Low Mood in ED Recovery? (mindset, coping skills, tips)

Listen until the middle/ end for the best tips! (I start this episode with the more obvious/ basic tips for improving your mood.)

Today's episode is about how to cope with low mood in eating disorder recovery. I really enjoyed talking about this topic and sharing how I successfully help my mood day-to-day. This episode is NOT targeting people with clinical depression (although some tips may be relevant). I go into this more in the episode as there is a difference between depressive disorders and low mood, and I do not want to invalidate anybody.

A summary of my tips for coping with low mood….

• address vitamin deficiencies/ basic physical health
• a tidy room (and how to actually do this!)
• Routines, to-do lists, and dopamine.
• Achievements and easy goals.
• take a break from social media.
• change your scenery.
• social connection.
• music.
• childhood comforts.
• nature/ greenery.
• address genuine problems in your life and solve issues.
• become good at self-compassion.
• Allowing the time of low mood and not forcing it away. Doing low-energy things and giving yourself time for contemplation. Long-term stuff.
• ‘Glow-up’
• journalling
• medication
• visualizing your adult/ child self.

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