What do you do to get over sad spells?

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I have depression that comes along with my AS. It's not as bad as it use to be, but sometimes it just hits me like a truck.

I refuse to dwell in it, as hard as it is, and try to go out and be social and do things I like.

Boxing and football is one of my obsessions, and so I go out and watch a match or game or something.

But even then it's hard to get over the gloom.

So if you get depressed, what are things you do to try and cheer you up?

St. John's wort!! Chocolate, exercise, and um....don't drink too much...
I have depression too..I really like what St. John's wort does for me. It takes alot of the burden off.

Sometimes I just shy away from any social activities. One thing that helps is I go in my room turn off the lights and turn the radio on quiet and lay under the covers and think, it removes a lot of sensory input and lets me try and sort out emotional stuff. Also getting outside nearly everyday. Watching silent movies.

That's interesting you mention going to your room and listening to the radio under your covers.

I did the same thing. But it seemed it only made things worse. It was so bad at times it was torture to even get out of bed. I'm not big on grooming, and have to force myself to bath once a day so I don't come off as a total Cave Man. But during those times, I'd wear same clothes for week and not even shower or care at all what I look like.

I still don't really, but what you going to do. I get told I'm decent looking, but I don't take care of myself, dress well, ect.

I can be the same way about the bathing and the clothes and hating coming out of my room when I'm in a "sad spell"! Doesn't that shower and clean clothes feel awsome after a week of moping around ? And it does get to be like torture to get out bed because no one wants to leave such a comfertable and secure area, especially if you live with people and as soon as you leave your room you're in a sensory hell. The only really bad thing about it (for me, anyways) is that sometimes if I don't leave my house I forget to brush my teeth, which obviously can have bad long-term effects.

This is cool. I never thought I'd find anyone who could relate to this (I knew they were out there, but I never thought I'd find one).

http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt54377.html

I just sidetrack myself from it. Weather it be video games, television or what-not, anything to keep my mind off stuff that's getting to me.

I spend all day on http://icanhascheezburger.com/.

At my worst I don head phones and there is this semi hidden ugly and disused track. I've been known to jog there counting miles the radio screaming in my brain until the headphones hurt my ears and my legs cease to want to carry me or I'm sure I'll likely die if I put my body towards any more of the dehydration process. (I don't stop once I start-so it's a gallon of water in the beginning and nothing on the way).

Normally though, I have a few instruments that I don't really play but just play with. And I put my pain/frustration/confusion whatever into that, and I'll get distracted because something actually sounded good; a note or series of notes, it doesn't matter that I dont know their names or the proper way to play them.

I repeat until I'm sickened by my lack of actual musical education. But-the vibe or the saddening in the process was calmed as like a band(aid).

I want to hit things-to get the feedback from the material and it's physics-but I don't own my own home so this is kind of rude and I dont want 911 called.

Ironically I used to hear the prior tenet breaking glasses with purpose. (I was in a neighboring apartment) that was his way, I guess.

Too is coming to WP and taking some of the tests others come up with.

In the past I had a field behind the house and we were set up with our own full length archery range.

Throwing rubber or tennis balls against the wall.

Kata

When I've had animals-walkabouts with the dogs. (whos walking who)

Mostly work itself. People call me a perfectionist. I am just really sad. Work is a distractor. It's a way to not think-or to think out things.

Then of course there is "Dilbert".

Alternatively read The Farside strips by Larson. that always cheers me up.

I read private eye/watch comedy. I do exercise.

I try to find the source of depression/sadness and attack it, avoid it, or make some sense of it. If there seems to be no cause or reason, I distract myself if I can or talk myself out of being pointlessly depressed/sad when it comes up and just let it take it's course.

video games, drinking(trying to quit), and watching something funny

this does not work for me. if i am very depressed, almost all efforts at "BE SOCIAL!" make me feel more depressed and isolated. i mean, i think it's good to force myself to shower and go for a walk or something, but not force myself into a social situation where i will be face to face with the stupidity of humans and how much i want to kill them, and replacing depression with homocidal thoughts isn't really an improvement.

when i had a car i would go out and do stuff, watch a movie, get some food, but just by myself.

listening to music is always good.

When i'm depressed, sometimes all I can do is let myself be that way. If I force myself to cheer up, if it fails it only reinforces the fact that I am depressed, there for making the depression worse.
Sometimes, though, spending time with my pets makes me feel slightly better. At other times, all I need is a good cry.