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Welcome to Depression Recovery
Welcome to the Depression Recovery blog! If you suffer with depression or love someone who does, you have come to the right place for encouragement and practical help. I am not a health professional, but I know the darkness of major depression and the crippling effects of anxiety and OCD that often accompany it. Living with depression, I masked my way through daily life, waking each morning feeling as though someone had died and then realizing....it was me. Perhaps you agree that a fitting definition of major depression is death without the benefit of being unconscious. If that sounds a little dramatic, then that's good. If it sounds painfully accurate, then you've come to the right place, because I also know what recovery is! Take heart, friend. I invite you to read my blog from the beginning post and onward as I have logged my progress (and lack of it sometimes), and have not only spotted the light at the end of the tunnel, but have emerged into its presence!
I invite you to email me at simmonsmg@wildblue.net if you have questions or comments as you read.
Starting Your Journey
Begin your journey to depression recovery by starting from the first post. ~ To read it, click here.You may also click here to read all the posts for 2009, then continue in reading the archives for 2010. Please remember to start with the last post and work your way backwards to the most current post. Thank you! *
Okay, this is my third "starting over." It's not that I keep quitting. Rather, it's that I need a better plan to stay on task. So, now, thanks to my sister loaning me the whole set of DVDs from Dr. Nedley's Depression Recovery program, along with the workbook, I am beginning as a true student. I am now on the third DVD and Mark is watching all of the sessions with me. He's such a wonderful supporter and I feel bad that he has to wake up every morning with me since that is the time I am so depressed. But he endures right along with me, and I'm so grateful. I think that for the most part, people view me as being well. But the fact that depression still lurks about me, even when it is subdued, makes me aware that I want it gone so that it doesn't drag me to the depths again. Just this morning, I had an episode of irrational thinking that was rather disturbing. Once again, though, the Lord brought me up and back on track and the rest of the day went very well. So.... here are a couple of things I'm learning from the program:- Nutrition is key to recovery. Foods high in tryptophan, omega-3, and folate are my biggest focus. Examples of those are tofu, English walnuts, ground flax seed, vitamin B-12 and B-6. Also black beans, lentils, and lots of water.
- My daughter sent me a huge book of word puzzles in order to help me with my focusing exercises. I'm enjoying it!
- No negative words! This is a tough one. Beginning today, I started Dr. Nedley's assignment to speak NO NEGATIVE OR CRITICAL WORDS for 14 consecutive days. It has been shown that while it is good to try to think positive, it is actually more healthy to the brain to avoid speaking negatively. Or even thinking negatively! I have to say this is going to be a tough one for me. All negative or critical words or thoughts have to be turned into something positive or just not spoken at all. I know there will be value in this as I know how it feeds my depression when I'm upset with someone (and keep going on about it). Okay, so here we go. I feel like I'm on the high dive.
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