Posted by finelinebob on January 10, 2002, at 11:22:36
In reply to terrible day, posted by ELA on January 10, 2002, at 11:04:18
> don't want 2moro to be as bad as this, anything I can do?
You know, my MD, my psychofarmer, and my therapist all say the same thing and usually in this order: exercise and stop doing things that make you feel bad.
Yeah, right.
[Dr:"Does your arm hurt when you do that?" Patient: "Ouch! Yes!" Dr: "Well, then don't do that..."]Exercising always does help me, but getting the motivation and will up to do it interferes most of the time.
As for stopping doing what makes me feel bad, it really means doing something that makes me feel good ... that vacuum of "not doing anything" is as much of a black hole as doing bad stuff.
So, for me, doing something fun would mean playing with my puppy all day ... or as much of the day as I could stand. If you don't have a puppy available...
... a day at the spa?
... a day of window shopping?
... a day roaming through old book stores?
... a day roaming through old ____ stores?
... a visit to a museum/tourist attraction that people where you live normally take for granted?
... take a hike (literally, not figuratively)?In any event, doing something good for me usually means getting out of my apartment for an extended period of time, no matter how anxious that prospect makes me.
hth
finelinebob
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