Depression Loopholes: Life Hacks for Depressive Episodes

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Want additional content including a secret blog and videos? Check out my Patreon at</span> <a href="http://www.patreon.com/anguseyetea"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">www.patreon.com/anguseyetea</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">! </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hey, Heifer! I’m depressed! I know, such a shocker. Me? Depressed? I never talk about mental health. Ha. Ha ha. Ha ha ha.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Anyway, over the years I’ve come to learn that I’m not very nice to myself when I’m depressed. If I accomplish anything less than 100 percent, I consider myself a failure. Can’t vacuum the entire house? May as well not bother. Can’t clean the kitchen? No point in trying. But that is where my life hacks come in! Procrastination really helped me discover these depression loopholes that I’ve found work for me. I’m not a medical professional so please don’t take this as official advice! We all work differently and what may work for me may not for you and vice versa! Mostly, I wanted to share my experience so you can see that yes, you can slowly walk through the murk of depression. Have a lovely day, Heifer!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Moo,</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Elaine</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>TIMESTAMPS</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">00:00 I talk about a Depression Goose a lot in this episode and I’d like to go ahead and apologize. I have</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">never</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">compared my depression to a goose. I don’t know what came over me.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">02:40 What my depression symptoms look like and how I can hack them.  </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">06:41 My depression hacks focus on the domino effect theory: If I can make myself do a portion of a task, then that helps me get more and more done. Give yourself some grace.</span></p> <p><span style=