Depression Magazine needs your masculine opinions!

Here is a note from the editors of Esperanza magazine. It’s the sister magazine to BP Magazine. (Bipolar Magazine). I write a colum for BP Magazine.  Both of these are excellent and very helpful publications!

BE PART OF THE WINTER 2009 ISSUE SOUNDOFF!

We are working on the WINTER 2009 issue of esperanza, the new anxiety and depression magazine, and need your input for SOUNDOFF! Click the link below to share your opinion on this issue’s topic.

As a man, how has depression impacted your life and what approach have you taken to get better?

Click here to share your thoughts, advice and experiences in 75 words or less by Monday, January 12th. Or email soundoff@hopetocope.com

You can read about he magazine at  www.hopetocope.com julie

PS: You can mention you read about it on my blog. They know me!





Unhappy people watch more tv! I know that used to be me~

I just read the following article on Yahoo.  

 Unhappy People Watch Lots More TV   by Jeanna Bryner

Unhappy people glue themselves to the television 30 percent more than happy people.

The finding, announced on Thursday, comes from a survey of nearly 30,000 American adults conducted between 1975 and 2006 as part of the General Social Survey. While happy people reported watching an average of 19 hours of television per week, unhappy people reported 25 hours a week. The results held even after taking into account education, income, age and marital status.

In addition, happy individuals were more socially active, attended more religious services, voted more and read a newspaper more often than their less-chipper counterparts.

The researchers are not sure, though, whether unhappiness leads to more television-watching or more viewing leads to unhappiness.

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I can actually answer the last question- depression leads to more television watching which then leads to guilt that [ Read More ]





We Dont Feel Motivation- We Create Motivation

I just did an interview with a writer from Self Magazine on the topic of the January blues. She asked some excellent questions- and one of my ideas that she really liked was the concept that we can’t WAIT to want to do something- we have to just do something. That’s my first strategy in Get it Done When You’re Depressed. Depression never wants to do anything! I can sit until I’m frozen solid before I’ll want to get out and get on with my life if I’m depressed.

I think- where’s my motivation? Well, depression is eating it like candy! I want to be motivated, so I create it using the stuff I talk about in my books:

Set up a time to work with a friend- tomorrow I will meet my friend Karen to work together from 1-4PM. I will work on my book that’s due and she is going to [ Read More ]





Bipolar Depression… Boo hoo for me…

 

I’m feeling sorry for myself today. The limitations I have on my life and the limitations I’ve had to put on my life because of bipolar disorder are hard. I want to be like my friends. I want to come home after something wonderful and not go into a downswing.

 

After I got home from a NAMI speech last night- you can read about it below- I did so well for the whole two days! Now the downswing is here. I always think it will skip me! Sometimes it does, so I can focus on that. How I know I’m in a down swing?

 

- I’m crying a bit.

- I’m thinking of an old friend who dumped me [ Read More ]





It’s so hard to work sometimes!

Bipolar Disorder and Work

The past few weeks have been hell work wise. And that is putting it mildly. I have a lot of work due and I swear, my brain has shut down. I’m used to this when I’m depressed, but I’m not depressed right now! I just wander around until I remind myself of what I say in my own books!

- When it’s hard to make a decision – force yourself to do one and then ignore the feeling that you made the wrong decision. This always works! – Put yourself in a place you can work. This is a great one. I work well in the library, so I have to do whatever it takes to get to the library. I can’t stop until I get there

I have a ton more ideas in Get it Done When You’re Depressed, but like most people, I often forget to look at the [ Read More ]





Books by Athletes- Inspiration for people with bipolar disorder!

Actually, I find books by athletes to be inspiration for anyone who needs it! I stared using sports analogies in my treatment plans a long time ago. Get it Done When You’re Depressed has a strategy called Think Like an Athlete.

Have you ever noticed that almost all top level athletes rarely take a sick day? They rarely complain about their health. They push forward even when things are difficult. This is what it takes to play in the big leagues- and I find it inspirational. Julie





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