Celebrating even the smallest wins - i.e. getting out of bed!

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AlexandraOcean

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When my depression is really bad I find it SO hard to do even the smallest things and it really helps to set even a 5 minute timer and say to myself "right, for the next five minutes I'm going to clean the kitchen, then I can go back to bed"

Having these tiny tiny wins celebrated can give me the next boost I need to build up dopamine and get the next task done building a positive forward momentum.

Anyone else want to play?

It's now 1.30pm in Australia and today I managed

- to get out of bed
- make my son a smoothie
- put the dishwasher on and unpack it
- I'm now making my son lunch
- I also messaged girlfriend and sharer my depression relapse with them
- and I joined this group and shared an introductory post.

Massive for me given how low and exhausted I feel but also feeling optimistic today that takling loneliness could be a game changer for me.

How about you? Please feel free to share even the seemingly smallest smallest wins so we can all celebrate with you and boost each other up 💗
 
A win is a win huh. Count it. FYI, there is a thread pertaining to "accomplishments" that people note these sort of things, but not too often, so maybe you'll kick off this sort of thread again :)
 
Small wins all compounds to a huge change. There's a psychologist who once said aiming for simple and small improvements at first enables us to accomplish big tasks. In process improvement the small wins over time trumps the one time huge win.
 

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