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⌈ Secret Post #6053 ⌋

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[Evan and Kaitlyn/Orphan Black]



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[Arknights; art by Gloomspiral]



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Re: Depression and motivation

[(Anonymous)]

I cut back on extra commitments. Work days I focus on work, commute, home chores, have space to be by myself and try to grapple with sleep.
Weekends, I know I will want at least 1 day to be free to not do anything. Just sleep, maybe eat, scroll my phone, maybe do a chore or something but I don't pressure myself.
Most weekends I allow 1 or 2 days where I make 1 or 2 social plans. Visit my parents for a couple hours, visit my siblings, meet up with a friend, call my best friend since he lives far away and catch up, if I'm not in a mood to socialize with family/friends I still make a plan to go grocery shopping or clothes shopping or visiting the park/library and just enjoy my time out. Sometimes I talk to strangers, most days I don't really. And I usually put a time limit on these social tasks, a minimum I know I can deal with and a max so that I don't overdue it and feel the burnout way after.

It really is a fine balancing act.
One time recently there was a 4 week period where a friend and I were feeling affected by our depression at separate moments so it was a lot of planning and canceling on each other.
It's nice to have an understanding friend and to be an understanding friend. Like, no, it's not that I don't want to see her, it's that the world is too much and I just want to be alone for a while. And then no, my friend isn't mad at me, she needs a break from the world and wants to be alone for a while.
It was lovely to catch up with her for a couple hours when we finally were able to hang out.