| Go to bed at 21-23 and get up at 08 every day. Eat breakfast when you get up, lunch around noon and dinner at 18:00, even if the meals are just small ones. Healthy food is better, but it’s the schedule that’s important. Try to do the housework as you notice it. See a dirty dish? Clean it right away. See dirt on the floor? Vacuum it. But do it in small bursts where you don’t exhaust yourself. It’s perfectly fine to just vacuum the parts where you noticed the dirt and not the entire room for instance. Try to keep your mind on whatever your doing. If you’re vacuuming you’re vacuuming. You’re not vacuuming while thinking about your finances. Take a long walk each day, preferably in nature. Figure out which time is the least stressful for you. For some it’s morning, others it’s evenings, and others it’s not the same time each day but changing. Stop worrying about your future. Whenever you get the dark and worried thoughts, tell yourself that things will work out. (This bit is going to feel stupid until it doesn’t). Take some time out each day to give yourself compliments, possibly in front of a mirror. (This bit is asleep going to feel stupid until it doesn’t). Don’t beat yourself up if you go days without doing any of these things, or anything in general. It’s perfectly ok to have “non-days”, especially when you’re depressed. All of these things are hard to learn, and learning them and staying motivated with them while they are not working is easier if you get therapy. |
It's exactly like this. When your mind gets better, some things that seemed extremely relevant become unimportant and it gets way easier to just say "yeah, when a problem comes, I'll work it out".
For example, I used to think and worry a lot, in an unhealthy way, about how I was going to afford a top college for all my children. Except I don't have children and most likely won't in the next years.