Look for the Light - #positive
You know how they always say it is darkest before the dawn? Well, unfortunately, the same goes for emotions. Sometimes we feel about as low as we can get before we make some sort of breakthrough.
So next time things seem overwhelming and you think you are drowning, look for the light. It could be anything. A laugh from a friend, a dog sunning itself, even a pretty flower. Or, it could be getting that book you have been wanting for months.
Embrace that light. Hold it tight. Remember it. Take a picture if you need to, so that when the darkness encroaches again, you have a clear beam to make it go away.
Look for the light.
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ReplyDeleteHi Morgann:)
DeleteThanks for your comment. I'm the same. I actually have visual reminders all around me, because when depression hits, I don't automatically remember to look for the good things. Visual reminders do help. As does remembering when the full moon is, as it seems to like to attack me. LOL
I wish you and your partner the best in getting out each time you fall into that pit.
Have you tried doing a 10-10 list? I was a bit skeptical when I first started, but have found it to be an immeasurably amazing way to truly feel good. Every day you write out 10 things you are grateful for in that moment (not what you want to be grateful for, but what you actually are grateful for) and 10 things you want to achieve in the present tense.
In thirty days it made a HUGE difference in my life. I hope it can help in yours. :)
FRAK! I was trying to delete a double comment I made and acdidentally deleted Morgann's note! Here it is in it's entirety. Sorry Morgann!
DeleteMorgann's original comment:
This is something I need to remember for myself - thank you for the reminder. I suffer with chronic depression and have a wife who suffers from un-diagnosed Bi-Polar disorder, so sometimes, it's a bit of a struggle to remember that the light is there - all the time, it's there, but the dark clouds we wrap around ourselves because of how we react to certain events are obscuring it sometimes. I don't know how to re-teach myself to react to bad things - or good things, for that matter - without feeling despair. But it is a step in the right direction to know that someone else has been there and knows from experience that the light is always burning... we just have to know where to look.