[Darth Denkay]

Hey all!

I feel as though I've been MIA for quite some time now - in reality I think it's been about 4 days. Unfortunately my online time is sometimes really limited.

There have been so many posts that I was going to respond to, but my post would get completely out of control. For the moment, let me just say how nice it is to have a place to share our stuff. I really admire everyone for being willing to put yourselves out there. I think we've created a really great space here, and I hope my involvement can be more regular.

I am happy to say that right now I'm not really "feeling" my depression, seem to have things under control. This is really cool, especially for the holiday season, but I try to avoid all the hoopla and keep my holiday simple. Actually, in the past things have gotten difficult for me after the holidays - January can be tough, which sucks cause my birthday is in January. But so far so good. Recently we have touched on a couple interesting topics. I do utilize music, more for anxiety than depression but it certain can be helpful for both. My music of choice is classical, jazz, big band. For the most part any music with words doesn't work - I think the words distract me and keep me from feeling the power of the music itself. There is one exception to this - I can listen to broadway and it work. Don't know why but apparently those lyrics don't distract me the way others do.

As far as journaling/writing, that's not something that helpful for me. Other types of art therapy haven't proven helpful for me either. I think maybe what I need is to just relax and let the music carry me; anything that requires me to create doesn't work.

Hoping everyone is taking care of you as best you can, and remember, we're all in this silly world together.