Boredom and depression: top 5 interventions
Boredom is that frustrated sense of having nothing interesting to do. It is the companion to loneliness and depression for when we are bored we no longer feel good about our self.
Here are six steps to get your energy revved up and to recapture a lively sense of yourself.
1. Go dancing--you do not have to know how. Depression feeds on a lack of movement. It has less chance to take hold when we dance. Dance activities abound. Click on your local internet and check out the many choices, most of which offer free lessons and partners with whom to practice who are also there to learn and are grateful for a partner who has the same adventurous spirit.
2. Join a singles' social club--depression and boredom are isolating experiences. Social interaction is an effective antidote Google your city. Search for singles events and see a whole host of opportunities appear to meet and greet singles over dinner, bicycling, backpacking, white water rafting, and parachute gliding, to name a few.
3. Take a course--engage your mind and boredom releases. Local community colleges offer a large variety of courses for those interested in a particular subject rather than studying for a degree. Other venues offering free or low cost courses include neighborhood recreational councils, business retirement clubs, art supply stores, and workshops by experts who advertise in local newsletters.
4. Become a docent--gaining and imparting knowledge to others powerfully dispels boredom and will increase your sense of competence, further fortifying you against tendrils of depression. Museums often look for volunteers to take training in order to lead groups on informative tours of exhibits. You can learn about art history, meet like-minded folks, and have opportunities to develop friends.
5. Volunteer your service--giving back to your community offers the reward of feeling kind, generous, and doing meaningful work, all countering feelings of depression. Many organizations would be deeply grateful for your help. You could volunteer at a soup kitchen, your local historic society or railroad museum, or as a baby minder in your local children's hospital. Also, look around in your town for tourist venues. Choose one that interests you and then call to offer your services.
In any of these ways you can learn and grow doing what you enjoy. And you will have many opportunities to make new friends with similar interests. At the very least you are up and moving and exercising your mind, body, and spirit. And when that happens folks, you have no room for boredom and depression.
Of course, if you are struggling daily just to get out of bed or regularly have a marked diminished interest in things you might be suffering from clinical depression. In that case consulting with a psychiatrist and an experienced therapist who specializes in depression can help. Depression is treatable and you do not have to suffer from it.
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The family will in return answer with every word and action taken. If the family says, " I understand. Please leave and don't expect any money, help or support in any way unless you decide to get help," then the person is left to run his/her life which they generally do not have the ability to do, and before long you have a person who "DECIDES" that rehab is the best thing and calls saying just that. If on the other hand the family sort of acts disappointed and carries on as usual, then the person gets the message that it is OK to continue this lifestyle and will put up even more resistance to the next intervention having bested the intervention team previously. Obviously, there are certain risks involved with either approach and should be evaluated clearly before hand. One thing is sure, as long as the addict continues to use drugs or alcohol, they risk the major risk is their life.
The bottom line is that an addicted person needs to decide, for any reason, that they need help. Most " locked down " approaches fail because the person is not part of his recovery. The only way an addict can usually fight against the addiction is when enough external pressure is applied to cause them to decide to quit. The pressure has to be greater than the drug is putting on the individual. Many call this "the bottom". However, there can be many bottoms. Obviously some are lower than others, but each can make an addict quit drugs. It just depends on what happens when the individual is there. For instance if a person is facing serious charges and is very scared. The person will either have an intervention and go to treatment or will get through this situation and be back out using. In the final analysis, it is often the family who both spots the incident and uses it to achieve treatment, or misses and waits.
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posted by tribhuvan on 3/ 5/2009 3:39 pm