View Full Version : What do you do when you have the Blahs?
Brooke
03-08-2007, 08:49 PM
What do you do to help get yourself out of the "Blah" mood? Do you notice a pattern for when you get them?
wendygrace
03-08-2007, 09:17 PM
Eat Ice Cream! Yum! Usualy BNJ's. I have a few options depending on what day of the blah I'm in. I am a PMS queen. I had borderline PMDD for awhile (during my divorce) but now just PMS. Thankfully my dh knows my cycles and usually tells me they are coming and brings home ice cream. :D
I'm afraid one of my first solutions is to go buy stuff! Also getting out of town helps.
Christine
03-09-2007, 06:55 AM
The best thing for me is to spend a day with my friends. Whether it's an afternoon with our kids playing or a night with just the moms, that is the BEST medicine for me!
Kristi
03-09-2007, 08:30 AM
Talk on the phone with one of my best friends. Before going out for a night without the kids helped but that is not an option anymore because I don't know anyone to babysit.
i get out and walk- just sitting in staring at the 4 walls makes things worse so i get out and walk
Shana
03-09-2007, 12:52 PM
My main function for this is exercise... scientifically proven to release endorphins, thus enhancing mood functions :D
Also.... I like to spend time around people who lift me up, and make me feel good about myself -- specifically my children, and Brian.
Kristen
03-09-2007, 03:13 PM
I pray about it and try to get more sleep. Usually I feel blah because of a lack of sleep.
I pray about it and try to get more sleep. Usually I feel blah because of a lack of sleep.
see for me sleeping is a direct sign i am slipping back into my depression (me- not you, i can totally relate to the lack of sleep= blah thing but for me it's a biiiig sign my depression is ebbing back in) so if i start to sleep any time other than at night David worries, so i get out and walk (did i mention i walk alot in winter LOL) walking helps me too because a large % of my depression is seasonally linked- lack of sunshine/daylight gets me down
Kristen
03-10-2007, 07:05 AM
Oh, I don't sleep during the day! :p I HATE taking naps. When I try to get more sleep, it means that I try to go to bed earlier(as sleeping in isn't really an option around here! :giggle)
When I've had enough sleep, it's pretty rare for me to be down. I tend to naturally be a pretty "up" person. When I'm sleep deprived, though, everything just seems 10 times worse!
Getting out of the house is an enormous help for me. The trick is to find a way to get out of the house and have fun that doesn't involve spending money, or at least more than a little money, which can be very difficult in the winter.
Jejune
03-10-2007, 09:51 AM
I leave the house. I'm so often within my four walls, and getting out is good for me. I get more exercise and try to go to bed at a reasonable hour. I also eat a lot of sweets. :Paranoid
giffy
03-13-2007, 05:59 AM
Me too, Kristen. I turn the house upside down looking for sweets. I try not to keep them in the house because I graze on junk anyhow. But it's a dozen times worse when I'm feeling blah.
If it's at all possible, I try to get some needlework done, because at this point in my life, my blah periods seem to be directly correlated with the children being particularly demanding.
I try to get out without the kids. Usually with friends. When I get down, I tend to pull away from everyone and sleep alot. I also don't eat. When I first start feeling down, I try really hard to figure out what will make it bettre, because I feel my actions are very unhealthy for me and I tend to be a total B!tch to everyone!
hanaruby
03-25-2007, 07:38 PM
My blah-ness usually manifests itself in me not keeping up with the cleaning around the house, to combat this, I give myself a "reward", i.e., computer time, a trashy magazine, a half hour reading a book, etc.... and only give myself the "reward" after I've done a bunch of stuff around the house, like vacuuming and throwing a load of laundry in, or cleaning the downstairs bathroom and unloading the dishwasher. That way, I'm happy cause I got something done that needed to be done, plus I get a treat!
Desirae
03-26-2007, 08:44 PM
I try to get more sleep but not nap all day as that is usually one of my signs that I'm blahed. I try to get out of the house into the fresh air. I talk to Sean about it and see if he can help me out... sometimes he can pin point it better than I, and my family has a history of being depressed and not talking... I don't want to do that. ;) I also work out as much as possible.
Kristina
04-14-2007, 09:09 PM
I go shopping and/or eat!!! A dangerous combination. lol