My PTSD, depression and anxiety are running ramped.

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46. this will sound a little odd but if you have netflix I recommend watching

Jerry Seinfeld's "If your not in the obit, eat breakfast".


He profiles a number of well known people who are working and productive in their 90s and 100s.


That alone is quite inspiring as you are watching people, one is Carl Reiner, who are decades past "retirement" but get immense satisfaction out of each day by creating a structure and "just showing up".

Seinfeld has one particular bit of advice that I found very cogent and useful.

He said that when he wakes up he feels an enormous weight on him as he considers all of the things he has to do that day, which he admits isn't really THAT pressing because he is wealthy and could nothing and be fine.

He finds however that simply by standing up his mood changes. He is now in motion and even if it is just going to brush his teeth he is now getting things done and the day becomes more and more manageable and enjoyable.

I find that the best therapy for me is to leave a long list of things to do the night before. Some important and some trivial. As soon as I wake up I get up and start doing things (even things like "eat breakfast" and crossing them off the list.

It seems trivial and contrived but very quickly I find that I am crossing things off the list and getting things done.

Making a mental list is not enough. For some reason the physical act of crossing an item off the list has a positive impact. Good luck.