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Bipolar and ideas of how to help ourselves beyond medication

Mental Health | Last Active: Jan 31 12:55pm | Replies (147)
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Jim

I would love being on a farm. there is so much to experience. Watching the crops grow and animals much more. Living in the city is not the best way of feeling good and being creative. Smell the air and enjoy your companionship. The city is not the best place to be right now. It's like the ocean. It seems to never end.. Sleeping at night must be great. Start enjoying your surroundings. Do something that makes you happy. Tom

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Jim, Volunteer Mentor | @jimhd | Mar 17, 2020

@tjprather

Thanks, Tom. I do enjoy having quietude and open space. Ten years ago I wouldn't have used the word enjoy because depression had sucked enjoyment and pleasure out of me. The other day I put new tires and tubes on my bicycle so I can ride to the mailbox, about 3/4 of a mile from home to mailbox.

We are very happy to live where we do. Central Oregon is high desert and only has an annual precipitation of 14". We have a lot less trouble with allergies, and the winters are generally cold and sunny, today being a classic central Oregon winter day, with a blue sky and 35° at noon.

I haven't felt happy for 16 years, but I do feel less sadness than I did the first half of the years. Major depression in combination with anxiety disorder and PTSD squelches most emotions, but most notably happiness. I'm grateful that I can see improvement in my mood by now. I hope never to find myself in that dark hole of depression again.

Are you finding things that make you happy?

Jim

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