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andrewducker) wrote2005-10-04 08:54 am
andrewducker) wrote2005-10-04 08:54 am
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Happiness
I know there are a few people on my friends list who are depressed.
They should read this - an article on a set of scientific studies into happiness, and how it works.
amongst the many things they've looked into, they've studied what simple things people can do which increase happiness. It's on page 2 somewhere, but you should take a look at the whole thing.
They should read this - an article on a set of scientific studies into happiness, and how it works.
amongst the many things they've looked into, they've studied what simple things people can do which increase happiness. It's on page 2 somewhere, but you should take a look at the whole thing.
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Life will always have events. Some of them will be shit. Yes, maybe there are practical things you need to sort out first, but life is like that you just have to cope with whatever it brings you. When you are cheerful, nothing seems much of an issue and when you are miserable the tiniest thing can seem insurmountably daunting and horrible. Try breaking tasks/problems down into smaller and smaller parts until one or more of them is/are small enough to be do-able. Then do that/those. Keep going.
My advice, from my own experience - just keep doing things, get physically active if you can, eat healthily and *don't dwell on it* - distract yourself. Eventually you will feel a bit better, then you can build on that.