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Lead with action, many of us are waiting to feel better so we can get back to the things we used to

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enjoy.

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However, it's much more efficient to gradually start doing rewarding activities even if we don't feel

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like it.

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The interest in the activities will follow.

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This approach is the foundation of behavioral activation for depression.

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Think of it like starting an exercise program.

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At first you may have very little motivation to go to the gym.

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Your body may not be used to physical activity.

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And you may you may feel more pain than you were from your workout, but if you stick with it, the

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balance will begin to shift.

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You will start to enjoy the exercise high from endorphins.

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You will notice you have more energy you which will motivate you to continue your might start to look

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forward to seeing your new friends at the gym.

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If you had waited till you felt like exercising, you might have never started behavior.

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Activation works the same way actions seems to follow the feeling, but really action and feeling go

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together.

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And by regulating the action which is under the more control of the well, we can indirectly regulate

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the feeling which is not.