One of the hardest challenges of depressive times is finding a glimmer of hope and trying to understand whether it’s real.
I sat down at my computer to veg out and play games for a while tonight.
I didn’t expect to be up till 2 am playing and then heading to bed.
But my rationale was “I read in a book recently that sometimes the thing that best helps depressed people is to just not sleep for a night.”
Although true, I did read that in a book. It was not a book written to help cure depression. Nor was it a book primarily about depression.
Nor was it a book backed by any sort of science.
Nor was it a book I would use for any sort of useful advice.
My rationale, therefore, was entirely wishful thinking. No fact involved.
Time to go to sleep and just deal with the outcome tomorrow.
And, fwiw, note any differences.
We’ve both got measurements to get objective data about how good affects us. Now it’s time to start adding data about how other things also affect us.