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

[pipisafoat]

maybe I spent all week hiding from people & productive work, but I sure did write a lot of actually pretty good words! and I accomplished (well, some of it am still accomplishing, but there is accomplishment happening!) all that work I was hiding from last night & today. take that, winter!

also that I have recently made some "self-indulgent" purchases to make my winter nicer. like some delicious new teas, and a cushy fuzzy mitten-type ice scraper for my car in the mornings, and a couple DVDs of things that keep depression at bay. and the fabric & a pattern for a cloak that I have wanted for years. (it has been decided that yarning it will take forever & also irritate me & also cost a ton, so. fabric it is.) maybe it's not the most practical thing, but it will be awesome! plus, the joy of having hand-made myself something on the still-hard-for-me sewing machine.

also it is cranberry sauce season

[alee_grrl]

All wonderful and fabulous things. I really should contemplate getting one of those fuzzy mitten ice scrapers. Some mornings my gloves are not enough.

[untonuggan]

Here is my favorite cranberry sauce recipe. om nom nom....

Yay writing a lot of pretty good words! *internet high five*

[pipisafoat]

oh man are you kidding, I totally made that last week for the first time. it was good! my favorite is still our ginger cranberry (idk where that recipe is; i need to get it from sister) which we always overload with larger-than-necessary ginger chunks because mmm ginger. (this year we also did a rhubarb cranberry, following our tradition of "ginger-cranberry and two brand new never-made-before sauces" at thanksgiving)