What are your coping mechanisms?

[blissfulbacon]

My anxiety and suicidal ideation had gotten much worse recently. The only things that are keeping me from totally breaking down is distracting myself with books and music.
What are your coping mechanisms? Do you have any 'healthy' ones that are improving your life instead of destroying it?

 

[Rocinante]

Music, guitar, jogging, vidya games

 

[xero]

Cocaine. I do a ton of cocaine. It is the most numbing and beautiful coping mechanism for me. It never fails. It's never not there. I'm not encouraging it. But for me. That's how I cope.

 

[jodes2]

Social media, smoking tobacco, umm.. sometimes listening to music or mixing I guess that's about it. It's not great. Buying stuff as well. That's a bad one cos I'm outta money

Cocaine. I do a ton of cocaine. It is the most numbing and beautiful coping mechanism for me. It never fails. It's never not there. I'm not encouraging it. But for me. That's how I cope.

Bloody hell you must have a great job to be able to afford that

 

[lukas19]

Cocaine. I do a ton of cocaine. It is the most numbing and beautiful coping mechanism for me. It never fails. It's never not there. I'm not encouraging it. But for me. That's how I cope.

But doesn't your depression come back twice as because of the come down?

 

[xero]

But doesn't your depression come back twice as because of the come down?



I mean... tbh.. I wouldn't know. The second I feel down I do moreI done "real" drugs and this is the only one that doesn't ever leave me hanging. Or maybe it does and I never notice?

Social media, smoking tobacco, umm.. sometimes listening to music or mixing I guess that's about it. It's not great. Buying stuff as well. That's a bad one cos I'm outta money































































































































Bloody hell you must have a great job to be able to afford that















Social media, smoking tobacco, uLomm.. sometimes listening to music or mixing I guess that's about it. It's not great. Buying stuff as well. That's a bad one cos I'm outta mone



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Bloody hell you must have a great job to be able to afford that

Social media, smoking tobacco, umm.. sometimes listening to music or mixing I guess that's about it. It's not great. Buying stuff as well. That's a bad one cos I'm outta money































































































































Bloody hell you must have a great job to be able to afford that















Social media, smoking tobacco, uLomm.. sometimes listening to music or mixing I guess that's about it. It's not great. Buying stuff as well. That's a bad one cos I'm outta mone



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Bloody hell you must have a great job to be able to afford that

https://ibb.co/kQ0Ywhz I buy enough to last a bit. I'm new so I'm sorry if I replied wrong. Bulk is the smart option.
















































































































I'm new so I'm sorry if I'm replying wrong. Lol but I do ok. I buy

 

[Spiked_Coffee]

If being honest nothing works for me, only living through it whatever it is. I try to meditate regularly but it doesnt work like: "ooh i feel bad so i need to meditate" i meditated and its gone - nope, doesnt work like that at least for me, just helps me a little bit. Music? also doesnt work, just keeps me distracted for a few minutes. Films? Same as music.
Only when i have some job to do like exams or a real job, it is the best what worked for me, like you have stuff to do so you dont have time to think about your problems but after exams or after day at work all those bad feeling comes back, welcoming me happily to my suffering.

 

[card1nal]

When I'm at my lowest I push myself to draw, write, or just create something in general. I also listen to music and sometimes read if I'm in the mood. I used to self-harm by hitting myself in the head and sometimes restricting my food intake to cope, but I realized quickly how badly that could affect my health and quality of life. My worst coping mechanism right now is daydreaming. I daydream to the point where I can't discern my daydreams from reality. I think most of my coping mechanisms are alright, but daydreaming is one that I have a hard time letting go of.

 

[toro]

to be honest as cringe as it can be i just binge random shows lol, usually anime stuff but sometimes ill get into trashy tv like Love Island, anything that like that to make me just focus on the emotions and story (or. drama in LIs case) rather than whatevers got me fucked up. im pretty apathetic since starting medication so its rare i find myself in that headspace now, usually only when i get cocky and skip meds thinking i dont NEED them anymore lol

 

[bijou]

mine are mainly distress tolerance to avoid self-harm, i try and replace it with a different physical sensation.
holding ice is a classic for this, but my personal favourite is eating a spoonful of hot sauce.

also i'm not sure if you've ever had the pleasure of dancing yourself clean before, but that is very fun and instantly makes me feel a lot better. you basically just vibe along to the chill parts of this song until it shifts and you go crazy (and you'll know when that happens).
the only rule is don't stop dancing! add noise-canceling headphones and you got yourself a wholesome one-person-moshpit.

 

[710]

Music, drums, exercise, and cannabis

 

[Forest Fire]

I lift weights, play guitar and write songs, play video games and binge watch a tv series occasionally. I smoke cannabis as well but currently i'm 5 weeks into a 6 week break from that to get my tolerance down and hopefully change my relationship with it.
I've recently started eating healthily and making all my meals from scratch. I didn't realise how long it takes to do stuff like that and on my day off from work today i've spent nearly three hours cooking for the next few days.
None of these things fix anything but they help to pass the time. I'd say the weight lifting and healthy eating are the most beneficial to me though. it's nice to feel myself getting stronger and looking fitter and my skin looks better since i've stopped eating crap all day.

 

[flesh object]

I have been in a pretty bad state of mind for quite awhile now, I never really thought of any other coping methods.
I just drink alcohol and listen to music and then surround myself with people I know while intoxicated. It's usually a pretty good time for me.

 

[WellDefinedChin]

I draw. Typically I draw the first thing in front of me, whatever it is. It's effective for me, but I'm getting tired of graphite, and I wanted to try some other mediums. I impulsively bought a drawing tablet thingy, and this weekend I'm going to try digital art for the first time (my life is so exciting).
I keep a diary that I write in daily. I don't know if this would be a coping mech, because I get conniptions, and thrashed around in my bed sheets if I end the day without off-loading my thoughts some where I know they are safe. I would like to digitize where I store my entries, because I'm running out of storage for them.

 

[lionetta12]

My anxiety and suicidal ideation had gotten much worse recently. The only things that are keeping me from totally breaking down is distracting myself with books and music.
What are your coping mechanisms? Do you have any 'healthy' ones that are improving your life instead of destroying it?

Taking care of others instead of myself, but I wouldn't call it a healthy coping mechanism sincd it helps everyone else but almost destroys me in the process. It's easier for me to focus on and help others with their issues than to help myself with mine. Focusing on other peoples issues let me get a break from my own.

 

[blissfulbacon]

When I'm at my lowest I push myself to draw, write, or just create something in general. I also listen to music and sometimes read if I'm in the mood. I used to self-harm by hitting myself in the head and sometimes restricting my food intake to cope, but I realized quickly how badly that could affect my health and quality of life. My worst coping mechanism right now is daydreaming. I daydream to the point where I can't discern my daydreams from reality. I think most of my coping mechanisms are alright, but daydreaming is one that I have a hard time letting go of.

I daydream way to much aswell. It gets in the way of me completing important tasks, but I haven't been able to find any way to overcome it yet

 

[AscendedBeing]

A nice breakfast & coffee to wake up to in the morning followed by a few hours gaming and lifting/jogging. Exercise really helps balance out the dopamine levels in your head it's totally worth trying especially once you notice the physical improvements.

 

[Whistea]

What are your coping mechanisms? Do you have any 'healthy' ones that are improving your life instead of destroying it?

Yeah, I like lifting weights, and while it does feel good short-term, I wouldn't call it an effective coping mechanism at all. At least not for people as far gone as me. What helps more but is also only marginally effective is alcohol. I drink quite a lot.

 

[LunarPyotr]

Gaming, drawing, writing fictional stuff on a certain creator platform and my favorite is to work on cars.
I bought an old VW Mexico Beetle for 200euro from France, let my friend tow it to me and whenever I fell bad, I just work on it. So far I managed to fix all the rusty spots and currently I'm rebuilding the engine after I found out it consumes oil like crazy and when I'm finished with that, I'll probably get another car for less than 500euro to work on, just as a coping mechanism, not really to learn anything. It just distracts me form all the negativity and sometimes I get so distracted that I loose the sense of time. Probably this year, in the summer, I'll get it ready, make it road legal and then it'll go for sale.

 

[The Eeyorish One]

Doing edibles is really the only kinda healthy coping mechanism I have. The others are not so good lol. But yeah for me if I'm high I'm typically relaxed and happy so it helps.

 

[fuqed]

When I'm at my lowest I push myself to draw, write, or just create something in general. I also listen to music and sometimes read if I'm in the mood. I used to self-harm by hitting myself in the head and sometimes restricting my food intake to cope, but I realized quickly how badly that could affect my health and quality of life. My worst coping mechanism right now is daydreaming. I daydream to the point where I can't discern my daydreams from reality. I think most of my coping mechanisms are alright, but daydreaming is one that I have a hard time letting go of.

i also sometimes hit myself in the head and yell at myself. i binge and then i starve myself and i spend all the extra money i get from the govt on take out. I've tried joining a gym and i started to feel better but I dont have someone that can inspire me. Sometimes I take an ativan but it's not enough. i've tried some kind of downsized weed i bought from a smoke shop but the feeling ends with a crash. Nothing I can do changes the problems I have with my learning problems, lack of focus, and trouble remembering. I have so many regrets i dont think I will ever learn from. Sometimes I dont even like music. I almost hate porn. I dont think I have the ability to connect with others any more whenver I try i almost always feel hurt for no reason at all

 

[Source Energy]

used to be books and movies, but recently nothing with interactions between humans provides escape anymore. I can't stand to read or watch about making fun, jabs, anger, passive aggressive remarks, beatings, cheating, all the "works" humans do to each other. I am so fed up with human behavior, based on real life observation, that these things that used to help me cope, do not anymore. Nothing with other people - what is left? Sleep. And thinking about death.

 

[Unsure and Useless]

Watch videos, play video games, listen to music on high volume, read stuff, do origami, write some messy stories, eat anything sweet or salty