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Mental Illness Coping?
| i mean my coping mechanism is literally to get fucking anhialted by drinking but im fully aware thats not a good one
| Mine is to sequester myself and become a NEET and eat junk food and not exercise and look where THAT got me
I wish these pills would take the edge off the depression
| i have a cat, he's super affectionate and i like to pet him while he's chilling on my lap or cuddled up next to me. it's really calming
| Practicing mindfulness, helps to get my shit together.
| How about taking a bath and gently sobbing as the warm water soothes your weary soul?
| Maladaptive daydreaming usually gets me through the day
| i been busy with job and i try cooking meals and trying to spend more time doing exercise and sometimes i forget that i want to die but today it didnt work
| Ice cream, not even joking.
| A lot of the time I won't realize how sad I feel. But other loved ones can see when I act a lot more tired and distant. Sooner or later the cracks show, then the waterworks... Been trying to be more mindful of this so I don't need to rely on other people. But outside diagnosis helps. Really.
>>309493 I fall into this a lot. I get into these elaborate revenge power fantasies. I know it's not healthy but it makes me feel a little better
| >>309645
Same here. Can't tell when I'm depressed until it's too late and I'm staying home to be in bed all day.
| I cope it with music, I suppose the genre varies from individuals, but personally when I'm depressed I listen to black ambient metal etc..
Another thing is remembering/gaining inspiration from fictional characters, I have a big painting of doomguy in my room, so whenever I question my strength I look up at it and think 'what would doomguy think of this?' (he's a demon slayer btw) and then I do my best to act as a truly space marine :)
| I watch something emotional—it gets me to really cry about others and when it's done, everything starts to feel normal again.
| Talk about that stuff with someone very neutral, like me.
| >>309493 oh god i also suffer from it and it takes up so much of my time, wish i knew how to control it lol
| I read a lot of books and watch a lot of anime
| >>310877 >>309645
Yeah it gets real bad for me, as a desk jockey I get mad "free the world from the system" fantasies just sitting mindlessly at my desk. I constantly fluctuate between accepting it as just part of who I am and desperately wanting to change.
| I want to get off these damn drugs, man. These fucking nerve-painkillers. They work, and I kinda need them just to live a normal life, but taking them has dulled my emotions. I'm not as passionate about my relationship as I'd like to be, I'm apathetic towards my hobbies, and if I miss a dose, I wake up in some of the worst pain of my life.
Yet nonetheless I still try. Every day, I struggle to write, watch anime, and keep in touch with the people I care about.
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| Tell me some healthy methods you have found that might help to cope with anything from spesific hard times to day to day stuff. This can be anything, don't worry about sounding silly- whatever really helps you, share it here, I'm sure someone could really use the guidance.
[No shinangians please!:^)]