Part three

I know it may seem a bit silly to have a post on hygiene here, but trust me, it's important. It's tied to your self esteem. And your self esteem feeds your depression.

I am also including hygiene to mean getting out of your bed and getting dressed. There is nothing that makes you feel sadder than just sitting in your bed and feeling horribly uncouth. If you look terrible, you feel terrible.

So here's my argument for you. Try to do at least one thing. If you can't do anything on yourself, do something to the room you're in, or vice versa.

Things you can do -- try for at least one, but the more you can do, the more human you'll feel.

Brush your teeth.
Take a bath or shower
Brush your hair
Put on contacts if you wear them.
Wash your hair
Shave
Put on makeup if you wear it
Get dressed
Get dressed in something nice.

You'll feel more human I promise.

If you can't bring yourself to pamper yourself, look around your room.

What can you do?

When I really feel like shit, I'll play the ten things game.

I grab 10 things, no matter how large or small, and put them or throw them away.

Then I consider it done for the day.

If I am ambitious, I combine it with bribery.

10 things -- 1 episode of Ducktales
10 things -- 1 episode of Totally Spies (yes, cartoon dork)
etc.

Other things you can do.

A load of laundry
Fold some laundry
Make your bed

Or other chores around the house (I'm sure you can think of some).

It is amazing how much it can help! Good luck!

~ Emery