How a spreadsheet helped me tackle my depression - Quartz
By Suzanne Yada; October 26, 2015; Retrieved May 5, 2018
...I was feeling horrible one day and decided to reach out to my Facebook friends. I needed a nudge out of my mental state, so I asked, “What are some everyday things that give you joy?”
The lists poured in: “coffee,” “my cat,” “sunrises,” “flowers,” “books.” Some answers were standard; some were surprising and very specific.
Then I started making a list of my own: Morning light. Forests. The ending of Amelie. Old, abandoned warehouses.
My list kept growing. And growing. And before I knew it, I had more than 700 items...
Depression means my brain has a bias toward the negative, and biases lie.
Since my brain is lying anyway, I figure I might as well balance that negativity out with another bias—one that might actually get me out of bed in the morning.
By Suzanne Yada; October 26, 2015; Retrieved May 5, 2018
...I was feeling horrible one day and decided to reach out to my Facebook friends. I needed a nudge out of my mental state, so I asked, “What are some everyday things that give you joy?”
The lists poured in: “coffee,” “my cat,” “sunrises,” “flowers,” “books.” Some answers were standard; some were surprising and very specific.
Then I started making a list of my own: Morning light. Forests. The ending of Amelie. Old, abandoned warehouses.
My list kept growing. And growing. And before I knew it, I had more than 700 items...
Depression means my brain has a bias toward the negative, and biases lie.
Since my brain is lying anyway, I figure I might as well balance that negativity out with another bias—one that might actually get me out of bed in the morning.
