ext_14526 ([identity profile] cleolinda.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] cleolinda 2005-11-04 02:43 am (UTC)

Oh, for real. I think a big way of combatting it is anticipating it, expecting it, and admitting it. And it takes a lot of guilt off your shoulders, too--I now have this scary to do list because I've been feeling particularly listless and useless lately, and I keep reminding myself that it's not because I'm lazy or stupid or [fill in the blank]. I keep reminding myself that it isn't *me*--that I wouldn't be like this if I didn't have this stupid chemical imbalance. It's not a moral failing, in other words. So my goal is to do one thing, *one thing,* off that list each day. But some of them are easier than others--like, "take out trash" vs. "catch up on four Lost recaps."

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