i wrote down some notes while trying to engage my brother in a conversation about my depressive episodes.
You might have noticed that I’ve been acting Draft #1:
- referencing this tweet because it just popped into my head - if you think you have imposter syndrome, you are the imposter - you know you have a work ethic problem
- ie. actually lacking skill and noticing it (normal)
- not doing anything to improve the skill (not normal)
- especially if its a reoccurring thought, not doing anything and EXPECTING it to go away is DELUSIONAL THINKING (not normal)
- not making an honest effort to try and resolve it but expecting it’ll go away is like hoping i win the lottery
- and then getting mad i spent all my money (ie holding onto unrealistic expectations and probably doing things as if it was true) and went broke
- complaining and getting depressed when nothing in my life has changed because i am literally sitting on the couch watching tv, believing ill win the lottery
- how to recover from the consequences; remedy
- complaining and getting depressed when nothing in my life has changed because i am literally sitting on the couch watching tv, believing ill win the lottery
- and then getting mad i spent all my money (ie holding onto unrealistic expectations and probably doing things as if it was true) and went broke
- not making an honest effort to try and resolve it but expecting it’ll go away is like hoping i win the lottery
- especially if its a reoccurring thought, not doing anything and EXPECTING it to go away is DELUSIONAL THINKING (not normal)
- not doing anything to improve the skill (not normal)
- ie. actually lacking skill and noticing it (normal)
- box breathing - not eating, slowing down thoughts, meditating and clarify… clearing your mind so you stop being autopilot, giving into distractions, escapism,
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the purpose of this conversation to give my observations of my current actions and potentially what can i achieve if i stop the actions that deem are causing problems. my brother is helpful to this conversation because he also has observability into my day to day outwards behaviors and can spot any discrepancies in what i am stating are facts. any discrepencies can invalidate the whole hypothesis entirely, or it can be reconsidered to tune the hypotheses
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feeling a bad way, not improving the mood, eventually resorting to bad coping mechanism
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getting triggered and not immediately trying to figure out why im triggered and if there was something i could have done differently
- making a bad decision by mistake
you might have noticed that im acting in this weird way. and ive tried to express this idea a few time in the past, i want to get your take if this lines up with what you see and what i want to get out of this is stepping through my thought process with you. why i believe engaging you in this discussion can be a valuable use of your time. save time, explain something that he didnt know,
Situation
Observation