always remember to turn off the gas.

i was told by family, walk outside each day, get some exercise and fresh air, over and over.....i did it and i now look forward to it

btw, i used to run 25 miles a weeks, but that was years ago

it was hard tho, stepping outside of my home that first time whe i was so d@#$ depressed to go for a walk, but i did it, and am still doing it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGirG7iqXX0



It's a gas gas gas

Same thing. My therapist said I set my goals so high I can never reach them and then beat myself up for being a failure. So I have to keep them small. Which is hard for me because I want everything NOW.

My daily goal is enjoyeing my day and keeping busy as I can . Daily Strength keeps my mind and hands busy which is important .Idol time is bad for me .. Thank goodness I have a laptop ..i bring that bitch everywhere ..from room to room

I am going to try that...I kinda need help narrowing down what todays goal should be?
*Call the truant Officer back?

*Go to my Dr.(orthopedic) appt.

*Try to get my son to take a shower?

*Make dinner?

*Try to make my son take out the trash...that has been sitting here for 3 days now...he has 3 f'in chores!!!

Get out of the apt once a day. Go to b&N and read books, go have coffee by yourself, walk, zooo etc This normallly makes me more depressed but i have been told it is good to do

Exercise and diet, oldy but goodie.

Take your meds.

Write a list of the things you need to do, but break them down into smaller sections so you feel you have achieved something. I've been doing this for years now and always feel better when I can cross something off

takes u ages to realise the goals have got to tiny,tiny,tiny ones..ie get up & do washing up in 1 day?!? dennah!

Pluck: I agree with your psych's suggestion. I just wrote back someone on this board thanking them for sharing positive success and accomplishing a task that seemed daunting. I have been choosing one thing each day to accomplish and lately it is beginning to double and triple in the number of tasks getting accomplished. I find that when I keep taking stock of all that still remains in need of doing, I can rattle off at least one or more small tasks that I accomplished. I have to literally tell myself that eventually it will all get done. It is so helpful to work toward getting much of the clutter that seems to multiply with this illness, out of the way or certainly under more control.

Pluck, that's exactly the mantra I've been using...do just ONE thing today! Just one..unfortunately, it's not working today.
The other thing I use, not from a shrink, but it's what we call an "attitude adjustment". Really just doing a 180 on the way I'm thinking. For instance, if I'm depressed, I force myself to think thoughts that I would have if I weren't depressed. Looking for glass half full things instead of half empty. Sometimes I can even trick myself out of it or meditate myself into an attitude adj. Hope this makes sense, it's hard to describe.

to say no to bipolar thoughts and fight my sick brain when its telling me i'm worthless...constant battle but it does get easier

I do that too blueblur. Try to see the half full aspect...it doesn't pick me up, I still feel like crap but it helps me to hold on until I can feel it.