Red/Yellow/Green Days

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I recently saw an article that suggested colour coding your days in accordance to how you have felt.
So red - bad day
Yellow - ok
Green - good

I think I am slowly slipping into a bit of a bad head space, so started doing this to see if I needed to get real life help/speak to someone. On the outside I don’t really have much to worry about, I have a secure job, no money issues, hobbies, friends. But I have just found myself having periods of feeling really down and at the beginning of the year a relatively minor incident had me contemplating suicide. Lockdown hasn’t really affected me. But the overwhelming feeling just creeps up on me and then I realise I’ve had several bad days.

So I started this colour coding.
I’m having a lot of red days.
Mostly stress at work.
Trying to please everyone
Maintaining this happy persona.

Wouldn’t even know what to say if I spoke to someone as I usually put on a happy face and act like nothings wrong.

Sorry there wasn’t even a question in all that rambling.

Has anyone tried colour coding their days?
I’ve just ordered an ‘ups and downs’ journal to fill out which helps focus on the positives and achievements of the day.

Do they help?

There is an NHS stress and anxiety quiz. I meant to make it a thing to so it every few months to see if I was slipping. How can you have more green days? Can you talk to someone about how you feel?

Gratitude journals are good, I like the what went well/lessons approach. Journalling is great.

Thanks. I took the quiz, and I’m borderline depressed, and less anxious. Which sounds about right.
I’ve just done a self referral to my local MH support team. They asked what you want from them, I just want someone to talk to and then them let me know whether this is normal or if I need help.

Hoping the journal will help, looking forward to that arriving.

I’m looking at my life and what I do and don’t like, to see how I can have more green days.

Reconnecting with things you enjoy is good.

Looking at whether you have enough support factors. I read somewhere we need at least three e.g. work, family, friends, hobbies, exercise etc. I had really just focused on work for ages.