Depression and Goals

Sorry for the late post this week! I haven’t been feeling too great the past couple weeks, even been to the ER a couple times. Hopefully will feel better and be back to my old self soon though, especially with spring break coming up! Yay!

Speaking of which, spring break is the perfect time to set some goals. Goals which are really vital to a person like myself who suffers from Chronic Depression/Anxiety. If you suffer from these you know exactly what I’m talking about. If not, let me explain quickly, depression can leave you crippled to a point that you can’t do anything. You can feel helpless, alone, scared, like you’re the worst in the world. You’ll want to stop moving/doing anything, go into a dark little corner (or bathtub in my case), and cry for all eternity. That, stopping moving/doing anything, is the worst thing you can do. At that point your mind can sit and dwell on all the negative and have nothing to distract it. Setting goals, and giving yourself things to do, helps prevent some crippling breakdowns. This isn’t to say that it prevents all of them, and that sucks. I still get crippling breakdowns even with my minor goals (things like clean the counter, watch this movie, get a drink, nothing too hardcore). Sometimes goals don’t work for people, and in that case they have other strategies that work for them. That’s for another blog post entirely however. For now, goals! (:

So now that the advice section is done, this might be a good time to list a few of my own goals for the next couple weeks. Since my Grandparents are coming out, and since I’m still in chronic pain, it’ll be a nice mix of easy going and cleaning goals. Good for both my sanity and my physical body. Let’s make say, 5.

1. Clean my Office. Including things like my desk, guinea pig cage, floor, closet, and organizing all those cabinets. Been trying to do that for a long time now, haven’t gotten far. Haha.

2. Make flight, hotel, and car reservations or Kauai. Something that has to be done before Spring break even starts, since I leave at the end of that week.

3. Write three to four Medium blogs relevant to COM 320, another blog classwork assignment.

4. Clean out the fridge, also needs to be done before spring break.

5. Make Guinea Pig Vet appointments for remaining three guinea pigs. Gotta get those piggies to the vet!

Hopefully all of these can get finished before the end of March! Keep you all updated! What are some of you goals for March, since there is really only a couple weeks left now? Do you have any strategies that help you with your depression or anxiety attacks (they might be used in a future blog post, and I may try them out myself!). Sharing of ideas always encouraged here!

Please be aware that I am NOT a medical professional, if you have any doubts about your health please seek professional medical advise. If this is an emergency call 911 or your local emergency hotline.