How often do you do it? Checking in to recuperate (Pisces and Mental health)

As a pisces who has struggled with depression and who has known other Pisceans that have struggled with depression something that I have learned that is crucial to our ability to recuperate from life and it's many ravages is time with ourselves specifically time in which we engage in critical reflection.

I've found that critical reflection often serves to recenter us and sometimes even shift our perspective and gives us the strength to take action to improve our lives as well as maybe even take action to improve the communities we live in or the institutions we are apart of.



so

how often do you do it?

please share your experiences.

you can think of this forum as a safe space aka an extension to the reef 2.0. lol

The Reef Annex.

Posted by fishie
i go into depression holes about 2 or 3 times a year. i’m currently in the longest one i’ve ever been in (since july). i’m usually able to talk myself out of things — months of spending alone time with myself and thinking about why i am the way i am and why i do the things i do. i begin realizing things about myself that i didn’t know before and i stop doing those things (for the most part, definitely doesn’t work really for when i try to teach myself to not be so dependent in relationships).

for this time, i’m going to seek a mental health counselor because my depression is starting to become scary and i began doing things that were unhealthy for my mind and obsessiving over guys who don’t want me.

but, i realized that i don’t like being sad obviously but at the same time i do enjoy the feeling of sadness — it makes me feel my emotions to the fullest, my heart aches; it’s strange. maybe i’m just meant to be alone and be a sad, sad girl.

*hug*

Posted by fishie
i go into depression holes about 2 or 3 times a year. i’m currently in the longest one i’ve ever been in (since july). i’m usually able to talk myself out of things — months of spending alone time with myself and thinking about why i am the way i am and why i do the things i do. i begin realizing things about myself that i didn’t know before and i stop doing those things (for the most part, definitely doesn’t work really for when i try to teach myself to not be so dependent in relationships).

for this time, i’m going to seek a mental health counselor because my depression is starting to become scary and i began doing things that were unhealthy for my mind and obsessiving over guys who don’t want me.

but, i realized that i don’t like being sad obviously but at the same time i do enjoy the feeling of sadness — it makes me feel my emotions to the fullest, my heart aches; it’s strange. maybe i’m just meant to be alone and be a sad, sad girl.

It helps to create things .

Cooking and exercising are great outlets as well.



and sleep.....lot of sleep.

Self care is important.