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Rise From The Edge
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What matters, and one small step

When nothing feels worth doing, working out what you would want to matter is more useful than waiting to want it.

When to use it:
Things feel pointless rather than painful, and motivation is not arriving.
Where it comes from:
Acceptance and commitment therapy.

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What you would want to matter

Not what does matter right now — depression flattens all of that. What you would want to, if it were available to you.

Being a decent friend · making things · being outdoors · doing work you respect · looking after someone.

One step, this week

Toward one of those, not all of them. Small enough that you can do it on a bad day, because bad days are the ones it is for.

A worksheet is not treatment and it is not a substitute for talking to someone. If things are bad right now, there is a line for your country.