Fight Depression by Taking the Day Off

However deep or light our depression is, a day off is good for all of us. Even if we think that this applies to everyone else but us, take a day off anyway. Beating our depression can simply be about putting ourselves first. Some of us can turn the corner by this one, simple objective and a day off can help us achieve this.

What are we taking a day off from?

We need to take one day off from our duties. This means we need to go out and play. It doesn't mean we take a day off work and then clean the house or do the odd jobs that we are desperate to get finished. It means we do something that used to fill us with joy and we haven't done in a long time. We must be self-indulgent and do one big thing for ourselves. Here are some examples:

• Go to a park

• Take a long, warm bath with candles and scents

• Have a massage

• Go on an early morning hot-air balloon flight

• Go on a picnic

• Visit the seaside

• Walk in the country

• Paint a picture

• Book a ride on horseback

• Write to your heart's content

• Sleep all day

• Climb a large oak tree

• Take a dog for a long walk

We find it very hard to do these sorts of things when we are depressed. We think we don't deserve it, we haven't worked hard enough, or we simply don't have the energy - in which case we can simply lie down for the day.

When you learn to fly a plane, you have to become skilled at managing the controls: the rudder, the elevator, the throttle and so on. It can become quite a tricky business making sure all the controls run as they are meant to. If these controls are not operated in symmetry, the plane and the pilot can enter a flat spin from which only a very experienced pilot can climb out. Once the plane is in that lethal situation, it takes real skill to recover from it.

A Cessna, however, is a common plane in which to learn to fly. If you get into difficulty, or a spin, and you don't know how to recover from it, you simply let go of the controls. This gives the plane the opportunity to sort itself out because it is designed to be dynamically stable. When learning to pilot a Cessna, the instructor will get you into a muddle and then ask you to let go of all the controls. Naturally, it is easy to feel a sense of fear as you do this, but then a sense of calm takes over as the plane adjusts to being free of unnecessary interference.

This is how we surrender - we let go of control. We are running from our painful feelings and sending ourselves into a flat spin. Just let go and allow your spirit to re-balance itself.

Deep inside us, no matter how hidden, we have a stable spirit.

But it won't - it will simply keep us on the run. Once you hold your hands up in surrender, you may feel overwhelmed by the strength of anguish that follows. Do not despair; this is a backlog of sensations that have been building up.



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