Just curious what you all do?



Just curious what you all do?
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do you want real answers or lets pretend we're all happy healthy people answers?




I deal with them and the ones that I can't fix or do shit about, I don't concern myself with them.
as damp as a cellar. . . all mildewy I'm as damp as a cellar. . . all mildewy



LOL, well I was about to post a poll but something happened..... lol
I guess I'll start.....I shop. I hide my emotions and bury them deep inside me and put up a wall and shut people out. Then I go buy things.
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I immerse myself in tasks. Fix something, build something, research how to fix something. I iz handyguy.
The mask slips if I drink to much. So I haven't drank to excess in 8 months.





I take an SSRI that is pretty good at numbing things. I also avoid dealing with things.
The SSRI is prescribed for an anxiety disorder that I have so I'm not self medicating but I'm dependant/addicted to it.
There are many stereotypes about the industry that I work in. Sometimes they can be true but human beings are very diverse creatures and cannot be pigeon-holed into one category.
Some of the most effortlessly beautiful, kind, intelligent, successful, motivated, driven and ridiculously hilarious women that I have ever met have been dancers. I've met the best friends that I've ever had in this industry.
Exercise.




sleep or stay in bed all day.





How does shopping help?
I ask because I just say a True Life: I'm a compulsive shopper and it was actually REALLY sad. I never thought of it as a real addiction before, but that sold me. I'm not saying your addicted or compulsive but y'all both do it to feel better. I jsut want to know what about shopping specifically does that.
I solve my issues. I hate having unfinished shit in my life. It stresses me out.
Weed, writing, friends
A combo of curling up in bed, relaxing by reading/watching shows or movies I love/lounging in the pool,etc...and pills(prescribed for actual emotional and chronic pain conditions..not to get high)
Plus I vent to my friends...that helps.
I used use SI to cope. Now I find myself using a series of things. Binging, excessive cleaning, excessive working out. I try to shut them up...but I've learned some new coping methods in DBT that has helped A LOT. Mostly I talk about my problems and it really helps.
I'm not who I say I am.



try to work them out and vent to friends.....and SLEEP!





This is going to sound really weird but I have tons of picture of little girls on my computer in pretty princess dresses and I look at the pictures escape into my little girl fantasy world where I don't have to deal with grown-up issues.





Denial, self-destruction, and hermit-hood are my natural coping mechanisms but I try to beat them by getting out of the house, reading/writing, and doing productive things.




when i'm alone binging and purging takes my mind off things for a while. Then of course i feel even worse.
I have been learning to reach out to other people. A big hug from my bf works much better.
I have to say that nothing can distract me from my lows from depression. Thankfully my mood has stabilised after a long course of AD's, but i dread that feeling,that absoute rock bottom feeling of despair that even death doesn't seem like a relief *takes off emo hat*.
If anyone has tips for that i would love to hear them.
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depends on the emotion...
anger - beat the shit out of a pillow. (side note: i reaallly want to pu a crappy couch at the thift store to destroy when im angryyes im weird - but- my weirdness dossnt harm anything lving!)
event caused depression- i too shop. theres just something theraputic about it and bringing something new into your life. i also sleep, eat sweets, watch movies all day, or masturbate. ive started taking sam-e to see if it will help.
chemical depression- much of the same except i try to stay busy constantly so i have no time to think.
giddy- my bcp fucks with my emotions and sometimes makes me ridiculously high type happy which is not my chosen feeling/state of mind (does that make sense?) think stepford wives. anyways i dont like it. i usually try to work like crazy because in this emotional state i can hustle asshat customers and deal with their bs without it affecting my state of mind.
sleep or eat, usually a combination of both.





I used to smoke a lot of pot and do yummy hallucinogenic drugs like mushrooms and acid. I even drank a lot for a short period. That didn't help.
But in the end, therapy and a good healthy relationship. Now when I have a problem, I either talk it over in therapy, take a bath, cry it out, or tell a good friend/my boyfriend.
Love it!



eat sleep and watch tons of trash tv





Sleep. Take sleeping pills to sleep more.
Read voraciously to pretend I'm somewhere else. Then sleep because the book is over and I'm still here.
Occasionally shop. But I suffer from buyer's guilt.
Because there ain't no tits on the radio
I shop. Nothing crazy, usually just $100 pair of jeans or a shirt. Sometimes a bunch of small shit at Target. Or Bath & Body Works. Or expensive perfume. Or makeup. It doesn't really make anything better, it just gets my mind off things, and then I have cute clothes (that I have nowhere to put as I'm completely out of closet and dresser space.
Anywho ....2 weekends ago was my worst ever. I really don't even know why...I was just blah. I spent $220 at Ulta, $150 at Macy's and then like $100 at Target. I usually keep it in check and feel satisfied after $100.
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