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Re:Tricks to start working despite not feeling like it by actually_a_dog on Monday August 08, 2022 @09:55AM (#32385411)
I know you mean well by posting this, but this isn't going to help anyone with depression "deal with it."
Re:Tricks to start working despite not feeling like it by a_c_s on Monday August 08, 2022 @10:06AM (#32385534)
This is one of the techniques I use for my depression and it does help me "deal with it".

In my case "deal with it" doesn't mean "make me not depressed": I'm still depressed but it does help me turn some some of my bad, hard-to-do-anything days into ok or even occasionally productive ones. And having something useful come out of a day I thought I would be useless is also helpful in fighting depressive thought loops about being a useless/lazy/bad person generally speaking.

Re:Tricks to start working despite not feeling like it by kayodelycaon on Monday August 08, 2022 @10:25AM (#32385777)
Well, I'd like to know what I missed or got wrong. I'm attempting to cover the common case I've seen and what's worked for those I've helped.
Re:Tricks to start working despite not feeling like it by actually_a_dog on Monday August 08, 2022 @12:48PM (#32387896)
Well, to start, you're literally saying "to deal with this particular symptom of depression, just don't have that symptom." That's extremely invalidating and completely denies the nature of depression as a condition. It's not something you just "get over" or "stop having." If it was that easy, a depressed person wouldn't need this advice. Getting started is very often the whole problem.

Sincerely,

a depressed person

Re:Tricks to start working despite not feeling like it by kayodelycaon on Monday August 08, 2022 @02:23PM (#32389088)
Ah, let me reframe what I'm saying. This is meant to apply to any task, including getting out of bed and going to the bathroom.

The advice is to break the goal down into the smallest possible pieces and start there. For getting out of bed, I'd probably start with rolling onto my side.

It's not a cure. It's not guaranteed to work. It's a strategy for expending as little energy as possible to get started. If you can focus on one small, actionable item, it can help reduce how overwhelming the entire task feels.

If you don't have the capacity to do something, there is no advice that will make that thing possible and no one should be expecting you to do it.

Re:Tricks to start working despite not feeling like it by drdeca on Monday August 08, 2022 @10:06AM (#32385538)
If it helps them, why wouldn’t it help other people?