Saturday, July 10, 2004

I've started

I've started reading a book about overcoming depression. So far it's cheered me up just reading it! It talks about how the kinds of things we tell ourselves, and how our thoughts sometimes get confused with reality. For example we might think we're totally useless, but the reality is that's an exaggeration - nobody's TOTALLY useless!
Anyway, what I've found is that it works well to check myself when I have a negative thought (eg. "I'm not going to be able to do this") and change it to a positive thought (eg. "I can do anything").
I like that "I can do anything" phrase because it's true - it's just that I keep forgetting it.

Monday, July 05, 2004

Feeling Better

I'm feeling good. Strangely good... cautiously great.
Is it the Milk Thistle doing its job? I've been taking it for almost a month now. Is it the good food and exercise? I've been doing that for about three months. Is it anything that I've done? Or is it just that my attitude secretly adjusted itself without me knowing? Suddenly I'm saying things like, "I don't believe that depression is a physical symptom of Hepatitis C." That means a lot. It means I don't necessarily believe what the so-called experts say about this disease. I have my own version of it. After all, what better expert than someone who actually has it?