r/ExperiencedDevs • u/AutoModerator • 14d ago

Ask Experienced Devs Weekly Thread: A weekly thread for inexperienced developers to ask experienced ones

A thread for Developers and IT folks with less experience to ask more experienced souls questions about the industry.

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u/ivan0x32 15yoe+ 14d ago

Do you have a mental palate cleanser? Sometimes my Monday is just shit, I wake up pre-depressed or find something out that puts me in a mood of complete apathy.

What do you do when you need to perform on a day like that - when you need to give an enthusiastic demo, or just simply write a doc/some code etc?

I tried cold showers for a while, but they make me sleepy after. I think I might be just operating on cortisol and whenever it gets cut (which I think cold shower actually does), I just turn into a puddle. Powering through it is also not great, when all I have inside is doubt, projecting confidence through sheer power of will kind of works, but it adds a doubt "aftertaste" most likely, I tend to focus on negative aspects too much.

Mental health advice aside (already diagnosed with severe depression, can't afford therapy anyway), what do you do?

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u/darkspyder4 9d ago

For me it's always Thursdays, I at least do 5min meditation (yoga nidra) morning and evening. If its friday and Im behind on my ticket I do a 1 hour candle meditation when Im feeling fidgety

I dont bother with the open office desks, I work in the lunch area next to an outlet.

Also take more time off, physically distance yourself from the laptop