#what if my antidepressants werent strong enough

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Gojo telling Geto before Geto’s death “We’ll see each other soon, right?” and then dying exactly a year later will be my villain origin story.

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Addiction Counselor Pensacola FL. Distract Yourself. Any addict would benefit from a long list of distractions, activities than can take her mind off of a cig, a glass of Merlot, or a suicidal plot (during a severe depression). Some good ones: crossword puzzles, novels, Sudoku, e-mails, reading Beyond Blue (a must!); walking the dog (pets are wonderful buddies and can improve mental health), card games, movies, American Idol (as long as you dont make fun of the contestantsbad for your depression, as it attracts bad karma); sports, de-cluttering the house (cleaning out a drawer, a file, or the garageor just stuffing it with more stuff); crafts; gardening (even pulling weeds, which you can visualize as the marketing director that you hate working with); exercise; nature (just sitting by the water); and music (even Yanni works, but Id go classical).Addiction Counselor Pensacola FL. Sweat. Working out is technically an addiction for me (according to some lame article I read), and I guess I do have to be careful with it since I have a history of an eating disorder (who doesnt?). But there is no depression buster as effective for me than exercise. An aerobic workout not only provides an antidepressant effect, but you look pretty stupid lighting up after a run (trust me, I used to do it all the time and the stares werent friendly) or pounding a few beers before the gym. I dont know if its the endorphins or what, but I just thinkeven praymuch better and feel better with sweat dripping down my face.Addiction Counselor Pensacola FL. Start a Project. Heres a valuable tip I learned in the psych wardthe fastest way to get out of your head is to put it in a new projectcompiling a family album, knitting a blanket, coaching Little League, heading a civic association, planning an Earth Day festival, auditioning for the local theatre, taking a course at the community college. I went to Michaels (the arts and crafts store) and bought 20 different kinds of candles to place around the house, five picture boxes for all the loose photos I have bagged underneath the piano, and two dozen frames. Two years later, all of it is still there, bagged and stored in the garage. However, I also signed up for a tennis class, because Im thinking ahead and when the kids go off to college, Eric and I will need another pastime in addition to reading about our kids on Facebook.Addiction Counselor Pensacola FL. Keep a Record. One definition of suffering is doing the same thing over and over again, each time expecting different results. Its so easy to see this pattern in others: Katherine, for Gods sake, Barbie doesnt fit down in the drain (its not a water slide) or the alcoholic who swears she will be able to control her drinking once she finds the right job. But I can be so blind to my own attempts at disguising self-destructive behavior in a web of lies and rationalizations. Thats why, when Im in enough pain, I write everything downso I can read for myself exactly how I felt after I had lunch with the person who likes to beat me up as a hobby, or after eight weeks of a Marlboro binge, or after two weeks on a Hershey-Starbucks diet. Maybe its the journalist in me, but the case for breaking a certain addiction, or stopping a behavior contributing to depression, is much stronger once you can read the evidence provided from the past.Addiction Counselor Pensacola FL. Be the Expert. The quickest way you learn material is by being forced to teach it. I adamantly believe that you have to fake it til you make it. And I always feel less depressed after I have helped someone who is struggling with sadness. Its the twelfth step of the twelve-step program, and a cornerstone of recovery. Give and you shall receive. The best thing I can do for my brain is to find a person in greater pain than myself and to offer her my hand. If she takes it, Im inspired to stand strong, so I can pull her out of her funk. And in that process, I am often pulled out of mine.