How to stay motivated while being depressed/after a relapse?

nenshali · February 2014

Yeah, #9 was/is important for me because I have a dysfunctional relationship with food in general. I do know about the health benefits of fasting and in general I think it can be a good thing; I forgot to mention it (+ is my list kind of a lot about structure. structured days, structured sleep, structured fitness and eating etc) and even though fasting can have good benifits, it can mess the rest up a little bit (if you are too focussed on food, I mean.)

and I think having some days where you do simply nothing is absolutely fine (and sometimes NECESSARY), I absolutely agree! Sometimes you NEED the rest and it's especially for your mind.
I just stressed the 'small but daily' exercise so much because while working in a psychiatry I got to know how many people struggled with getting out of bed. It was not about a workout, it was not even about a 5 minute walk in the park.
And I know that feeling, both the one where your body feels so eternally heavy that you cannot get up and simply the lethargy.
And the regular activity is simply for breaking out of this vicious cycle of lethargy.

But it's hard to tell the difference, sometimes. And I agree that I have my days where I don't want to do ANYTHING and where it's perfectly fine to do so. It's not always about pushing myself. And if you have a slight idea of what you REALLY need right now, I think it's perfectly fine to listen to whatever your body tells you

and thank you all so much for these awesome replies :blushing:

nenshali · February 2014

zoeysasha37 · February 2014

Thanks for sharing :-)

LankyYankee · February 2014

I came in here fully expecting to see something much less positive than this. Living with some conditions myself it drives me insane to see them used as crutch or excuse. That is not at all what I found here.

Thank you so much OP for these workable reminders and motivators. Well done :flowerforyou:

quirkytizzy · February 2014

I have a loved one who suffers from dysthymia as well. Thank you for posting this, I will be forwarding it to them!

nenshali · February 2014

Aww I'm so thankful for all of your positive reactions :flowerforyou:

losing4life69 · February 2014

I really wish MFP have a "like" button!

nenshali · February 2014

Thank you so much ♥

Lynzigzagzay · February 2014

Such a good post. Definitely going to come back and read this every now and then. Thanks OP!

richmalb · February 2014

Anyone on here using fitbit? Need some buddies on there too

Thanks

gotogirl81 · February 2014

really glad I found this! especially the link to the why we eat what we do when we binge/emotional eat.

crazy that I just posted about my struggle with emotional eating on here.

totally saving that website in my bookmarks. :flowerforyou:

nenshali · February 2014

:flowerforyou: I'm so glad it was helpful for you! I'm using that website over and over again as well :laugh:
And thanks for your compliments you all :blushing:
I'm always part of afraid when I read the comments that someone might say what kind of bull**** I said or something like that :laugh:

ShaniWulffe · February 2014

This is vvery important. Bumping

pixeeedusty · February 2014

wow I really needed to read this today, and I am going to print it out so I can reference it later when I need to.
It explains a lot!

nenshali · February 2014

I'm so glad if I could be helpful :flowerforyou:

kait_fitzpatrick · February 2014

Thank you. I needed to read this!

weliveaswedream · February 2014

Thanks for compiling this. As someone who has been struggling with depression for a long time, these are all things I know but it's so nice to have it in one place. I'm bookmarking the page so I can read it again the next time I'm struggling.