Finally, the one small promise. Just do 1 thing in the day. Even if it's getting out of bed. You did something. Be proud that you fulfilled that promise to yourself.

Being constantly in the dark is draining and can lead us down even darker paths. Give yourself these moments of light.

You got this!

The next step after awareness is action! For depression, it's movement!

I know... The last thing you wanna do when depressed. But movement is key. It wakes up our body and keeps us going.

Jumping up and down. A quick dance. Or a simple walk can do wonders in interrupting our depressive state.

Our mind is powerful. Our thoughts are just thoughts but when we dwell on them. They can become reality.

Constant negative thoughts will affect our body. We struggle to take care of ourselves. Getting out of bed takes monumental effort. Showers are too much activity.

Take care with your thoughts.

Your body shuts down to protect itself to conserve its energies while in this survival state.

Notice when this happens. But notice and give yourself love and kindness. The world is harsh enough. You don't need to be your own enemy.

So build the awareness to notice. You are not your depression.

Depression can be misconstrued as not feeling anything. You see life with dull eyes and move through it with lethargy.

But depression is actually overwhelm. You're feeling too many things. Experiencing too much stress.

Depression is the symptom of the above and your body shutting down.

To be very clear, you can work on your depression. But give yourself grace and kindness when you can't follow through when you're in heavily depressed states.

Working on yourself takes a lot of time and very intentional effort. And motivation is extremely low when depressed.

So be kind to yourself

I would like to has!

Then that scammer is just straight up out for blood.

You really should've let them have your pin

🥲 Can't buy tix right now. But I hope I get good rates when I'm able to. Tho I also hope their economy improves.

We'll see what the future holds. Always wanted to go to Japan.

He's streaming?! I wanna watch!!!

So wild!!! I had 2 different friends go to Japan around the same time. Like within the past couple weeks.

One was in that Ramen Museum. I started scanning the ppl to see if I could spot them. Lol.

I do not see them. 😒

Aww... Y'all so cute!

Hah! Thanks, @homotopycoder.bsky.social! Really appreciate the reminder

Hope you're doing well too, Moboo!

Hah! Thanks, Moboo! I actually struggled on this one.
There's better ones I've shared in the past. More specifically the last 2.

Thanks, Star! I is trying.

She has a lil notebook she saves them in. Lol

Even tho the creator had little participation in the discussion, I was unsure on the possible feedback of sharing the content.

I tried to find an alternative but my brain is absolutely fried and I want to ensure I'm posting content that will benefit people AND have my insights around it.