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I am only in the early stages but i am happy with the results so far.
I have noticed that whenever i stopped doing it for a few days through forgetting ir whatever reason, i find my self falling back down in that slump so yes i am totally for it.
Vital did you forget to do it when you first started or stop doing it when around others?
Yes! I still forget to do it fairly regularly, and this DOES often happen if I'm in a social situation. What happens for me, though, is that whenever I start to feel unpleasant thoughts or feelings, the unpleasantness reminds me: Oh yeah, I don't have to do that anymore. And then SNAP! In those moments, I get almost giddy when I realize how much suffering I would have had to do in the past and how easily I can get out of it now.

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I am the same. I want to do it but keep forgetting but when i do remember to do it i feel impowered and things start to improve. I guess that your right the more often we do it, it will become like second nature

Ditto ditto, my suicidal depressions are due to BPD too, but anything's worth a try.
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I'm finding that I have the same (lousy) behaviors, but now I am telling myself that I 'decide' to do them. I still need to figure out how to push myself over the edge into healthy decisions.
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I'm finding that I have the same (lousy) behaviors, but now I am telling myself that I 'decide' to do them. I still need to figure out how to push myself over the edge into healthy decisions.
hi hvert,

I think that when you're starting out, it's best to make lots of tiny tiny decisions like the ones in #4 of this thread. When I put my socks on, for instance, I usually decide whether to put my left sock on first or my right sock on. If I go up a flight of stairs, sometimes I go two at a time, sometimes left foot first, sometimes right foot first (and if I'm in the mood, I will hop up the stairs like a bunny ). It's not that these are good or bad decisions, it's just that I actively decide (SNAP!) and I actively ENJOY deciding. Many many good things came for me later, but this is how I started out.

I suspect that many good things are coming for you too and I suspect that you will decide not to do your lousy behaviors naturally as you go.

I find that snap club has something to do with meditation and present moment awareness. In Buddhist monasteries, they sometime have a "bell of mindfulness" that rings occasionally throughout the day to remind you to be in the present moment. I find that my SNAPs do that for me. When I SNAP and decide, I am conscious and truly alive at that moment. Sure, I might make a mistake, but I'm OK with that. I feel safe. I feel like if I am present with my full self, things will work out.

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I'm going to stick my general advice for depressives here so I don't have to keep looking for it... - vital

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Before taking antidepressants, I would advise anyone to look at these two links:

Why Antidepressants Don't Work for Treating Depression*|*Mark Hyman, MD

Celexa (Citalopram) Withdrawal Symptoms: How Long Will They Last?

ALSO I really recommend listening to this talk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOPRp_K6QQY

About 13:44 in, he talks about depression specifically and points out the any of the following can cause it:

1. Gluten -> Autoimmune disease thyroid
2. Acid reflux -> acid blockers -> vitamin B12 deficiency
3. Vitamin D deficiency
4. Took antibiotics -> Altered gut flora -> Changes the way peptides and neurotransmitters are produced
5. Love Sushi -> Mercury poisoning
6. Hate fish -> Omega 3 deficiency
7. Love sugar -> Prediabetes

Every one of these things causes depression, the treatments for each are different and none of them will be helped by antidepressants.

There are lots of things to do besides exercise that are good for depression and healthy for you anyway. You can find some in the "depression success stories" section of this site. Also, because it worked for me and is so easy, and because I think it's really getting directly to the cause of depression, I recommend trying "SNAP CLUB" as described in this thread.

As Steven Colbert says, I'LL SEE YOU IN HEALTH!!

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Thank you for this post Vital. I have tried this game immediately after reading this. I have to say it seems to be doing something good. Anyways, I am going to follow it through tomorrow.

I hope it helps me in some way, really losing hope these days tbh!
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Dear friends,

Here is how I understood and finally escaped from my own depression. It worked so well, that I really think it could help others too. Please respond if this rings true in your experience.

I'm impressed by the many insightful, kind and courageous posts at this site.

Regards, - vital

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How to Understand and then Escape from Depression

September 23, 2014

I have been depressed for most of my life, and, at various times, I have tried most of the recommended treatments for depression. I have tried Saint John’s Wort, exercise, Yoga, talk therapy, SSRIs, thyroid supplements and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. In my case, I would say that thyroid supplements, exercise and Yoga helped the most and all of them helped at least a little bit. Unfortunately, none of these treatments helped dramatically. Then, however, in late 2013 and early 2014, I finally figured it out. I came to understand what was happening in my own head and why it was causing my own depression and I was able to figure out a way to escape. I don’t mean that I am now successfully managing my depression. I mean it’s gone. I am writing up what I think is going on and what I did to escape because I don’t think that my case is unusual. I think that exactly the same thing will work for many people.

THE ROOT CAUSE OF DEPRESSION

I have no medical training, but the people who do will tell you that depression can be caused by a number of specific problems including vitamin B12 deficiency, hypothyroidism, exposure to traumatic events, heavy metal toxicity and probably more things that I don’t know about. That is why, if you think you have depression, you should see a medical doctor. Depression is known to run in families and, so, it is thought that there is at least a genetic predisposition to depression. Depressives have chronic stress and may have changes in their brain chemistry such as reduced serotonin levels and may accumulate damage to their hippocampus. Depressives have more health problems and cognitive difficulties and are at greater risk of suicide than the general population. That’s what they say in popular books and in Wikipedia, anyway. I believe it, too. However, I also think that the popular and medical understanding of depression has missed an essential point. I believe that there is, after all, a simple, single, psychological root cause of depression.

• Depression is caused by an unconscious withdrawal of participation in a person’s own internal decision making processes.

Note the qualifier unconscious. A depressed person does not choose it or realize it, but they have unconsciously turned away from the internal process that determines what happens in their life. A depressed person continues to live, but they do not continue to decide. What happens in a depressed person’s life is dominantly determined by subconscious thoughts and feelings, which arise, uncontrolled, as reactions to current events and to the thoughts and feelings from the moment before. A depressed person is mainly on autopilot without realizing that they are mainly on autopilot. A depressed person will do what they always do, say what they always say, feel what they always feel and think what they always think. A depressed person “thinks without thinking.” A depressed person thinks without deciding to think.

If this is correct, what happens to someone when they unconsciously give up deciding what they do?

1. CHRONIC STRESS. If a depressed person actually has to do something, and they don’t decide anything, how do they do it? The answer is that they wait until an unconscious process forces them to do it. If a depressed person has to do their taxes, for instance, they will not decide at some moment to do their taxes. Instead, they will wait until the fear of the consequences of not doing their taxes forces them into doing their taxes. Depressed people will procrastinate about almost anything that they do not habitually do. The process of doing almost any necessary task is then necessarily emotional, stressful and unpleasant, because each necessity of life brings with it a rising tide of negative emotions, which only recede when the action is eventually forced. That is why, I believe, depressives almost automatically have chronic stress. As is well known, chronic stress can be quite physically harmful and surely leads to many of the negative consequences of depression. From my point of view, however, chronic stress is only a symptom of the underlying problem.

2. BEING HARMED BY ONES OWN THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS. It has often been observed that a depressed person will suffer from compulsive, self-defeating negative thoughts and feelings. In Richard O’Connor’s excellent book Undoing Depression, for example, negative thoughts are classified as Overgeneralizing, Selective abstraction, Excessive responsibility, Self-reference, Catastrophizing and Dichotomous thinking. Depressives are said to have “depressogenic assumptions” – false beliefs that set one up for depression. As explained by O’Connor, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy aims to collaborate with the patient in changing these habits of faulty thinking. I am not surprised that this sort of treatment can be helpful. However, I see a minor and a major problem. The minor problem is that the negative thoughts and beliefs of depressives are often actually insightful and correct, even if they are also sometimes self-fulfilling. The correctness of ones own thoughts makes it difficult to talk oneself into not thinking them. That is, however, only the minor problem. The major problem is that negative thoughts, beliefs and “depressogenic assumptions” are, once again, only symptoms of the underlying problem. The actual content of these thoughts, beliefs and assumptions is incidental. It does not matter if they are true or if they are false. What matters is that a depressed person has such thoughts and beliefs and feelings without deciding to have such thoughts and beliefs and feelings.

3. THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL. Many of the problems that come from 1 and 2 above make a depressive’s life vulnerable to an unstable downward spiral. Being under stress, for example, makes it hard to think and function, which then leads to disapproval from others or loss of status and, thus, to more stress and so on, repeating. Humans share with other animals the charming instinct to attack someone who shows fear or weakness. Thus, if you are fearful, you may be attacked and will have even more reason to be fearful. For a depressed person this is all too familiar.

Actually, I suspect that many people have “pre-depression”. They are in the state as I have described it, but they will only run into the kind of overt major symptoms that cause people to seek help if a traumatic event triggers the above mentioned downward spiral. For example,

QUIZ: What do the following hypothetical people have in common?

1. A severely depressed person who gets little pleasure out of life and can barely function.
2. A highly functioning compulsive workaholic.
3. A video game addict who plays a video game for 16 hours a day for days at a time.

ANSWER: They all have the same underlying problem. They have all unconsciously let go of the reins and they are all doing what they do without actually deciding to do what they do. They may or may not have the usual overt symptoms of depression, but they are all vulnerable to the downward spiral.

ESCAPE

Depression is often described as a complex multi-faceted syndrome with no single cause and no simple treatment. If I am correct (and I must admit that this is a very big if), then this sort of statement is just wrong. I am claiming that depression does have a single, fairly simple, root cause. The only real difficulty in solving the problem is that the process of slipping into the state where you are not deciding things is an unconscious process. It is hard to stop it by an act of will or out of understanding because you just don’t notice it when it happens. That’s why, I believe, depression is a hard problem to fix with talk therapy. You can have lots of realizations and insights about yourself, but understanding why you have a particular set of dysfunctional thoughts and feelings is not really the point. The point is to not have thoughts and feelings in general in an uncontrolled unconscious manner. At some point, then, it occurred to me that directly training my unconscious might be an interesting try. I am not an expert on depression, but, after all, it is happening in my own head and who knows more about what’s happening in my own head than I do? I will now describe what I did and predict what will happen to you if you follow along.

THE RULES OF SNAP CLUB

This game is simple and fun and easy to do. I am rashly claiming that it will fix your depression. It’s easy enough to try.

The rules are as follows:

1. DO ANYTHING YOU WANT ANYTIME YOU WANT.

I think that you will agree that Rule #1 is easy to follow. For example, if you are feeling terrible and you just want to lie in bed all weekend, go ahead and do that. You are still obeying Rule #1.

2. IF YOU DECIDE TO DO SOMETHING, JUST AT THE MOMENT WHEN YOU DECIDE, SNAP YOUR FINGERS.

A word about Rule #2. I don’t mean that you should decide to do something in the future like “I’m going to exercise more.” I am talking about deciding to do something immediately before you physically do it. For instance, if you are sitting, you might or might not decide to stand up at some point. If you decide to stand up, at the moment when you actually decide to stand up, SNAP YOUR FINGERS and then stand up. Notice that no will power is involved. If you don’t feel like standing up, then don’t. But, by definition, the SNAP will immediately precede an action on your part because I’m telling you to just wait until you’re about to do it and then SNAP at that moment. Suppose, for example, that you are feeling terrible as described above. No matter how terrible you are feeling, you will occasionally turn your head, roll over, go to the bathroom to pee or do something. To play the game, you just have to precede turning your head with a decision to turn your head and SNAP just before you turn your head. You are then obeying Rule #1 and Rule #2.

Based on what happened in my case, I am predicting that the following will also happen to you if you play SNAP CLUB. This all happened to me.

• You will find that there is a big qualitative difference between doing a thing and deciding to do a thing and then doing that same thing.

• You will be shocked to discover that very little of what you do during the day is preceded by any conscious decision at all. In my case, I could go for days or even weeks without deciding anything.

• You will find that the SNAP is quite enjoyable, no matter how tiny a thing it is you are deciding to do. In my case, I snap hundreds of times a day or more. I often pick out nonsense things to do just to have the experience of deciding and then doing them.

• After a while, you will notice a growing sense of power and vitality. Your brain will begin to subconsciously learn that every time you snap your fingers, something happens. You may, for example, see a sink full of dishes to wash and then have the feeling that this is no problem because all you have to do is snap your fingers and it will get done! Although this makes no sense, it appears to work anyway. That’s the subconscious for you.

• After some time, you will find yourself thinking negative thoughts in response to some event in your life. You will notice that you are having unpleasant thoughts and it will occur to you that you might decide not to have these unpleasant thoughts and to precede this decision with a SNAP. You will discover that this works.

• After some time, you will find yourself feeling an unpleasant emotion like fear or anger or resentment in response to some event in your life. It will occur to you that you might decide not to feel these unpleasant emotions and to precede this decision with a SNAP. You will discover that this works.

• After a longer time, an event will happen in your life that used to cause you prolonged trauma and internal suffering. You will realize that you are now reacting differently than you would have before. You will realize that you are recovering from depression.

As ridiculous as it seems, I believe that SNAP CLUB has a profound effect on the root process of depression. I believe that it trains your brain to actively participate and enjoy making decisions, no matter how small the decisions are. Also, as I have described it, each SNAP is for an action that you take at the moment of the SNAP, so it’s possible that there is a beneficial effect in automatically causing present moment awareness as in Buddhist or Zen mindfulness practices. As I write these words, the only evidence I have for my rather strong claims is my own experience. On the plus side, this is very easy and safe to try. In my experience, the positive effects came within the first day and seem to continue to increase even ten months after I started. From the scientific point of view, of course, this all needs to be confirmed.

Did this work for you? If it did, I have to mention that there are three more rules of SNAP CLUB. The third rule of snap club is:

3. YOU MUST TALK ABOUT SNAP CLUB.

The fourth rule of SNAP CLUB is:

4. YOU MUST TALK ABOUT SNAP CLUB.

The fifth rule of SNAP CLUB is:

5. YOU MUST TALK ABOUT SNAP CLUB.

That’s the last rule of SNAP CLUB.

THE MAGIC OF SNAPPING

Some people can’t snap their fingers. That’s OK. I think that any emphatic gesture would actually work well as a substitute in SNAP CLUB. Snapping is not magic in that sense. It might even be that inventing your own emphatic gesture would be even more empowering and an improvement over what I am saying. On the other hand, snapping your fingers is a gesture of impressive potency. It almost automatically brings up positive feelings of power and vitality. SNAPPING seems to say:

I am here.
I am not afraid.
I am in charge.
I am deciding.

as well as occasionally saying: Oh no you didn’t!

I hope that this works for you as it did for me. The advice to “snap out of it” is famously not at all a helpful thing to say to a depressed person. The strange and ironic thing is that this crude advice has a grain of truth to it. You have to, however, take the advice extremely literally, in Forrest Gump style. You have to keep snapping.

WHY DOES DEPRESSION HAPPEN?

If what I am saying here is correct, the main prediction is that SNAP CLUB will dramatically help depression for many depressives, particularly when there is not a known underlying physical problem. In a way, if this works, many people can use SNAP club to get better and maybe nothing else really matters compared to that. Even so, if it does work, it does suggest a question: What causes the depressive transition to passivity in the first place? I do have a guess about that. It is well known that when a person is afraid, there is a “fight or flight” instinct and constantly being in this state causes chronic stress. But another, familiar, and easy to understand survival strategy is to freeze in place and not move a muscle. My guess is that in a depressive, it is the survival instinct to freeze which causes the transition from deciding and vitality to internal subconscious passivity. Depressives, perhaps, are vulnerable to being unconsciously pushed into a “half frozen” passive state where the survival instinct to not do anything keeps them from actively and vitally participating in their own lives.

I have a pdf version of this paper where I end with randomly chosen images of people snapping their fingers from the internet. You may have fun searching for such images. You can see for yourself whether these people are feeling vitality and empowerment or depression and helplessness.
This sounds like a great depression remedy and I'm definitely going to try it, I just have one question. One of my problem is I've always been an overly impulsive person. Admittedly, I do do a lot of things subconsciously and I make some decisions that I don't follow through/procrastinate with. But how do you utilize this technique in a way that doesn't negatively affect your self-discipline?

Say, for example that I'm working on an important paper for school and I suddenly feel like watching a basketball game, snap my fingers and start watching and don't get my paper done? What if I suddenly feel like having a drink or smoking some weed and I snap my fingers and do it? While ruminating and dwelling on decisions is surely bad, surely overly impulsive decisions can have negative effects too.

What do you do to counter this?
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This sounds like a great depression remedy and I'm definitely going to try it, I just have one question. One of my problem is I've always been an overly impulsive person. Admittedly, I do do a lot of things subconsciously and I make some decisions that I don't follow through/procrastinate with. But how do you utilize this technique in a way that doesn't negatively affect your self-discipline?

Say, for example that I'm working on an important paper for school and I suddenly feel like watching a basketball game, snap my fingers and start watching and don't get my paper done? What if I suddenly feel like having a drink or smoking some weed and I snap my fingers and do it? While ruminating and dwelling on decisions is surely bad, surely overly impulsive decisions can have negative effects too.

What do you do to counter this?
An Interesting question young frogger

The idea is not to make IMPULSIVE decisions, but rather to make CONSCIOUS decisions. You don't really have to worry about that when you start out anyway, because it's best to just make lots and lots of tiny decisions that don't have any big consequences. See #4 and #44 of this thread for examples. If you try out SNAP CLUB that way, I think you'll find that shockingly few of the things you do in your daily life are preceded by any conscious decision at all. The moment when you SNAP gives you a chance to be conscious about it. "Am I really going to quit working on this paper now and watch basketball?" Maybe yes, maybe no. I'm not trying to run your life, just free you up to truly decide for yourself.

You might want to also look at #45 for my general advice including getting yourself a nice medical checkup.

I'LL SEE YOU IN HEALTH!!

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It must be working. I have noticed a decrease in my negative thoughts and a few positive ones replacing them.
I have also started a healthy eating plan which is going well. I guess the next step will be adding exercise. I am hoping all the fresh friut and veg will increase my energy and lift my moods. Good luck to everyone who is trying snap!
Thanks again vital for sharing your sucess story
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I'm doing the snapping right now. I started like 10 mins ago and it's really making me feel like every action matters. It makes me feel happy somehow. I feel like I'm doing something in my life. I feel like I'm accomplishing MANY things by just snapping. Wow. It's also distracting me from suicidal thoughts and depression. It's making me feel active.
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Beachlover that is great to hear! Anything that is this simple that can distract you from your depression and suicidal thoughts is a good thing! I hope it continues to help you. Keep us posted.

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Holy crap vital. I read what you wrote again after not really reading it thoroughly when I first read this. You are VERY intelligent and a GENIUS. You're right. Therapy hasn't helped me so much. Yes maybe challenge my thoughts from time to time but my depression got worse.
It's ALL about action. It's all about making conscious decisions for a depressed person to get better.
I have been just getting by. I felt no pleasure from life anymore. I've been trying SUPER hard to try and have HOPE and POSITIVITY.
I have definitely been procrastinating that's a fact. It's all because I'm waiting until I get fear that I need to do it, that's why I wait till the last minute to do things so I can finish it vs. doing them on my own will.
I've been snapping for the past 30 minutes and I feel joy and empowerment from the snaps. I feel like I am emotionally getting better. My mind is not on suicidal thoughts but more about, wow, I make lots of decisions in such a short period of time. I absolutely think this will work.
I am serious.
What is pretty difficult is remembering to this at all times but I'm desperate for help. So I will for sure keep the Snap Club in mind as much as I can.

I am also getting medication for the first time soon so I hope that will help also.

I just want to say you are a genius. Not even therapists know what you know. They're trying to do what they can to help but they don't know that a depressed person is on autopilot each day and not motivated to do anything.
Snapping before making a decision is so empowering and makes me feel joy.
Thank you. This Snap club should be published and be turned into an activity that all therapists tell their clients. It's crazy.
You're a genius.

(I'm snapping before hitting send )
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Hi Beachlover!

I am SO happy you're feeling better. I can tell that you're REALLY feeling those SNAPs and you can already feel your depression dissolving. I am so happy for you. Don't worry about it if you forget for a while. I forget too, but I just let any bad thought or feeling remind me - Oh yeah, I don't have to do that anymore. Keep in touch if you have any questions.



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I agree with beach lover. It really does help. My thinking paterns are becoming more positive and when a negative one slips in i can naturally snap out of it! You are a geniou vital. I wish everyone new about this. Thankyou so much for coming on here with the perpose of helping others.
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To have some fun with the magic of snapping, I have collected almost all images of people in the act of snapping their fingers that I could easily find in google.

What are these people feeling? Vitality and empowerment or depression and helplessness?

SNAP CLUB

you be the judge.

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vital, this sounds revolutionary and amazing. i am going to try it

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I'm going to try this too!

Vital, you mentioned you are also taking supplements - what are you taking and how much?
I've been taking omega 3 fish oil with added vitamin E.
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I'm going to try this too!

Vital, you mentioned you are also taking supplements - what are you taking and how much?
I've been taking omega 3 fish oil with added vitamin E.
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The supplements that I take are mostly recommendations from "The Ultramind solution" by Mark Hyman and from Andrew Weil's books and web sites. I've listed the quantities and brands below. It seems like a lot, but much of it is in a multivitamin. My current diet is low carb, mostly plants, not quite vegetarian. In summary, I take a multivitamin, Omega 3, B vitamins, D, Acetyl-L-Carnitine, L-Tyrosine, and various anti-oxidants.

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med.nutype----med.nutrient-----------med.amount--med.unit---med.brand----------
amino acid....L-Tyrosine...................1000..mg.........GNC................
amino acid....L-Tyrosine...................1000..mg.........GNC................
vitamin.......Vitamin A...................18000..IU.........Whole Foods........
vitamin.......Vitamin C.....................250..mg.........Whole Foods........
vitamin.......Vitamin D3....................400..IU.........Whole Foods........
vitamin.......Vitamin E.....................100..IU.........Whole Foods........
vitamin.......Thiamin.......................100..mg.........Whole Foods........
vitamin.......Riboflavin....................100..mg.........Whole Foods........
vitamin.......Niacin........................100..mg.........Whole Foods........
vitamin.......Vitamin B6....................100..mg.........Whole Foods........
vitamin.......Folic Acid....................400..mcg........Whole Foods........
vitamin.......Vitamin B12...................100..mcg........Whole Foods........
vitamin.......Biotin........................100..mcg........Whole Foods........
vitamin.......Pantothenic Acid..............100..mg.........Whole Foods........
mineral.......Calcium........................50..mg.........Whole Foods........
mineral.......Iron...........................18..mg.........Whole Foods........
mineral.......Phosphorus.....................30..mg.........Whole Foods........
mineral.......Iodine........................225..mcg........Whole Foods........
mineral.......Magnesium......................40..mg.........Whole Foods........
mineral.......Zinc...........................15..mg.........Whole Foods........
mineral.......Selenium.......................50..mcg........Whole Foods........
mineral.......Copper..........................2..mg.........Whole Foods........
mineral.......Manganese.......................7..mg.........Whole Foods........
mineral.......Chromium.......................25..mcg........Whole Foods........
mineral.......Molybdenum.....................15..mcg........Whole Foods........
mineral.......Potassium......................10..mg.........Whole Foods........
compound......Inositol......................100..mg.........Whole Foods........
vitamin.......Choline........................50..mg.........Whole Foods........
vitamin.......PABA...........................30..mg.........Whole Foods........
food..........Betain HCL.....................25..mg.........Whole Foods........
amino acid....Glutamic acid HCL..............25..mg.........Whole Foods........
food..........Rose hips.......................5..mg.........Whole Foods........
vitamin.......Vitamin D3...................1000..IU.........GNC................
food..........Probiotics......................1..tablet.....365................
mineral.......Calcium.......................500..mg.........The Vitamin Shoppe.
mineral.......Magnesium.....................500..mg.........The Vitamin Shoppe.
amino acid....Acetyl-L-Carnitine............750..mg.........The Vitamin Shoppe.
amino acid....Acetyl-L-Carnitine............750..mg.........The Vitamin Shoppe.
anti-oxidant..Resveratrol...................250..mg.........Reserveage Organics
anti-oxidant..Alpha-Lipoic Acid.............300..mg.........The Vitamin Shoppe.
anti-oxidant..Alpha-Lipoic Acid.............300..mg.........The Vitamin Shoppe.
herb..........Eyebright.....................800..mg.........Nature's Answer....
vitamin.......Folic Acid....................800..mcg........The Vitamin Shoppe.
amino acid....Acetyl-L-Carnitine............750..mg.........The Vitamin Shoppe.
amino acid....Acetyl-L-Carnitine............750..mg.........The Vitamin Shoppe.
food..........Probiotics......................1..tablet.....365................
oil...........Fish Oil.....................1725..mg.........Nordic Naturals....
oil...........Evening Primrose Oil..........500..mg.........Whole Foods........
amino acid....L-Tyrosine...................1000..mg.........GNC................
amino acid....L-Tyrosine...................1000..mg.........GNC................
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Thanks, Vital!

Wow, you take quite a lot. Did you ever have any negative reactions to the supplements? (I've had, to magnesium/zinc in the past - then I started eating meat, like a doctor recommended)
I'm thinking at least some of your energy/vitality may come from the supplements/nutrition?

As for the SNAP club, I've managed to get up a bit earlier today with the help of it (I 'snapped' and chose to lie in and just tossed and turned in bed quite a few times before that lol) I find it quite mischievous and playful, maybe that's the point? We'll see how it goes... Thank you for sharing it!
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Thanks, Vital!

Wow, you take quite a lot. Did you ever have any negative reactions to the supplements? (I've had, to magnesium/zinc in the past - then I started eating meat, like a doctor recommended)
I'm thinking at least some of your energy/vitality may come from the supplements/nutrition?

As for the SNAP club, I've managed to get up a bit earlier today with the help of it (I 'snapped' and chose to lie in and just tossed and turned in bed quite a few times before that lol) I find it quite mischievous and playful, maybe that's the point? We'll see how it goes... Thank you for sharing it!
Hi SmileHere!

It does seem like a lot, but a lot from the list is just the contents of the multivitamin.

I've never had a negative reaction to supplements, but that is a great point for anyone else reading this. My understanding is that you should not really exceed the recommended amounts on any of these supplements. Something that may be good for you in the right quantities might be not so good for you if you take too much.

As for SNAP CLUB, I think it's a wonderful sign that you're being playful and creative with it. I feel that too. I am almost guaranteed to be smiling when I SNAP, even for the smallest thing. I have a feeling of pure joyful power and playfulness and creativity even for my small nonsense decisions. It's partly also a HUGE relief. Every time I do it, it reminds me that I have somewhere to go if things go bad, that I don't have to suffer as I used to ANY MORE.

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