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Take2minutes is free! I signed up and set reminders. I have been on default negative mode for over a year. I am going to make every effort to do this every day for 14 days for sure.
Thank you for your videos!
My 3 things:
1. Sent photos via text to my adult children of their dad
2. Listened to an audio book with my husband while in the car
3. Found a hotel with guest laundry, detergent and a helpful clerk who made change for me so I could get a few things washed.
Yt keep saying ur not alone🥹
F this!
I took myself out of the house to do the grocery shopping and didn't take my car so had to have a short walk …I bought a new pair training shoes which fit nicely and immediately put them on and had 20 minutes of exercise at the gym… I am in a severe depressive episode now so these things are really difficult to do.
Hey me too. Decades of depression and the horrors. I’m just seeing if there are any reasons to keep going – after my psychiatrist said there’s nothing more they can do – I have to accept that I’ll always be unwell.
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Thanks
That's another bullshit. No matter how much I focus on the positive, but the gravitation into negative is much stronger
It’s true that what you think about before you go to bed is what you will mostly dream about. 3 good things when you lay down will probably help a lot. It’s just hard sometimes to get myself out of my negative spiral when I naturally settle back into my old habits and ways of thinking.
What if the source of depression is nearby and even though I think of the positive facts for 14 days straight or more, depression comes back and stress comes along?
I can’t snap out of the depression attack because I am always in physical pain or discomfort due to chronic illness. I don’t know what to do. I cannot be unaware of physical discomfort I always have
1)I groomed myself 2)i studied my syllabus
You address depressed people. Aren't you better than most of regular people should know, when you are depressed, It's almost nothing good happen and also it's harder than usual to notice good? Yeah, some days are better, but my today's good things are literally "I am not died, non of my close relative died". That's it for today. It's 2 things, not 3. First one is questionable. I count is as good only because I don't want to die, but I'm in doubt because my life is miserable and I hate myself.
I've been doing this for 28 days now. I kind of like doing it because of "the role" aspect of the three good things. Wrapping my mind around that has been the bigger challenge. This is way more satisfying than a gratitude journal.
Joy
I'm happy that I although I have OCD and had an axniety attack I managed to draw, get shower and do a workout. And even today! I again did a workout, that's impressive work and it gave me insane motivation and I'm proud that I managed to do action❤❤❤
Thank you ❤
I did 3 good things everyday for 3 months. I didn’t feel any better so gave up.
I talked with my friend today and he found his lost cat. I worked hard today, and even though I didn't get it all done, I didn't let my stress stop me from working. I went grocery shopping and got everything on my list even though I was tired.
Lets all get naked and skinny dip. Ha ha pmsl lmao……x thatll cure depression for awhile at least. And no camera phones lol…..x