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I’ve been attending some 3D modelling and animation courses since last fall and getting out of the house definitely helped (some days it was really hard to get out of bed but being interested in the topic definitely helped.) I’ve even made a friend there and she’s might be the best friend I’ve had in my life.
TL;DR if you’re depressed, go out and try anything. Behavioral activation helps.
What is the app called?
What is the app!
Sounds like an advertisement for a new AI that can't do anything except steal your data, no thanks
Sometimes going outside makes me even more depressed, because I start to have a headache or get out of breath just walking and it just shows me once more how unhealthy I've become.
My psychiatrist– I’ve had to call him once just literally being in almost a fetal position trembling with the physical and mental aspects of my PTSD (He used to work head of Pysch at the VA so for that I am thankful) and his advice, for ANY time I started feeling any of the symptoms arrive is always also to “GO OUTSIDE. Take a walk. DO SOMETHING” and it very much perplexed me that this was always what seemed to be his pov best plan of action . And it works . Even if (literal) outside factors are triggering me or aiding in my panic, like sounds? Simply walking around the perimeter of my yard helped tremendously. Or at least was a start . Mental health medications, like weight loss regimes, work best when combined with physical activity even if it’s doing a puzzle . This also helped me tremendously as I was trying to quit drinking and had become an alcoholic . Sitting there , all I could do was think ab how badly I needed and wanted a drink – the change of scenery and focus by going outside for two minutes helped me not relapse and not feel the mental cravings and lessened the physical ones I was experiencing.
I firmly believe that depression's primary mechanism for sustaining itself is the habit of inertia it creates. You don't do much, your body gets used to not doing much, doing much feels like an enormous exertion, activity gets punished, inertia gets reinforced. The less you do, the less your body believes it's capable of. The trick is to prove it wrong, the challenge is that it's right, but if you try anyway it'll become less right. Chip damage to prevent its shields from recharging and eventually you'll see results
Not sure about this, or maybe I'm just an exception. But I've started going to the gym, going to work, walk my dog and I don't feel any better.
Feeling hopeless? Accept Jesus as your savior. You can Google " the sinners prayer. " pick one, say it out loud 🙏
Try telling this to anyone who’s currently depressed.
Or on Reddit.
For some reason people hate this activation thing in depression treatment.
I fully disagree with them. But for some reason it’s very difficult to convince people that this works.
I've found that forcing myself to get out more and putting myself around other people and talking myself into attending "potentially" enriching activities has in some ways made things noticeably worse for me. Its almost always disappointing and deflating to leave a function or event with virtually nothing gained from it. Expecting or at least hoping for social opportunities that don't actually pan out whatsoever makes things feel like a vain effort. I'm almost never actually able to convince myself that I'm interested in anything I go out to do beyond the possibility of meeting a person or three in doing so, so when I can't even accomplish that much, I'm usually just kicking myself all the way home for wasting that time and energy on what I knew had a high probability of failure. Even just trying to routinely position myself in "third places" just feels like it's taking and taking and taking from me but almost never giving back. There are ao many things that I could potentially be getting done at home, including things I NEED to do, but I give it up just to disappoint myself on a regular basis? Life actually might've felt better before I started bothering with this fruitless crap. Wish I'd just give up and go back to endlessly chipping away at my neverending to-do list.
lmfao. no! omg, smfh. sadness IS NOT DEPRESSION fu
I agree that lack of movement is a big sign and cause of depression.
Back when I went abroad to study I used to live in a house with a roomie who never was home, and my classes were at night.
So what happened is that my mood decreased significantly as it was very hurtful to have "nothing to do" on the mornings and classes at night, which led to a period of lack of willpower and general emptiness.
By the 3rd month I didn't want to cook, wash dishes everyday, I had my clothes piled up and my room was a mess.
I don't know… My $$$ controls my travel more than depression.
So small consistent achievements basically
So whats the app???? For a uh friend
Oh crap, the app would start saying nonsense to me because of how much i stay indoors
This is true
It depends how depressed you are and some of the reasons behind it. If you’re in a toxic or abusive situation the action still doesn’t help. I kept pushing myself and was so lonely and miserable and depressed I couldn’t handle being outside either and was so depressed that I still could barely speak to people and if I did it wouldn’t help or would make me feel worse. I think when it’s at a slightly milder level it can help but some times l literally nothing has helped me. I have tried going through the motions and been told it would stick and not be just going through the motions anymore. It didn’t work for me.
This is probably why its more difficult to try to manage a depressive episode when the person is still doing things. Back when i was in highschool and also working, i was pretty depressed but also overwhelmed by my responsibilities, since i was already out of the house a good ammount of time it wouldnt have helped kuch to try to just do it more. I do have bipolar 2 so im not sure if naybe that affects the nature of my depressive episodes
My fitbit used to accurately predict when I was getting sick.
But isn‘t activity just a distraction?
My phone already tells me when I'm getting depressed because I start getting tons of ads that talk about depression and how to solve it. 😅
Genius on the part of the devs ❤️
"Yeah but it won't help me, im different"
Real talk. Get a dog. Yes, you have space. Yes, you can make the time. Its so worth it.
That smartphone app sounds pretty damn depressing tbh. Last thing I need is another reason to stare into a screen to help me feel better about being human.
Honestly the algorithms already do a pretty bang-on job predicting when im about to sink in the sad depression hole
I’m so happy I started working out and running a few years ago before i turned 20. I mainly did it to lose weight and I did, but now I’m grateful that I have something that gets me out of the house. That and skateboarding. Depression sucks and having something to do every day makes it a little more manageable
I get depressed because this ap is spying on me all the time.
My phone definitely knows when I stay on certain apps/sites way too long. 😅
I have depression since I was 16 and I don't know if this would work in my case. Because I was, even in my darkest episodes, always a person who kept being active. Even if I'm mentally not really present, physically I'm there.
As a cave dweller I guess I must be depressed all the time lol
I never finished this pantheon; it takes too long to get to the first one, which causes serious problems. I wish you luck.
This makes sense because during the winter, there's not a lot to do. Enter seasonal affective disorder. 😞 So glad spring is here! 🥰
Eh……. I think that it could have at least Some merit, altho as a gamer aaaaamd someone who likes to go in walks, I can confidently say that 99.9% of the time, I can/will be more happy by playing some game I've been really into lately vs just simply walking around for however long. But if it's not some game I've been obsessing over, that could maaaaybe be different some.
I at least know that having the Steam Deck and bringing that along with me on walks has been a complete game changer (lol pun not intended)
Yeah. Good luck with that pseudo science
I got high-functional depression, so going out while also doing thousands of todos each day without appreciating my efforts doesn't help. Going outside and eating healthy etc becomes just another todo which will then drain me because I'm doing it because 'I need to' and not out of 'this is good for me and I'm taking care of myself'. Because my depression gets worse from exhaustion, I actually need to do less, and need to take more breaks for processing the many things I do. Plus mindfulness.
This another way to keep tracking people and their movements. This system is cray
That makes a lot of sense actually.