Quick Fixes Only: What to do to pick yourself up when u are down?

[shadowmaster]

Depends on what's got me down.

Play a video game. (Escape and accomplish something.)

Read a book.

Pray.

Ice cream works, sometimes.

Only if chocolate.

Plain vanilla can cause even greater depression.

[Pilgrim]

I like the ice cream suggestion. Vanilla or Chocolate. Or even neopolitan. No fancy mixes except for peanut butter cup or cookie dough though.

[shadowmaster]

Shame on you.
If Pricessa goes into a severe vanilla ice cream depression, it is all your fault.

[Vivian]

Hello Everyone!

I saw that someone gave the remedy of singing a praise song. I would like to emphasis this suggestion by pointing out that this is what many of the Psalms are for! The enemies that are being sung about are the true enemies which Paul describes as the dominions and principalities of evil in the heavenly places. These beings or presences or energies or powers work to make us negative - depressed, sad, angry, jealous, fearful, etc, and some of the Psalms were written as remedies to these ailments or attacking.

For example Psalm 30:

1 I will exalt you, O LORD,
for you lifted me out of the depths
and did not let my enemies gloat over me.

2 O LORD my God, I called to you for help
and you healed me.
3 O LORD, you brought me up from the grave ;
you spared me from going down into the pit.
4 Sing to the LORD, you saints of his;
praise his holy name.
5 For his anger lasts only a moment,
but his favor lasts a lifetime;
weeping may remain for a night,
but rejoicing comes in the morning.
6 When I felt secure, I said,
"I will never be shaken."
7 O LORD, when you favored me,
you made my mountain stand firm;
but when you hid your face,
I was dismayed.
8 To you, O LORD, I called;
to the Lord I cried for mercy:
9 "What gain is there in my destruction,
in my going down into the pit?
Will the dust praise you?
Will it proclaim your faithfulness?
10 Hear, O LORD, and be merciful to me;
O LORD, be my help."
11 You turned my wailing into dancing;
you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, 12 that my heart may sing to you and not be silent.
O LORD my God, I will give you thanks forever.

I especially like the Psalms set to music and keep a collection around, on my computer, ipod, in my car, etc. And have many songs memorized, to sing in just these moments.

Doing such elevates one out of the depths or dumps! And if we doing often enough, we will also find that our dreams are elevated, we may even awake in the morning singing praises to God!

This is indeed working towards making every thought captive to Christ!

Shalom!

Viv

[RumTumTugger]

music
reading a good book
dark chocolate
cuddle my cats
have used all of these.

[princesa]

thanks everyone,

also, putting a warm to hot wet towel on your head while you meditate really adds to the calming effect.

I wonder if any Christians here practice meditating on just their breathing or something not related to scripture (?) and more related to Buddhist principles

[Vivian]

thanks everyone,

also, putting a warm to hot wet towel on your head while you meditate really adds to the calming effect.

I wonder if any Christians here practice meditating on just their breathing or something not related to scripture (?) and more related to Buddhist principles

Hello Princesa!

I meditate and consider such a mandate of scripture...

Be still and know that I am God.

Take every thought captive to Christ.

Renewing of the Mind.

Etc.

It is the solution. The psalms are actually meditations.

Shalom.

Viv

[Teluog]

-Psalms
-cry (get it out of you)
-prayer
-remind myself of the resurrection that awaits me in the future
-remind myself that Christ went through worse
-a beer or two sometimes helps

[Conductor42]

Therapy and medication will work in the long term for most but I ask this question for myself and for others on here that may also be down in the dumps with anxiety/depression etc...

I could go for therapy as one way of long term help, but I have to very seriously disagree with medication as one except in the rarest of cases. Medication is not a solution, it simply masks the symptoms. It is a great *short-term* solution until you can get to the root of *why* you're having the problems you experience and/or figure out the solution, but it is NOT a long-term solution.

[princesa]

I could go for therapy as one way of long term help, but I have to very seriously disagree with medication as one except in the rarest of cases. Medication is not a solution, it simply masks the symptoms. It is a great *short-term* solution until you can get to the root of *why* you're having the problems you experience and/or figure out the solution, but it is NOT a long-term solution.

I used to feel this way as well until I learned there were classifications of depression and for the clinicalyl depressed that is due to chemical imbalances I've heard medications are necessary for long term effects as opposed to circumstantial depression related more to a sudden death of a loved one or job loss or anything that will depress someone because of an event. What are your thoughts on that? Thank you.

[shadowmaster]

I used to feel this way as well until I learned there were classifications of depression and for the clinicalyl depressed that is due to chemical imbalances I've heard medications are necessary for long term effects as opposed to circumstantial depression related more to a sudden death of a loved one or job loss or anything that will depress someone because of an event. What are your thoughts on that? Thank you.

I had a close friend who had that problem.
If he stayed on his medication, he was fine.
if he stopped, he went off the deep end.
It took a long time for him to realize that the meds were a necessary part of his life.

[Brown Cat]

"I once complained I had no shoes, then I met a man who had no feet"

Humorist Dave Barry finished the statement, "so I took his shoes."

But what I often do when I'm down is remind myself that these dark moods will pass. Then I will clean something or pick up after myself and maybe give someone a phone call. An ice cream sandwich from my freezer doesn't hurt either. Not anything real profound but I find sometimes little things help a lot.

[Manwë Súlimo]

I had a close friend who had that problem.
If he stayed on his medication, he was fine.
if he stopped, he went off the deep end.
It took a long time for him to realize that the meds were a necessary part of his life.

And by "close friend", :shadowloser means himself.

Looks like he's been off his meds again

[shadowmaster]

Eru, Eru. who will take care of you when I am gone? Michelle wporries a lot about you and rightfully so. Some gold digging doofa will abuse you for certain.

.

[Manwë Súlimo]

There won't be much gold to dig, old man.