With all the bad stuff that’s happened in the past, all the bad stuff going on in the present, and the forecast being full of terrible stuff in the future, now’s a great time to look for new ways to get through all the bullshit. What are your weird, unconventional, or non-traditional ways for coping with things when times get tough?
I’m completely sober which makes me fatigued with news so I end up doing other things
Whenever I remember something bad my head snaps 90 degrees left to the right and I mumble some random nonsense that makes no sense. Completely involuntary but you can’t argue with results.
I think it helps the my brain reset and forget about either the incoming doom of climate change or alternatively when I mispronounced a word while giving a speech and felt embarrassed.
CW death, general sadness
It sure as hell ain’t healthy, but playing RuneScape helped my through the deaths of a couple people who were very close to me (in my life for ~20 years, from childhood). It wasn’t a good coping mechanism to sit in front of my computer for hours but it helped me not think about the hospital room where my best friend died.
Cw self harm
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I picture myself being dissected, the imagined pain from that distracts me from whatever is actually happening
Or dissociating, I’ve been present in my body for like less than 24 hours this year so far
Put on some obscure DSBM and scream at the wall until I fall asleep.
