Do you ever have days like this?
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August 27th, 2013
Days when you feel blue and under the weather over something trivial (or for no particular reason)? Days when, even though you know things aren’t as bad as you want to believe, you still allow yourself to feel miserable and wallow in your “pain”?
Overall, I’m a happy and confident person; I love my job, I have a wonderful family, amazing friends and a great boyfriend – so most days I really can’t complain about life. Still, once in a blue moon I get into one of these moods, triggered by something trivial that happened the day before.
Today I woke up feeling miserable and instead of doing things that would make me happy, I’m choosing not to. It’s almost noon and I haven’t even gotten out of bed yet. I feel oddly comforted knowing that I can just stay under my covers all day with the curtains drawn. The mere thought of getting up and doing something today fills me with anxiety.
Does this ever happen to you to some extent? If so, do you fight it and try to get out of your funk or do you just roll with it and wait until it goes away on its own? Or do you do something else? Regardless of which course of action you take, what would you say is the healthiest option?
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I occasionally do and I have found that, at least in my case, it is because I am putting off doing something that I do not want to do.
When I finally get it done I find that my mood lifts immediately, the sun comes out and I feel better about life.
Once in a while? What’s the problem? Wallow away.
Depends on my mood that day. Sometimes I want to wallow and other times I kick myself into a different gear.
I tend to indulge those moods because they are amazingly infrequent now, whereas they were once my everyday normal. However, if I feel it lingering more than a couple days and feel on the precipice of the vortex that is depression, I make a conscious effort to break free of the cycle before it pulls me into a rut.
I had blue days often when I was younger, but rarely nowadays. When I do occasionally wake up feeling down, I sleep (one day last month I stayed in bed almost all day!), or pig out on crap food, or go to a movie, or reach out to someone just to talk.
Rarely, and I usually try to make myself cheer up. I don’t enjoy wallowing at all. Regardless, I would probably be tempted to stay in bed sometimes if I didn’t have a dog to walk.
In your case, I wouldn’t worry. I don’t think moderate wallowing is anything to be concerned about. But still – feel better soon!
Thanks guys! :)
I ended up staying in bed ALL day, which is a nice change for me since I’m always up and running; and I slept for more hours than I can count. I feel slightly better today, but not by much. However, today I’m determined to get up and do things. I can’t indulge this mood any longer.
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