How do you cope with being sad
- Thread starter Nigonidas
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I just take a look at my enormous penis and my troubles start melting away.
In all seriousness, I've dealt with depression for most of my life. I've been on medication for it, self medicated with illicit substances, been in psych wards before...it wasn't until I saw a YouTube video by one of my favorite YouTube personalities where he talked about the problems he was going through (His wife had been cheating on him for years while he was at home taking care of their child and he himself was dealing with a seriously debilitating disease. When he confronted her about it she said that she had hated him for years and now wanted a divorce.) and how after all that he made a conscious decision not to get bogged down with depression and negative thinking, because ultimately it wouldn't help things and it wasn't worth thinking and feeling that way over issues that were out of his control. That got me thinking that I just needed to change my mindset about things and force myself to remain positive and to not indulge in negativity. It was hard at first. I basically had to "fake it til I made it", but it eventually got much easier. Now I'm clean from drugs and alcohol, I'm only on medication to help deal with addiction cravings, my marriage and home life are better than they've ever been, my performance at work is excellent, and I'm generally pretty happy all the time. My whole life has improved since watching that video and it has honestly saved my life.
In all seriousness, I've dealt with depression for most of my life. I've been on medication for it, self medicated with illicit substances, been in psych wards before...it wasn't until I saw a YouTube video by one of my favorite YouTube personalities where he talked about the problems he was going through (His wife had been cheating on him for years while he was at home taking care of their child and he himself was dealing with a seriously debilitating disease. When he confronted her about it she said that she had hated him for years and now wanted a divorce.) and how after all that he made a conscious decision not to get bogged down with depression and negative thinking, because ultimately it wouldn't help things and it wasn't worth thinking and feeling that way over issues that were out of his control. That got me thinking that I just needed to change my mindset about things and force myself to remain positive and to not indulge in negativity. It was hard at first. I basically had to "fake it til I made it", but it eventually got much easier. Now I'm clean from drugs and alcohol, I'm only on medication to help deal with addiction cravings, my marriage and home life are better than they've ever been, my performance at work is excellent, and I'm generally pretty happy all the time. My whole life has improved since watching that video and it has honestly saved my life.
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I have, but it might cure my autism. And as we all know autistics are superior to neurotypicals.
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Slit my wrists.
I find that keeping your hands busy helps distract yourself from negative thoughts (drawing, playing with Silly Putty, washing dishes, cat's cradle, etc.).