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I have been doing rather well lately, no full panic attacks and seem to be controlling the anxiety. This time of year though, I seem to have trouble with depression. I don't feel too bad right now, but I feel like I might be spiralling backwards. I seem to be the queen of procrastination and the more I procrastinate, the more guilt and lack of motivation I have and then feel down that I don't want or can't seem to get enough energy to break thru it to get the stuff I want to do done. I fear that I am going back into a depression and worry that i will have to go back on my meds to overcome it. I feel I have learned the skills in the program to help me with the anxiety part now I am letting the depression part scare me. I am trying to walk 5km at least 4 times a week, so far so good, on week 3 and doing and feeling a little better and hoping if I keep it up it will help motivate me and decrease the procrastination. Any suggestions or advice would greatly help me.

I just wanted you to know that I deal with procrastination on a daily basis also. The guilt that I experience with procrastination is almost unbearable sometimes. But, I have definitely found out some tricks that work...I am a list maker, so I used to make a list of all the things that I wanted to do for the day, alot of things, but I found out that I was expecting too much of myself. So, now I only put down a couple of things to do in a day. When I accomplish those things I feel really good about myself. Also, I try to exercise in the morning, that way I get that done with early in the day, and if I don't get anything else done, at least I can say I worked out. I really understand what you are feeling, I hope this helps. God Bless you.