Comments on: Feeling Down? 7 Ways to Pick Yourself Back Up! http://zenhabits.net/2007/02/feeling-down-7-ways-to-pick-yourself/ Simple Productivity Sun, 07 Mar 2010 05:06:07 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Search Engine Optimization Jersey http://zenhabits.net/2007/02/feeling-down-7-ways-to-pick-yourself/#comment-76244 Search Engine Optimization Jersey Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:10:58 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/2007/02/13/feeling-down-7-ways-to-pick-yourself/#comment-76244 Rock on. Having been through a depression in the past, I can vouch for the fact that these tips are pretty much the best things to do. Probably all of them! Taking pills and slumping in a corner will really only make things worse - and because in my opinion depression is a psychological AND behavioural problem, medication isn't very effective (I'm not a doctor or a psych, though). What you have to do is for want of a better phrase 'hack' your behaviour. Become a more positive person. Sure - you will probably always have 'down' days, and they will probably be worse than they are for most people - but when you become used to managing them, and learn ways to bring yourself back up - they won't affect you so badly. Rock on. Having been through a depression in the past, I can vouch for the fact that these tips are pretty much the best things to do. Probably all of them!

Taking pills and slumping in a corner will really only make things worse – and because in my opinion depression is a psychological AND behavioural problem, medication isn’t very effective (I’m not a doctor or a psych, though).

What you have to do is for want of a better phrase ‘hack’ your behaviour. Become a more positive person.

Sure – you will probably always have ‘down’ days, and they will probably be worse than they are for most people – but when you become used to managing them, and learn ways to bring yourself back up – they won’t affect you so badly.

]]> By: nura http://zenhabits.net/2007/02/feeling-down-7-ways-to-pick-yourself/#comment-75680 nura Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:28:30 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/2007/02/13/feeling-down-7-ways-to-pick-yourself/#comment-75680 awesome list,1 more tip from me is you can cry and let your sadness come out:P awesome list,1 more tip from me is you can cry and let your sadness come out:P

]]> By: Hani http://zenhabits.net/2007/02/feeling-down-7-ways-to-pick-yourself/#comment-73406 Hani Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:34:04 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/2007/02/13/feeling-down-7-ways-to-pick-yourself/#comment-73406 Great inspiring post. I tend to blare music through my headphones when I feel down. I especially enjoy listening to success and motivating songs that I have collected in a Feel Good music file. Great inspiring post. I tend to blare music through my headphones when I feel down. I especially enjoy listening to success and motivating songs that I have collected in a Feel Good music file.

]]> By: Sarah http://zenhabits.net/2007/02/feeling-down-7-ways-to-pick-yourself/#comment-70479 Sarah Sat, 16 May 2009 07:30:16 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/2007/02/13/feeling-down-7-ways-to-pick-yourself/#comment-70479 Your advice was all well and good but it seems like sometimes no matter how good you treat yourself and how well you take care of yourself there are others around you that bring you down with their actions. I know for me people like that exist because of the type of lifestyle and career I have chosen for myself. The tough part is I don't want to give them the benefit of making me change that path for myself because of their inability to be real and true to both themselves and to myself. I am a law student in my second term and I find this specialized trade to certainly be one that is not for the faint at heart; unfortunately for myself, I am what you could call a faint at heart. I trust people completely and I am told I am naive for caring for people as I would like to be cared for because ultimately they are all here to take a bite out of whatever you can give them and look the opposite direction when you need them for anything. What do you do when your hygiene and your motivation is not an issue--you take good care of yourself and care about yourself but you feel strongly about honesty and compassion toward every human life as well. You feel many if not all around you sadly do not. You can't talk to anyone about how bad it is because even that will make it all the way around every pupil at school and if you complain about it you are said to be an individual w/o a backbone...? Your advice was all well and good but it seems like sometimes no matter how good you treat yourself and how well you take care of yourself there are others around you that bring you down with their actions. I know for me people like that exist because of the type of lifestyle and career I have chosen for myself. The tough part is I don’t want to give them the benefit of making me change that path for myself because of their inability to be real and true to both themselves and to myself.

I am a law student in my second term and I find this specialized trade to certainly be one that is not for the faint at heart; unfortunately for myself, I am what you could call a faint at heart. I trust people completely and I am told I am naive for caring for people as I would like to be cared for because ultimately they are all here to take a bite out of whatever you can give them and look the opposite direction when you need them for anything.

What do you do when your hygiene and your motivation is not an issue–you take good care of yourself and care about yourself but you feel strongly about honesty and compassion toward every human life as well. You feel many if not all around you sadly do not. You can’t talk to anyone about how bad it is because even that will make it all the way around every pupil at school and if you complain about it you are said to be an individual w/o a backbone…?

]]> By: Ric http://zenhabits.net/2007/02/feeling-down-7-ways-to-pick-yourself/#comment-70182 Ric Wed, 13 May 2009 21:41:46 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/2007/02/13/feeling-down-7-ways-to-pick-yourself/#comment-70182 Thanx for the advice! I'm sure it'll be really helpful. I like to do loads and I am the type who 'leaves them self something to do'. That list idea will be very useful to me! Congrats for knowing so much! Thanx for the advice! I’m sure it’ll be really helpful. I like to do loads and I am the type who ‘leaves them self something to do’.
That list idea will be very useful to me!
Congrats for knowing so much!

]]> By: harsh http://zenhabits.net/2007/02/feeling-down-7-ways-to-pick-yourself/#comment-68856 harsh Sun, 03 May 2009 19:27:04 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/2007/02/13/feeling-down-7-ways-to-pick-yourself/#comment-68856 i really hav 2 appreciate u for it .... awesome man nd thnkx alottt.. i really hav 2 appreciate u for it …. awesome man nd thnkx alottt..

]]> By: hayley http://zenhabits.net/2007/02/feeling-down-7-ways-to-pick-yourself/#comment-68726 hayley Sat, 02 May 2009 10:57:23 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/2007/02/13/feeling-down-7-ways-to-pick-yourself/#comment-68726 iv done all of these things n still nothing seems to b changing i just dont know what else to do iv done all of these things n still nothing seems to b changing i just dont know what else to do

]]> By: amanda Nicholls http://zenhabits.net/2007/02/feeling-down-7-ways-to-pick-yourself/#comment-63867 amanda Nicholls Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:47:50 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/2007/02/13/feeling-down-7-ways-to-pick-yourself/#comment-63867 thank you danny - you are right. thank you danny – you are right.

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]]> By: Note Thing http://zenhabits.net/2007/02/feeling-down-7-ways-to-pick-yourself/#comment-54810 Note Thing Fri, 26 Dec 2008 23:15:45 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/2007/02/13/feeling-down-7-ways-to-pick-yourself/#comment-54810 Physical exercise is a good way to start your day. I do it also and experiencing its positive effects all day long. Physical exercise is a good way to start your day. I do it also and experiencing its positive effects all day long.

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