Over the last few weeks, I've had the realisation that depression can often come from being bored, or feeling as if there's no substance to life. And I realised that, apart from the obvious solution (going out and having fun) I have always used my imagination as a way of coping with this. Sometimes on the darkest of days, all you need to do is think of a story, and you have the strength to get to bedtime.
Long story short, if your life feels dull, start using your imagination.
1) When I go food shopping, I’m packing to go on the run.
Long story short, if your life feels dull, start using your imagination.
1) When I go food shopping, I’m packing to go on the run.
2) When I’m running in the park, I’m a medieval princess training in secret to become the head of the rebellion.
3) When I go to school, I’m an undercover agent trying to find a dangerous traitor.
4) If I’m bored in class, my imaginary friend Spindler entertains me by pulling the teachers’ hair, doing stupid card tricks, cartwheeling in the hallways outside and drawing stick figures on the whiteboard.
5) When I’m practising speaking in French, I’m actually practising reciting my Alibi for when I’m undercover in Paris.
6) When I dance, I’m on a magical stage and everyone in the audience can feel my euphoria.
7) When I swim, I’m a stowaway watching pirates disembark on a treasure island, ready to warn the locals and lead an ambush.
8) When I’m studying physics, I become an astronaut engaged in complicated calculations that will help me save the spaceship and its passengers.
9) Whenever I walk through a dark tunnel or passageway, I’m hunting demons for the good of mankind.
10) Sitting on the bus, I’m in a time bubble waiting to burst through the doors, evade my captors and sprint to my freedom.
11) When I'm walking my dog in the park, I am in fact training my invisible pet dragon.
If you're having a bad day, just pretend you're playing a game. Pretend you're in a parallel universe, or that you have an invisible twin who sometimes becomes visible and causes trouble, or that you're trying to raise a unicorn and dire-wolf in the same house. Use your imagination to keep yourself smiling. It can be any crazy thing in the world. Be creative to save yourself.
Check out this Ted talk.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfBpsV1Hwqs
Love always,
Em xox
Check out this Ted talk.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfBpsV1Hwqs
Love always,
Em xox