Based on her research findings, University of California psychologist Sonja Lyubomirsky believes that keeping a gratitude journal is one of the most effective happiness boosters. According to psychologist Robert Emmons at the University of California at Davis, gratitude exercises improves physical health, as well--including raising energy levels and relieving pain. During my suicidal days, I'd write in my journal that I was thankful for a bagel and cream cheese in the morning, a husband who held me when I cried, a literary agent who didn't dump me once she found out about my “vacation” at the psych ward. Today I record things like: full-day kindergarten, getting paid to whine online, and a spouse who knows how to cook (because I sure as heck don't).
Go to Therapy
In her classic, "An Unquiet Mind," Kay Redfield Jamison says that therapy and medication are the two pillars of her mental-health program. Yep. Agreed. Even as therapy is totally inconvenient to my hectic schedule, I make myself go. Because issues left unattended have a way of smelling after a few weeks. And even when I think I'm in a good spot ... fooling myself into thinking that I can just coast for a little bit ... a resentment will make an uncanny surprise visit to remind me of the many character defects I could work on.
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Depression Part 5Originally from: http://www.nursinglink.monster.com/news/articles/12677-depression-part-5
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