Feeling down

You are suffering from a temporary steel deficiency. Order a khukuri, and you will feel better.

n2s
 
Do something nice for a random person.
Watch the sunset or sunrise with a loved one or child.
Go for a walk down a path you've never traveled before.
Get outside the city and look at the stars.
Call up an old friend who you haven't talked to for a long time.
 
Julian of Norwich said this many years ago, and it helps me:

All will be well,
And all will be well,
And all manner of things will be well.

Do some of the things mPisi suggested, but try to look, to see with a new set of eyes beyond the mundane, for the good and beautiful in the everyday ordinary.

PS: go fly a kite.
 
Manoucher-- sorry to hear you are feeling down. I don't really have any suggetions, but I hope you feel better soon.
--Josh
 
Do something nice for a random person. Watch the sunset or sunrise with a loved one or child. Go for a walk down a path you've never traveled before. Get outside the city and look at the stars. Call up an old friend who you haven't talked to for a long time.
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Great ideas!

I would add: "get some heavy duty exercise--preferably outside"

Everytime I feel depressed and I manage to get in a really good workout I feel much better--puts things in perspective.

I hope you feel better soon:)
 
I get off by myself and sort of count my blessings. Think about the good things and the good people in your life.. Then count the things you want to do and things you want to do for others. You will feel better soon.:) :)
 
Just find a solution for the immediate items. The rest will usually resolve itself.
 
Thank you very very much my friends at HI, a place of love and friendship, thank you again for your kind words. Dave, I think ever since I have been writing my memories on ISF, I have been going through hell, it has given me relief but sometimes emotional upheavals I guess. Thank you again my friends.

Regards

Manoucher
 
Do a search for "seasonal affective disorder". In the winter I tend to get the blahs and using a few extra bright lights seems to help.

It keeps me from slashing my own wrists. At least I think it works. :) Now if I could only learn how to sharpen...

:rolleyes:
 
S.A.D./Seasonal Affective Disorder; a.k.a.
Cyclothymic Personality Disorder - used to be thought of as a low grade vesion of manic/depressive personality. Now linked to a drop in the body's output of vitamin D due to lack of sunlight in the winter months. Treatable with full spectrum light ( such as used for greenhouse or indoor plant growth ) for some specified amount of time at a certain level.

It also hits during the winter holiday Christmas to New Year's season when folks are expected to be "up" and seeing relatives and friends. Good things can stress you out and make you sick as well as bad things. It's also a time when we often spend time thinking of things done or left undone. Career reappraisal, milestones, achievements, failures.

Bad times for those who've gone thru recovery from substance abuse, past mental health problems and so on. Those who've suffered from religious mistreatment/abuse/malpractice. Bruise isn't the only one who has felt suicidal during this time of the year.

Pardon the ranting. I'm just an old, burned out former child abuse, neglect, and exploitation social worker.
 
An Irishman's Philosophy:

There are only two things to worry about:
Either you are well or you are sick.
If you are well, then there is nothing to worry about.

But if you are sick, there are two things to worry about:
Either you will get well or you will die.
If you get well, then there is nothing to worry about.

But if you die, there are two things to worry about:
Either you will go to heaven or you will go to hell.
If you go to heaven, then you have nothing to worry about.

But if you go to hell, you'll be so damn busy shaking hands
with all your friends, then you won't have time to worry

:)
 
It took me a long time to put two and two together and come up with the fact I have S.A.D.
Now during the winter I make sure that all the shades are up as soon as I am. The extra daylight exposure makes a difference.
 
with a dog. They are reseviors of unconditional love. A wagging tail does wonders for me. I hope you feel better soon. Namaste.

Frank
 
If it's also a lack of vitamin D, an extra glass of vitamin D fortified milk might help also. However, for those who are lactose intolerant it may bring on a set of new problems. :)
 
Sorry to hear you're not so happy right now. I'm sure it will pass.

Also, Rusty's suggestion is spot on.

Also, feeling down is okay, oe how else would you feel up afterwards? Cyclical.

I've been bummed recently because of job loss. I actually filed for unemployment today! That kinda suucks. At least my country pays a pittance of unemployment, for paying taxes and such. I'm still on the job hunt, but no one wants to hire a tech writer at the end of the 4th quarter (gotta make those numbers, ya know).

Luckily, I am not my job, and have been having the time of my life with my wife and infant daughter in this "forced unpiad vacation" called unemployment.

Another thought: I believe as the ancient heathen europeans did -- that the walls between the realms or the living and dead grow thinner after the Fall Equinox, peaking at the Winter Solstice. Thus we are more likely to remember, pay homages to old past friends and family, etc. This does pull on the spirit of a person, and no Vit D will do it alone. Cameraderie, friends, and celebrartion of life and love is the medecine.

Keith
 
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