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Doing things to relieve depression... Motivation and ideas

Posted by mscosette @mscosette, Mar 22, 2018

Hi I just started with Mayo Clinic connect yesterday. I noticed a couple people commented on motivation. This is something that I definitely can relate to and would like to discuss with others.
I have struggled with depression since my teens I and now 57 I've been seeing a wonderful psychiatrist for many years, take depression meds, and have been in and out of therapy. My clinical depression is pretty well controlled.
However I am finding myself very lonely and vulnerable.
And I want to fight this. There are things I know I need to do that would help me. But I'm not doing them.
Basically I sleep, work, watch TV and overeat at times.
My goals right now are to exercise, do what I need to do to be around people more. Really anything rather than watching television all evening would be better for me.
What has worked for other people? I thought it would be helpful to have people that I can share these types of issues with.

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kayjay209 | @kayjay209 | Oct 21, 2022

i would love to know what probiotic you are taking. i am taking meds for depression/ptsd and also have gastroparesis. i have heard balancing the gut can help to depression which makes sense to me as most of our serotonin receptors are in the gut.

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tricia7 | @tricia7 | May 28, 2023
In reply to @parus "Thankful our goals do not need to move mountains. I am a list person and I..." + (show)
@parus

Thankful our goals do not need to move mountains. I am a list person and I find satisfaction in crossing something off of my list-yes, a goal oriented person who struggles daily with major depression. I enjoy drawing and painting when I can push through the gray fog. the hardest thing is picking up the paint brush. Something I enjoy so much seems daunting and I would say this is the depression weighing me down. Hard to battle my way through even though I feel better when I do.
I am sad you are struggling with this illness too.

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I’m in the exact same boat. I finally have time to paint and have tried but my depression won’t let me. It’s awful. I hope you are doing better these days.

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tricia7 | @tricia7 | May 28, 2023

sorry. I thought I was responding to an earlier comment so mine above probably seems confusing and out of place. I’m so sorry so many of us suffer from depression. I wish there was a way to make things better for everyone. I spent my career trying to help people. I know what it feels like to hurt badly and wanted to help others hurt less. Unfortunately for me, as I’ve gotten older and life has been hard I’ve crashed hard. I’ve had to stop working and try to be motivated but I’m exhausted and burnt out.

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