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Does anyone else struggle the same thing.

User Profile: ambitiousPine9287
ambitiousPine9287 4 hours ago

Where in periods of your life you try to improve yourself, but then suddenly you feel depressed and then it all crashes down for a week.


It keeps happening to me. I have episodes where I feel depressed (Commonly, on Saturdays, but really any day) and I wouldn't exercise, eat horribly, have unrestricted social media, get behind on my language learning studies, and I stop following through on my sleep. And then I have an idea to start working on myself (Usually on Mondays, but again, really any other day)


Follow through on that plan for a week, and then fall back again on my habits.


Any advice is appreciated.

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User Profile: Tinywhisper11
Tinywhisper11 4 hours ago

@ambitiousPine9287 aww I'm sorry sweetie 🙁 depression is a monster that rears it's ugly head at any time any day of the week. When your having a bad day, it's ok to take it slower, be kind to yourself during those days. Schedule some fun activities and self care it really helps 🙂❤ gives you a giant tiny hug ❤❤ one day at a time ok ❤

User Profile: ambitiousPine9287
ambitiousPine9287 OP 4 hours ago

It reminds me of the myth of Sisyphus where he was forced to roll a boulder up a mountain, but the boulder keeps rolling off and he's forced to do the task all over again.


And please don't respond with, "Just stop it then" because I can't just stop it and it's really not that helpful.

User Profile: jacek73
jacek73 33 minutes ago

@ambitiousPine9287

Hello. I believe you're not Sisyphus - you sound just like a human trying to do their best and keeping some control of their lives. That's nothing bad, I think.

The way I feel it some self-discipline is great, but it is even greater when it's accompanied by a dose of self-acceptance.

Maybe the only truth about Sisyphus is that while we are not growing, we are going back?

And maybe Sisyphus was so concerned about his rock that he didn't enjoy the views, the weather or just being on a trip to mountains 😉 Sometimes letting this rock go away can be the beginning of our story. Replacing "I have to...", with "I want to..." or "I think I could better..." or "I choose to...".