Comments on: Book Bonanza Wednesday! Chapter 24: The William James zone http://freakrevolution.com/2009/06/24/book-bonanza-wednesday-chapter-24-the-william-james-zone/ Normal people won't change the world. We will. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:29:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Sheila http://freakrevolution.com/2009/06/24/book-bonanza-wednesday-chapter-24-the-william-james-zone/comment-page-1/#comment-1759 Sheila Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:31:14 +0000 http://freakrevolution.com/?p=1328#comment-1759 I've observed the same effect when dealing with depression. I went through a lot of "I feel bad, what's wrong?" and then brooding about whatever answer my brain came up with for a long time before I was diagnosed. These days, when the black dog shows back up on my doorstep, I try to remember that I run the risk of feeling sad for absolutely no good reason, and the only thing I can go is take whatever steps I need to take to combat the problem on a physical level and avoid glomming on to things to worry about. <abbr><em>Sheila’s last blog post..<a href="http://sheilaoshea.blogspot.com/2009/06/oh-crap-what-have-i-done.html" rel="nofollow">Oh, crap, what have I DONE?</a></abbr></em> I’ve observed the same effect when dealing with depression. I went through a lot of “I feel bad, what’s wrong?” and then brooding about whatever answer my brain came up with for a long time before I was diagnosed. These days, when the black dog shows back up on my doorstep, I try to remember that I run the risk of feeling sad for absolutely no good reason, and the only thing I can go is take whatever steps I need to take to combat the problem on a physical level and avoid glomming on to things to worry about.

Sheila’s last blog post..Oh, crap, what have I DONE?

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