I try to stay as active as possible, even when the big black dog has come to visit and I know its okay to not be okay.
For me my activity is a whole range of things, it can be anything from going hell to leather doing house work or just going for a walk along the beach or just taking gentle stroll around woodland. I am lucky where I live im a 5 min drive from the sea, a 5 min walk from vast woodlands and 5 mins walk from castle ruins so I kind of guess I am lucky with where I live in the UK.
People cope with depression and MH in different ways, we have our god days and we have our bad days, when I have a god day I feel active and just want to be here their and every where, i feel like I want to live and see and do things and I dont have enough time in the day to see and do it all even thou I know my surroundings are not going anywhere and I dont have to do it all in one day but the mania sets in and I just have to be active.
When I have a dark day i feel slow and feel like a sloth, and struggle, but i have the yearning that I have to be out I need to have space and thinking time so that is when I tend to go into the woodland and just get back to nature, I walk slow and think slow, my thought process slows right down to a standstill yet my legs keep going at a slow pace but they keep going and that kind of keeps me going I realise how lucky I am to be strong enough to cope with the dark days and get through the dark days.
I am lucky that I can cope and still fuction with the bad days and the good I am lucky that I can fight each day and keep going. I guess its the never quit instinct inside me knowing that tomorrow could be better and could be a good day!
the question is this, what keep you going what do you do on the good and bad days? what words of encourgement can I offer you to help you get through this!??
For me my activity is a whole range of things, it can be anything from going hell to leather doing house work or just going for a walk along the beach or just taking gentle stroll around woodland. I am lucky where I live im a 5 min drive from the sea, a 5 min walk from vast woodlands and 5 mins walk from castle ruins so I kind of guess I am lucky with where I live in the UK.
People cope with depression and MH in different ways, we have our god days and we have our bad days, when I have a god day I feel active and just want to be here their and every where, i feel like I want to live and see and do things and I dont have enough time in the day to see and do it all even thou I know my surroundings are not going anywhere and I dont have to do it all in one day but the mania sets in and I just have to be active.
When I have a dark day i feel slow and feel like a sloth, and struggle, but i have the yearning that I have to be out I need to have space and thinking time so that is when I tend to go into the woodland and just get back to nature, I walk slow and think slow, my thought process slows right down to a standstill yet my legs keep going at a slow pace but they keep going and that kind of keeps me going I realise how lucky I am to be strong enough to cope with the dark days and get through the dark days.
I am lucky that I can cope and still fuction with the bad days and the good I am lucky that I can fight each day and keep going. I guess its the never quit instinct inside me knowing that tomorrow could be better and could be a good day!
the question is this, what keep you going what do you do on the good and bad days? what words of encourgement can I offer you to help you get through this!??
