Take Your Own Advice
Here I am again.....blogging in an effort to make myself feel better. Have you ever noticed that you have good ideas and advice for depressed friends and relatives but can't seem to help yourself? Well, maybe it's time we take our own advice.
I usually have good suggestions for those who are having a hard time with depression, stress or anxiety. my ideas range from seeking professional help to taking a walk outside to patting yourself on the back. I guess I'm weighing my options right now and am trying to decide what idea would be most helpful to me this time. I've done all of the "advised" things at one time or another in my life. Are we supposed to keep doing them forever?
I have hopes that my spirits will improve dramatically when the weather finally does. This has been one of the longest and dreariest Winters and early Springs that I've ever experienced here in Southwest Missouri. Sunshine has been scarce and we've had way too much rain and snow.
When the weather is decent I will need to figure out where to put the perennials I brought here from our old house. I feel like I don't know where to start, even though this yard is very small compared to what we had. Have I lost my confidence? Yes, I think so. It's easy to do when someone else gripes about your abilities and choices and shows no interest in what you want to do.
I bought two six packs of happy looking pansies the other day and they are waiting for me on the front porch. Maybe soon I can get out there to put them in a pot in the sunshine. Maybe......
I usually have good suggestions for those who are having a hard time with depression, stress or anxiety. my ideas range from seeking professional help to taking a walk outside to patting yourself on the back. I guess I'm weighing my options right now and am trying to decide what idea would be most helpful to me this time. I've done all of the "advised" things at one time or another in my life. Are we supposed to keep doing them forever?
I have hopes that my spirits will improve dramatically when the weather finally does. This has been one of the longest and dreariest Winters and early Springs that I've ever experienced here in Southwest Missouri. Sunshine has been scarce and we've had way too much rain and snow.
When the weather is decent I will need to figure out where to put the perennials I brought here from our old house. I feel like I don't know where to start, even though this yard is very small compared to what we had. Have I lost my confidence? Yes, I think so. It's easy to do when someone else gripes about your abilities and choices and shows no interest in what you want to do.
I bought two six packs of happy looking pansies the other day and they are waiting for me on the front porch. Maybe soon I can get out there to put them in a pot in the sunshine. Maybe......
Posted by ozzieblackcat at 3/30/2011 5:58 PM 
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Categories: depression, mental health, anxiety, depression blog, ozzieblackcat, Professional Help, stress, Self Help, blogs, His and Hers, Missouri
Tags: depression mental health ozzieblackcat stress blog
You may not think it's much, but you came through with this at just the right
time. These last few days were not just
depressing. My hands and feet actually
hurt before I would need to do something
more to make sure they got warm and relaxed down again. When I finally stopped pushing myself to get Al to the
lab today, it felt so much better after
I made the call to change the appt to next week when it has a chance to be better. They understood and were so nice
about it. Another thing I let up on was
the fixy hair dos, I've been getting that are perfect, but just aren't me.
She found the next sized bigger rollers
and did a more relaxed style and I was
able to find the plum lipstick at Wal-Green that they had been out of for
weeks. I had enough make-up and lotions
that improved the wrinkle situation and
remembered the ones that zero in the
places that bother me. I had tried to
send a box to my grandkids for a birthday and it came when we were stuck
at home and couldn't even get to the pharmacy let alone the post office. I
found some Easter things I liked to add
to it and will enjoy sealing it up tomorrow I think. I was thinking it was
spring and I shouldn't need gloves, but
there comes a time when nothing else works. Some little furry boots helped
the foot problem.
As to where to put the flowers, you
are an expert. Your flowers started out
before all the cold and they are still
there like they are permanet and other
colors of yellow joined in and then a
bit of purple. Nobodyelse's flowers
even come close to yours. I planted
just enough onions way back when Al
said I was supposed to so that he will
be able to see them out his bedroom
window. I need to go out there to get
a six foot wooden ladder that I had at
my other house. I bought it because
it was tall enough to be safe and got
out of the habit of using when I would
watch Albert and Kate stand on the floor and reach things. My sister was
just being funny, but if somebody complimented her, she would say the
thing she wanted most was to have long
legs like models do and Dad didn't help
when he would always add that if she
didn't have so much turned up for feet,
she would be tall. In l972, I went
to a wkshop in downtown St. Louis
called an international wkship with
people from all over. A girl from the
Philopines had shoes we could order that
were almost one size fits all with
neutral soft soles and stretchy mesh
uppers. They lasted forever. I wish
I would have thought to look for them
the last day we went through her things
that were organized so neatly. More
than once, I tried to write to the girl
from the Philippines, but to no avail.
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Hang in there - summer is on its way, the weather will be better, and you've gotten through this before. Best of luck!
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I read your post and can totally relate to what you are saying, I am in a semi depressed/happy mood myself and when ever it rain i feel even more depressed.
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