August 26, 2021

CWD Daily

Tips for Coping with Depression


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Tip of the Day

Have there been times when you knew you had to do something, personally or professionally, and could not do it? Really had to, must, must, must do it? As in if you did not do it there could be extremely dire consequences, such as losing a job or business?

And yet you could not do it? It might have been something as simple as making a phone call, but you physically could not pick up the phone. Just could not.

There is a concept called “paralysis of the will” or “motivational paralysis”.

If you can understand this inability to act and put it in context, you can recognize it for what it is if and when it happens again: a symptom of depression.

And then you can move through it and act. You can actually do things you are completely and utterly convinced you cannot do.




CWD Daily is written by Julie Aiken, a layperson whose only authority lies in 40 years of coping with depression. Nothing in the newsletter should be taken as medical advice. Please do no self-diagnose or self-prescribe. Above all, please get help if you need it. 

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