Depression is a Lying Bastard Fest

[untonuggan]

It has come to my attention that it is That Time of Year again for most people with SAD in the Northern Hemisphere, and that for many other folks Bad Things and/or Anniversaries seem to be piling up. At times like this, it is hard to remember that Depression is a Lying Bastard and that it *does* get better again.

So! A friend and I came up with the Depression is a Lying Bastard Fest. There are many ways to participate in comments below:

• a gratitude list (because there are still good things in the world) or a list of good things
• something you are proud of (a la the Monday Pride thread)
• a funny poem (limmericks work well here)
• cute things! animals, babies, whatever floats your boat!
• anti-winter and/or anti-depression manifestos! This can be in the form of a poem or a simple declaration of "Fuck you, brain weasels, and your lying ways! I will not believe your lies!"

Feel free to comment on someone's comment if you find it particularly moving, but please keep things positive. Anonymous comments are currently turned on. (Please don't abuse them.)

If this grows and becomes very popular, or if you have more ideas, feel free to spread the Depression is a Lying Bastard Fest to your own journal or comm! Also, I would love it if you linked back here so that we got more participants. ^_^

Comments

[31stcentury]

I was typing away at my work and suddenly remembered the "future-oriented" bit of our conversation this morning. so imma do a list of "things I'm looking forward to" if I can manage it. uhhhhh, which apparently I can't right this minute (I think mostly because I'm hungry and unable to look past "go put dinner in me") but I feel like if I say it here I'm more likely to really do it.
also I would like to know what other people are looking forward to! if anyone feels like sharing that kind of thing!
*runs off to kitchen*

[pipisafoat]

(I am the person who looks forward to school ending and then skips ahead a month to the next thing to anticipate: school starting again.)

[lynnoconnacht]

Completely unrelated/off-topic, but that icon is brilliant.

[pipisafoat]

It gets a lot of use from me! hahaha.

Things I'm looking forward to...

[southernmyst]

A few things I'm looking forward to...

* Being able to walk properly again. The achilles tendon injury is slowly but surely healing up. I even managed to shower standing up last night!
* Seeing the lovely Christmas decorations and displays: up and down high street, festivals, markets, dinners, all of it.
* The general good cheer brought about by the season.
* Putting my foot down and having Christmas on my terms this year.
* Putting together our Christmas letter. I look forward to it all year. :-)
* Watching the earth go dormant.
* Appreciating the stark beauty of winter.
* The long nights which make me appreciate the long days, and also give me time to rest.

... among others!

looking forward to:

[31stcentury]

• going away on a small trip with my husband next month

• doing more art which I haven't been doing much lately for no good reason

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er. this is turning out to be harder than I thought and I am not sure if I am just having memory problems (I am, but is it just that) or if I really don't have things-of-the-future. maybe I just need to make more plans!