Discussion How do you guys cope?

[SweetDreams500]

What do you guys do when things get really bad? What do you do to feel better? I'm struggling real bad right now so I'm looking for ideas.

 

[Odwin]

Taking a nice warm bath.

 

[Carrotcake]

Hide under the covers

 

[saltshaker]

Occupy myself with bullshit. Booze. That's about it really.

 

[Tackingintothewind]

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This website has several ideas

 

[BeansOfRequirement]

Gym, getting no strength or physique gains tho. Maybe my testosterone is low. Distract with music and SaSu.

 

[LunarPyotr]

Mostly I play a round of CoD Warzone Zombie mode or continue digitizing my dairy or continue working on my little writing project. All of those are very distracting but when I'm not in the mood to do those things or things get really bad, I unfortunately go to my room and do a bit of self harming until I pass out. I don't know when it happened but I sorta developed that emergency shutdown behavior where I faint into the sweet darkness when I stare at my blood long enough.

 

[LastLoveLetter]

I'm not great at soothing myself generally, but if I really need a pick me up I like to cook or bake/make something simple if I can. My favourite go to recipes are homemade cookies, a pizza or homemade ice cream. The advantage of the ice cream is that it doesn't involve any cooking or preparation really and only consists of 3 ingredients, so hard to get wrong. And even if you do get it wrong, it still ends up being delicious.

If those are not an option because I'm too ill/lethargic/in pain and I have money to spare, I might treat myself to something small instead, like my favourite jar of hot chocolate with some mini marshmallows.

II'll watch my favourite shows (anime can be a particularly good distraction for me, or any type of animated show/movie) or animal videos.

I also still have my old Gameboy and Pokémon Yellow - I've had this Pokémon Yellow since it was first released and it still works! Sometimes that's a good distraction, but easy to play.

 

[WornOutLife]

I call off all my lessons and just go to bed and watch anime or sleep until I can feel better. Then, I try to deal with things but some of them only end up getting worse so it is better to solve the problems asap.

 

[UninformedLover]

For me I usually just daydream or go to sleep.

But you should try journaling, watching tv, reading a book or taking a walk outside. I learned these coping mechanisms from my therapist.

 

[Avyn]

Daydreaming, watching youtube, sleeping, eating. My dog makes me very happy too, shes so sweet.

 

[noname223]

Watching youtube, talking to my friends or people from SS