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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 1948201" data-attributes="member: 99">I agree with this and I do this too, but when I'm in a bad funk I tend to overdo it sometimes.  I'll take a long hot bath and get myself some comfort food and then bury my face in the computer all night.  And that's fine.  But if I wake up the next morning and I don't feel like my usual self again, sometimes I'll tend to go right back into "Poor Me" mode and start trying to make myself feel better by more treats.At that point what I'm really doing is ignoring my family (wife and daughter) and making their lives harder (particularly my wife).  It doesn't take me long to recognize this and then I feel even worse and, chances are, my wife is starting to get rather irritated at me being so self-indulgent and shutting her out.That's why I try to resort to the altruism angle anytime I am in a depression that doesn't succumb to a very brief period of instant gratification.  I know it will make me feel better about myself (eating fatty foods and buying stuff sometimes makes me feel better but rarely makes me feel like a better person) and those close to me tend to be proud that I'm helping other people rather than irritated that I'm burying my nose in my navel.</blockquote>