Evidently, There’s Still Hope
Yesterday was a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner day. And I had a question for her…I asked her if at this point my depression is un-resolvable and am I looking at meds for symptom management as a long term thing. I kind of figure that resolving my depression is pretty hopeless…I was diagnosed with this depression six and a half years ago…That is a long, long time…And though I have had some improvement, mostly what goes up comes crashing back down and I am still depressed. Like, doesn’t there come a point where I should just throw in the towel and learn to live with it as best I can?
Evidently not. My PNP said that she still looks at remission from depression as the goal. I guess I was kind of surprised by that….must be she sees something I don’t…Or is hopeful in a way that I am not. Hmmm…..gotta think more about this.
So…the book I mentioned yesterday….I took it to my PNP appointment because she had seen the book before. I think it was probably 3ish years ago that I used the book and it was something that I shared with her regularly. The book is a way of tracking what positive/self-care things I do for myself over the course of a week. I set goals, have a to do list, and then record self-care in the four categories of Mind, Body, Spirit and Creativity. I designed the page myself and it looks like this.
And here’s the one from last week…just to give you a sense of how I use it. (I redacted some info on it.)
Anyway, it seems to work and it is a handy record for showing to the Nutritionist or to my PNP.
Wow that’s brilliant I live the lay out.i need to look I to look into something like this. There is always hope. Your sharing truly shows this 🙂
Let me figure out if there is a way I can share the original on my blog…Then if you or anyone else finds it useful, you can download and print it. 🙂
thank you that would be grand 🙂
K…it took some repeated tries, but I believe I have it set up with a link the PDF. Enjoy! (And if it doesn’t work…let me know!)
Thank you it should work now.
Sorry *love *
great page. i could use a new yoga mat myself. did you order it online?
Yes…online. (See…then I don’t have to go into stores!) I actually had some Kohl’s Cash from a recent husband/son clothing shopping trip and so I ordered some yoga supplies from Kohl’s. I got a purple mat, purple strap, purple blocks…Wanna know my favorite color? 😉 Actually, I don’t have them yet, but they are supposed to come by the end of the week.
lol, purple is a cool color, a royal color.
That’s an a amazing idea!! I’m going to have to print it off! I’m glad you’re working on self care. You deserve it!!!! xxxxxx