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What is a good hobby for a depressed person? (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 year ago by QuietStorm@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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So i still have depression and im constantly bored, i feel like a loser who cant do anything right. I want to let my creativeness out, make something i can share with the world or family, but im probably dreaming too big. I cant stand being depressed and bored, it stinks, everyone tells me to work out but i lack the motivation to do so.

i usually just watch youtube all day while complaining to family members that have no idea what to do about me.

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[โ€“] TheAmishMan@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Exercise is a definite one. This is actually coming from a medical side, not just a personal one. There's a lot of data there.

However I think hobbies that are 'measurable' are also really good. Ones where you can feel like you accomplished something. So things like painting, drawing, learning something, reading, where you can feel like youve finished something I feel really helps.

So a good idea might be combining the two. Maybe an exercise with a goal in mind. Or maybe take a few karate classes, with the goal of working towards your first belt. Or biking a certain distance every day to reach a total amount for a month. I personally find when i can see that my hobby has some measurable accomplishment, I personally feel more satisfied with that

Also for me social things help a lot. Im a very social person, but can get such in a rut. Finding more ways to be social can help expand and open you up to other things

[โ€“] dessalines@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I got a cheap smartwatch recently, and it uses this metric called PAI, which kind of game-ifies your cardio health. The interesting thing about it, is that its backed by several large-scale scientific studies, where people with above this amount of cardio activity, end up living on average 8 years longer.

[โ€“] TheAmishMan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yea for me anything that can either gamify or quantify my achievements helps a lot