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Post subject: Healthy distractions Posted: May 5th, '24, 05:57 |
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chuunibyou
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What do you do when you really need to avoid your own thoughts for a while but you don't want to do that by binge-watching, instead something healthier. To be clear, I do go to therapy and I don't avoid my thoughts entirely, I journal them out but after that I don't want to spiral the same bad thoughts over and over all day. I read, write, watch my comfort youtubers but I need more things. It sucks cause even if I have a bath or take a walk, which are healthy activities in themselves, I'm left to my own thoughts while doing them, my brain isn't being filled up by something. And so I find that during those activities where my brain isn't fully occupied, my mental health suffers.
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Come chat with me at my hangout thread!
Stroctoperry wrote:Because KofK trumps homework, for some reason.
Death Candy wrote:I just realized that "take out" means food, dating, and murder. And if you were a female praying mantis you'd have all three.
Akili Li wrote:People talk about bravery in these super dramatic terms like it only applies to soldiers going to war, but for all that I think true courage is found in the hard every day moments of social interaction and standing up for what you believe in even when it's not life-or-death, when it's instead a matter of approval-or-ostracization among people whose opinions you care about. That's harder, to my mind. That's an ongoing, you have to live with it forever thing, instead of one single moment that's the exception instead of the rule.
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Post subject: Re: Healthy distractions Posted: May 5th, '24, 18:49 |
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lunar_eclipse66
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I've found that talking to someone who is completely nonjudgmental of your thoughts helps. A therapist like you have can help. I have a few friends who are also neuro divergent and have anxiety/depression like I do and we have a group chat that we can talk about stuff with zero judgement.
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Real talk for a moment: Can we Go back to that month that Pokemon Go was released. Everyone was so happy and the only people down my throat were old men at work who complained about a cell phone app kids were playing. Can we have that? Please.
I'm an artwhore: x-broken-wish-x Silly Chu
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Post subject: Re: Healthy distractions Posted: May 7th, '24, 05:50 |
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chuunibyou
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Thank you! I have a group chat with two of my friends where we talk about what we're going through emotionally, and it does help.
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Come chat with me at my hangout thread!
Stroctoperry wrote:Because KofK trumps homework, for some reason.
Death Candy wrote:I just realized that "take out" means food, dating, and murder. And if you were a female praying mantis you'd have all three.
Akili Li wrote:People talk about bravery in these super dramatic terms like it only applies to soldiers going to war, but for all that I think true courage is found in the hard every day moments of social interaction and standing up for what you believe in even when it's not life-or-death, when it's instead a matter of approval-or-ostracization among people whose opinions you care about. That's harder, to my mind. That's an ongoing, you have to live with it forever thing, instead of one single moment that's the exception instead of the rule.
First fairy found 28th May 2015
Second fairy found 11th May 2017
Third fairy found 9th Jan 2024
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Post subject: Re: Healthy distractions Posted: May 7th, '24, 17:21 |
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lunar_eclipse66
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No problem! There's also a chat in the life issues section that's just for venting. Most of write whatever and just cover it with a spoiler.
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Real talk for a moment: Can we Go back to that month that Pokemon Go was released. Everyone was so happy and the only people down my throat were old men at work who complained about a cell phone app kids were playing. Can we have that? Please.
I'm an artwhore: x-broken-wish-x Silly Chu
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Post subject: Re: Healthy distractions Posted: May 8th, '24, 05:56 |
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chuunibyou
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I think I should post more in Life Issues actually, thank you for reminding me of the existence and purpose of that subforum. It would be nice to post about what I'm going through there, when I'm especially in need of support from online friends.
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Come chat with me at my hangout thread!
Stroctoperry wrote:Because KofK trumps homework, for some reason.
Death Candy wrote:I just realized that "take out" means food, dating, and murder. And if you were a female praying mantis you'd have all three.
Akili Li wrote:People talk about bravery in these super dramatic terms like it only applies to soldiers going to war, but for all that I think true courage is found in the hard every day moments of social interaction and standing up for what you believe in even when it's not life-or-death, when it's instead a matter of approval-or-ostracization among people whose opinions you care about. That's harder, to my mind. That's an ongoing, you have to live with it forever thing, instead of one single moment that's the exception instead of the rule.
First fairy found 28th May 2015
Second fairy found 11th May 2017
Third fairy found 9th Jan 2024
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