Does anybody have a place to go in their head when things get bad?

[Nicothe13th]

Yes. For me its talking to my imaginary friends. Coincidentally, my mother mentioned she had imaginary friends when she was a child to help her cope with trauma. Sadly she passed it onto me with her trauma. Anyways, I have imaginary friends I talk to, even out loud, in public. I sometimes get stares from people but, I do it anyways. I have many of them who keep me calm when I am breaking, who manage to stop me from suicide (or sometimes encourage me, all my thoughts). I also like thinking about anime and Pokemon too. And even imaginary boyfriends/relationships. It all mirrors what I truly want in life. Genine friends and a boyfriend. thing is think I cannot have because I don't have the mental power to change my ways.

They're easy changes to make, don't commit. You got this. ❤

 

[Water-Lily]

They're easy changes to make, don't commit. You got this. ❤

That you for responding. However I must disagree. Mainly because I know myself. I am a person who has chosen the path of darkness and what that loneliness entails. So long as I do that I will always hurt myself. It protects me.

 

[us_1999]

I also talk to an imaginary friend. In childhood I used to have an imaginary universe with many people and a set of worldview, but after I grew up I began to focus on one of them, the main character. He is the only person (in fact not defined as person) with a fixed name.
Imagination helps a lot. It helps formulating thoughts and feelings that are otherwise too confused to be noticed. When I imagine dialogues and scenes, feelings become clearer. For a long time we--me and my imaginary friend--had been in a small room with only a bed and a desk. The desk faced a window but it was always dark and empty outside. Recently we began to go to open spaces.

 

[Arnie]

I don't have an imaginary safe place I go to.

But, the place that my head, heart and soul remain in, every moment of everyday, is with my family I'm going to be joining on the other side.

 

[OnlyTheWind]

Usually before I fall asleep, I like to imagine myself hanging out with Faith from Mirror's Edge, where she is my girlfriend, and we just sit together looking out over the city holding each other. Dreams influenced by such fantasies are the best places I can hope for.

 

[LONE WOLF.]

I go into the remote castle belonging to my invisible russian mouse friends and watch Top Gear!

 

[Isisnefert]

Tu lugar suena muy bien :)

el mío tbh es imaginar la muerte, la nada. Realmente es lo único que me calma. También imaginaré todas las formas en que puede suceder y dar los pasos necesarios para llegar allí. Eventualmente será una realidad.

Same

 

[Carrotcake]

I do this too. Ever since I was little. However it has always been something I've been embarrassed of, I have never talked about it with anyone really.

 

[mossball]

Yours sounds very soothing, I like it.

I don't know if this counts, but I plan stories in my head. I've been too depressed to actually write them down for a while now, but I still plan them. When my thoughts are too overwhelming I go back to it and think scenes out. Completely distracts me. Maybe this would work for some of you too?

 

[LONE WOLF.]

I go to my Zombie apocalypse scenario where me and 2 Machetes can kill as many dead and undead things as l want! Yay!!!

 

[Cockney_Rebel]

My coping ritual is overdosing.

22 in the last 24 months.

A lot of them self harm, some of them very serious. All have required hospital treatment, and I have been sectioned countless times as a result.

 

[FuneralCry]

I have an overactive mind and struggle with intrusive thoughts, so sometimes I struggle to find a source of comfort.
I think my safe place is the knowledge of death, how then I will be at peace, in a void of eternal nothingness. It is inevitable and life seems so superficial in comparison.

 

[Emilia1012]

When things get bad I imagine being closed in a big bubble and nothing from the outside can get to me and hurt me.

 

[Leiden]

No, my head is half my battle and nothing good is up there to go to.

 

[All-Dead-Y]

I use to have something like that, but I can't seem to summon it anymore. It doesn't help or anything =(

 

[Jumping_realms]

I learned forms of "image therapy" as a young child as well as many CBT techniques and such.

I don't want ECT or TMS just yet, but haven't ruled them out either. I believe if it has gotten to the point I am going to induce non-bio treatments into my brain, It may just be time for a chemical clock-out.

I haven't weighed all the options, but unless a treatment gives me a full 180º, I'm most likely, just plain done.

 

[SMmetalhead36]

You're place sounds really nice :)

mine tbh is imagining death, nothingness. It's really the only thing that calms me. I'll also imagine all the ways it can happen and taking the steps to get there. Eventually will be a reality.

Same.
I do sometimes, but if that doesn't help, I drown myself in alcohol and pills to numb my pain and curve my thoughts.

 

[Forever Sleep]

My safe space used to be similar to yours. A treetop canopy but I used to pretend I was an Ewok! (From Starwars) All safe in my hollowed out tree. I was a child at the time but even now, it comforts me sometimes. It helped as a child that my wallpaper looked a bit like wood grain.

Now, I tend to get lost in films and think about them a lot for distraction.