How to get out of a 'funk'?

Yes. Usually a supportive friend that lends an ear or shares a funny story is just enough tonic to get me going and out of it. I am trying hard to stay committed to WL program and recently went back to lifting. That seems to have made them less frequent - especially when you get some positive reinforcement with progress.

Family, friends, music, quiet alone time, long drives, reading, shopping and fishing all help turn things around for me when I'm in a funk. I pick one and go with it...if it doesn't work, I switch it up.

What is a funk ?

That happens to me occasionally. The best way to help me is to simply stay the heck out of my way while I ride the storm alone, thank you very much.

Occasionally, I'll have what I consider bouts of melancholy. It's not necessarily that I feel depressed because I don't really feel sad, but it's a state where it's easy for me to feel things are futile, won't work out, etc. (I sometimes call it "coming down with a case of why bothers".)

As far as getting out of it, one of the first things I do is ask myself when I last ate because low blood sugar seems to be *one* of the causes (especially if my mind doesn't have something to focus on). I stress that it's only one because there are times when it isn't, and eating to try to improve my mood wouldn't be good if that's not the cause. If it's been a long time since I ate, I'll have a snack or take my meals earlier and see if that helps.

If I have eaten recently or getting something in my stomach doesn't help, I might try to get up and move, even if it's just walking around the block.

Something else that helps me is my dog. Having her around prevents me from drowning in my own thoughts (a real hazard when I'm on my own). She gives me something else that's interactive and that I can focus on. Plus, it's hard to remain in a deep funk with a 60-lb Mali trying to climb in my lap and roll over for belly rubs.


What really helps me, however, was when I gave my life permission to be sucky. I accepted that there are going to be days and times that will not be happy and some may be genuinely bad. And I accepted that that was okay. And that acceptance helps keep me from feeling bad that I'm feeling bad.

I'm in one right now and it's never a good feeling because it does affect everything around you. I try to keep busy with things that usually helps.

I just change up my rotine a bit. Their are time I just force myself to go and do it,

ejinvt wrote: »

Unfortunately, for me, it's like I am in a constant state of "funk" (and no, not the Uptown type). Problem is, I typically treat this state of mind with food, thereby perpetuating the situation. Once in a while I am able to focus to the point of action, but have trouble sustaining it. I guess my point is, if you're doing what you want and need to do for your health MOST of the time, and occasionally fall into a "funk", that's okay. Consider yourself not only normal, but lucky. Don't let yourself feel guilty about it. Just accept it and try and move on from it. You've got this!

Now...to work on taking some of my own advice...sigh.

Constant state of funk right here, too. I fake it through life most of the time.

OneHundredToLose wrote: »

I drink beer, that usually helps

I used to do that as well until I realized I didn't want a crutch anymore

Hate my phone. Just devistated.

Music and a good run works for me. Like always, just getting started is the hard part. Getting out of a funk usually happens faster when you just force a change of situation

jd_racer wrote: »

Music and a good run works for me. Like always, just getting started is the hard part. Getting out of a funk usually happens faster when you just force a change of situation

Yeah - I just sometimes think I'm pushing it the wrong way.

Funk makes me think of funky which is perhaps the least appropriately upbeat term to describe what 'funk' is referring to.