On Vox: Beating the Blues: ideas and notes

[thewulf]

As previously mentioned, I have the Blues, something along the lines of Seasonal Affective Disorder. I have no good reason for having the Blues, nothing is particularly depressing about my life or situation, but I find it harder to find motivation every day, I no longer enjoy many things I did a few months ago, and it is increasingly hard to find

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[astroterr]

One of the things I have employed to help with my SAD is bright lights. I have borrowed a light box from a friend that I turn on for a few hours in the morning. I also make it a point to keep my apartment brightly lit during the day. This is not hard when I have only one room, but in that one room I have five lights on.

I have been trying to get some sort of exercise every day. I am not as habitual about that as I would like to be. I am better at it when I am on campus frequently, but it is hard to leave the comfort of my brightly lit cozy apartment to walk through the rain to the sterile huge library and do the same work. I have tried to do yoga at home, but have even less self discipline about that. Maybe we should do some home yoga together a few times to get me started. I have two VHS tapes and a DVD that we could try using for variety. (I need to figure out how to record my VHS onto a DVD, any ideas?)

[thewulf]

I upgraded all my lights to 150 watt bulbs a few weeks ago. My apartment is much brighter now.

Yoga is difficult to get into. I have been trying since September to do it right and only now have completed the whole course.

You're welcome to come over, though I use a book guide instead of a VHS tape. Back in 2001-2002 when I did yoga, I did the Gaiam Power Yoga VHS tape for beginners, and that worked well to start. But it is different from what I do now, and what I do now takes a lot longer than a simple tape routine.

You are welcome to come over and do yoga with me sometime, but I usually do it in the mornings. You're welcome to come by for any scheduled workout in my gcal!