I turned on the news, this morning, and feel so discouraged that I'm going back to bed.

[Siwsan]

Maybe for the day. Honestly - is there ANY reason to bother getting up? I'm certainly not feeling it, right now. Well, except for feeding Sophie Stinky Toes. It's bad enough thinking about dealing with trump*'s insane wrath. I don't need to add her's to the mix.

Perhaps some Indica induced relaxation might re-set my system.

[Sherman A1]

1. First thing to do is

Not turn on the news. Especially cable infotainment. Find something you enjoy in the morning, be it a walk around the neighborhood or sitting with a cup of coffee ☕️ watching birds or alike. The news (noise) will be there when you choose to get to it or not.

[chia]

7. +1,000

[FakeNoose]

2. My TV has remained off for the last couple weeks

I try to catch the evening news but even that has been spotty. Serenity has been restored (somewhat) and it was something I needed to do.

Play music, watch an old movie that has a happy ending. Take frequent walks. Read a book - fiction or light humor. Anything to take your mind off this mess for awhile.

[safeinOhio]

3. I quit Face Book a month ago and feel better.

I kind of like hot weather, but my girl friend is suffering with the this 90 plus degrees for 2 weeks is bad. I went out and jogged 4 miles in it yesterday and that made me feel better.

Stay cool and logged in Siwsan.

[Runningdawg]

4. I don't need to turn on the TV to know how screwed we are today

After working from home for a few months and then being furloughed for a few months, my husband returned to work an hour ago. Friday night we learned a co worker in his office just spent the last week partying on a FL beach.

I am high risk, I haven't been out since the first of Feb. My husband only went out when it was absolutely necessary and always wearing a mask. He was labeled a fraud by the state of OK and has never received one penny in unemployment.(we will continue to fight) We had savings, but no more, the last of it was transferred yesterday. We started rationing meds a week ago.
Apparently, all that was for nothing.

[uponit7771]

5. Don't hide from bad news but don't bathe in it either, get an update if needed move to constructive

... fight against Red Don.

[chia]

6. Go back to bed this morning, sometimes it can help to get another hour's sleep. But for tomorrow,

be ready:

1. Don't turn on the TV
2. Do start the day with something that gives you contentment (for me it's morning coffee).
3. Give yourself a time for when your day's routine begins (depending on whether you're working, retired, etc.). Stick to it.
4. Write a list of 3 things to get done that day. When I was dealing with the worst of depression, I cheated a bit by listing 'breakfast' or 'shower' in the 3 things - and believe me, sometimes it was hard to cross even those off. But the good feeling comes after you do.
5. Do the next thing, whatever it is. In other words, keep going. It can be hard when the quicksand feels thick, but it's possible. : )

[lagomorph777]

8. Trump continues to tank in the polls. He's lost men, white people, and old people.

https://democraticunderground.com/100213706232

There ya go!

[Wawannabe]

9. I am waking and baking too

Nuttin wrong with that... except I gotta go clean a big messy yacht at 9:30! Monday all day.

Take care. Don’t let the bastards get ya down!

Btw... did you see this post? Made me lmao first thing!


https://www.democraticunderground.com/10181379325

[Initech]

10. Since the pandemic started, I've felt like Peter at the beginning of Office Space.

Like literally every day is the worst day of my life and I don't see that ending any time soon. Until this pandemic is over and social distancing is a thing of the past, I don't see my happiness level ever coming back. And I really hate feeling this way.

[Boomerproud]

11. I hear you.

that emoji means nothing I know, just like my coworkers telling me to "Hang in there." i live alone and weekends are the worst. I don't know how much longer this can go without a total societal breakdown.

[Initech]

12. Well, we got a preview of it last month.

I can only imagine that this will get worse as time goes on. I am really scared at the thought of what's going to happen or what could happen.

[mnhtnbb]

13. I hear you.

Taking care of Snowy was my reason for getting up in the morning and to keep going during the day to make sure she had her walks, her meds, her special diet. Three weeks ago today I said good bye to her and there's been a hole in my life ever since.

Decided to do a grocery shop this morning. Hadn't been for a couple of weeks. By the time I got finished with it and loaded in the car I was exhausted. Wondered on the way home why I bother. At 69 I've had a pretty good life. The things that brought me joy are gone: going to the ballet, the symphony, seeing my sons, traveling. It's all gone. At this point I am also changing my life by planning to move from my 17th floor downtown apartment to a small house with a courtyard. It's being built and won't be ready until December at the earliest. At least five more months of being pretty much cooped up in my apartment. As I was driving home I wondered whether I shouldn't just take my exit and let my sons have their inheritance.

Seriously. I get it. My goal is to make it until November so I can cast a ballot for Joe and our Dem candidate for Senate to replace Tillis in NC and keep Cooper, our current Dem Governor. I bought myself some flowers at the store and have promised myself to keep flowers in the house until I have a garden. Fortunately, our library system has reopened to being able to put a hold on books and then make an appointment to pick them up. So I can stock up on reading material again.

I limit how much news I watch. Some days I can only get through half of Rachel and I have to turn it off. I definitely don't start with cable news first thing in the day.

I had stopped going out for walks after Snowy passed away. So now I walk farther--and faster--going out around 6:15 at least every other morning just to get some exercise before more people are out on the streets and I have to pull up my mask.

Do what you can to make yourself feel better. Hang in there!