Feeling a bit down tonight. How do you guys like to lighten up?
For me, self care is:
A trip to IKEA
Reading
Putting phone on silent
Playing classical music
Eating IKEA meatballs
Long, hot shower
Getting a shave at the barber shop
Spending time with favourite person
Uber eats from a proper restaurant (not fast food)
Knitting/crocheting
Fixing something that’s broken (mechanical, not electrical)
Going for a gentle walk an hour before sunset when it’s less hot outside
IKEA is therapy
It might be kind of late for this depending on where you live, but I go for a long walk. I find if I go for like an hour to an hour and a half I usually feel much better. Sometimes I can’t remember what I was sad about to begin with afterwards lol
Walking is so unbelievable healthy, I walk every single day, no matter the weather and conditions. Doesn’t have to be long, but a walk to start or finish the day is super refreshing.
I try to walk everyday unless I’m sick or it’s raining lol it really is great for both your physical and mental health!
“If you are in a bad mood go for a walk. If you are still in a bad mood go for another walk.” - Hippocrates
“If you’re still in a bad mood, it’s because we haven’t invented proper shoes yet and your feet are sore” - Socrates
Rewatching Parks & Rec episodes always cheers me up.
I fully acknowledge that it isn’t healthy but I drink or smoke weed. Playing with my dog and going on walks helps a lot too. Videogames when I have the attention span to play them is good too
Cutting nmy hair (because I do it myself) or getting a haircut never misses.
Interesting. Do you think it’s about changing appearance or exerting control or other?
I rearrange furniture when I need to get out of a rut. I think it’s a combo of physical exertion and controlling my environment. My office has had many layouts over the years.
Just feeling fresh and well groomed, I don’t it’s any deeper than that. A shower helps too.
I watch cute/funny cat videos
Pizza, followed by dessert.
Maybe I’ll order myself a pizza tomorrow to celebrate the weekend :)
Pizza Friday is the best friday
Treat yo self!
My wife got me onto a comedy podcast called Bananas on the This is Exactly Right network–it’s usually really funny. We both also like Dungeons & Daddies which is a Dungeons and Dragons improv comedy type podcast. Just lay in bed and laugh
I could use some comedy for sure! I’ll look into it.
Starlight Brigade feat Dan Avidan
Its all about the hopefull and uplifting music, put it on and go for a walk, tell your family you love them, then appologize to someone you feel you let down. Cry, it only means you care. After, eat a nice home cooked meal and re-watch Loki or Guardians of the Galaxy.
Thats what I like!
listen to sad songs
That doesn’t sound like it’d help
Sometimes the only way to deal with bad emotions is to go through them. It’s good to take time and recognize your emotions and explore them, if that makes sense. Listening to sad songs might help with that and it helps you feel not alone because someone else feels bad too.
It is important to not dwell too much or else you might turn into a teenage angst version of me and no one wants that.
Binge info. I look up whatever random question was bugging me earlier that day/week/month, and try and read everything even tangentially related. By the end I’m distracted enough I forgot about being sad.
Not a solution though. On the upside, I got to learn a bit more.
I walk the high-line in NYC or sit by the water at Gantry Plaza State Park.
talk to my comrades on hexbear
I sit still and try to feel the sadness as directly as possible, without any distractions at all.
I usually refer to this helpful diagram
