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!


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Friday, April 24, 2009

I must say that the digital TV switchover has come at a great time. We tried to make the switchover, but somehow we now have less channels than we did before. We already had no cable or satellite, but could still get a few clear channels. Now, however, we have almost nothing. Which means we are watching very little TV. The reason this works well into my depression recovery journey is that one of the recommendations is to avoid TV. Well, entertainment TV, that is. To the frontal lobe, there is a big difference between entertainment TV and educational or documentary-type TV. The screen switches rapidly with entertainment TV and the brain soon gets sluggish and unable to function with focus. I'm noticing that I don't feel tired as early in the evening, and I do notice more focus. So, whether or not we get the TV fixed, I'll be limiting my viewing and expanding my frontal lobe.
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  1. ~yolandaAugust 24, 2010 at 6:14 AM

    Just found your blog. I too struggled with severe depression. I'm so happy for the things you are recording here. The very things that you are saying are the things God showed me I need to do in my life. I watch almost no TV. I love playing word games and I love listening to classical or very soothing music. Thanks so much for giving us a look into your life. :)

    Praying that today is a good do and that you are finding fullness of joy in God's presence.

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