you to not need it in the programs.
So my feelings....Something that went to sleep a long time ago and is so, extra sensitive but still not fully recognized...its really bizarre actually. especially throw in the amount of disassociating I have done over my 28 years that was NOT drug related but then at 13 I started using drugs that did make that worse.
especially when I was 18 and found opiates could turn off all of my pain.
i was very young and very out of my mind.
so i need to do more like you are talking about and force myself to get things done and even though I dont feel like I can it feels better in the end to know that I did fight for something.
i get that way to where i don't have anything to do and i get sad and my mind thinks about things that are making me sad to the point where i can't make something to eat or clean or do regular things. watching funny videos helps me kinda because my mind wonders off lol
I hear pets are good for depression/anxiety.
If you clean house and reorganize it will help restore a sense of control and accomplishment.
Elle I feel exactly like you do with regards to depression. I feel that being bored is like a giant trigger. College just started again for me and even though it was soo exhausting being the first day of school but I was so happy to be back and have a life again. at first summer was a relief and then it just became a huge war with my depression and the monotony of my job.
and I love your room btw! are you still at your grandma's house? I had chosen that exact same color for my walls. I would choose it again but I can't paint my apartment.
Netflix is helping my depression atm, also learned a new vegan recipee which I might try later although I usually dont eat much when I am depressed ur right depression is like highs and lows but mostly lows I find im less focused on my depression outside but my dysphoria kicks in as I am still transitioning to the girl I feel I am always remember you could have it worse I dunno what else to say keep smiling :)
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Hello, my name is apathy.
I had a very weird and secure day yesterday as well. I felt very outdated and unattractive. Umpf! I am sure that your day was not so great because of the issues you had dealt with with your mother and your brother and the court system.
insecure I meant. I forgot to say how I delt with it. I had some negative self talk, and tried to let it go and socialize, that made it worse, so I went to bed.
You look tall! What's your height?
5'11
I fucking love incense