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During a very dark period, what was the best thing you ever did for your mental health?
During a very dark period, what was the best thing you ever did for your mental health?
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I went on a weekend retreat all by myself. Reset my biological clock, ate when I was hungry, slept when I was tired, showered as long as I wanted, pleasured myself, painted my nails, did art, took a hike, just breathed.
Smoke weed
Started regularly exercising. The gym became my safe place where I could turn off my destructive thoughts for a bit and making exercise a habit greatly boosted my sense of self-worth
Got sober
Made my bed every day. New habit I learned when in a very low time in my life. That one new habit helped helped provide some stability and structure in a pretty shitty time. Idk, just helped my mental health out quite a bit.
I started working out. I hated it but I did it. I signed up for classes and paid deposits so it forced me to go. I started boxing to get my frustration in my life on a bag. I ended up making friends, and it helped me get out of my own head and own space.
Also making my bed everyday. Just a little bit of order in the chaos of life.
Quit my job. As soon as I put in my notice I started feeling better
Workout.
See a professional counselor. I cannot stress how much that helped.
Wait.
Reconnect with old friends
Slept! Spent time in Dreamland
I enrolled in a yoga class. I only wish I thought of it sooner.
Take a break from the stresses of life.
I made myself reach to friends and eventually found a new and rewarding friend group. This was following a pretty nasty breakup so I think connecting with people in a healthy way really helped reestablished my ability to trust others.
Slept. Just slept through it
Eat 3 meals at decent times, shower regularly, and going on walks outside, drinking less alcohol, relying less on friends
Started going on walks as frequently as I could. Your legs start moving, you get into the rhythm of constant motion, and you can be rewarded with clarity over matters that have previously been stymied.
I got a one-eyed cat named Spoon. He’s my best friend
LSD
Get completely sober for a while. (After a breakup, unrelated to substances)
Start smoking again to finish my masters thesis.
Strength training/ body building
Violence against my friends older brother who made me cry :]
Made an appointment with an online therapist. They gave me one good point to consider, which was reevaluating why I was in my dark spot. Was it situational arousal (i.e work) was it relationships, or was it my daily actions and choices I was making.
Then I realized online therapy felt like a joke for me and I quickly canceled. But I do still recommend finding the courage to make an appointment with someone, and maybe don’t stop until you find the right fit.
Ketamine therapy literally changed my life
5 hours of cycling a day at the gym. Still on it now, since college decisions sucks.
Finally went and started therapy
I tried to date someone I was completely incompatible with. Add along that they were just so mean and I just fell into a darker place I didn’t even know I existed
Motorcycling.
I’d always heard it was this panacea for mental health but I didn’t put much stock in it. Like I knew it was good, but I’d just split from my fiancée and lost my home and was back in my parents spare room, there was no band-aid big enough. My dad let me have a little run around a back road on his triumph and it was like religious experience. My dads had countless bikes and I’ve always grown up around them. I’d always wanted to ride but I’d made a promise to my fiancée that I wouldn’t take it up and I agreed it was just too dangerous and I had too much to lose especially as we were trying to start a family. It was as I was prepping to end it all, unable to live in the shadow of my grief, that I thought why not try it? After all I now had nothing to lose.
On warm sunny days I’d point my bike towards the middle of nowhere and just ride. Your mind goes blank, you feel like the main character in your story, you feel the wind as it washes all the warms smells of forest and fields over you. For the time you mount up to the time you get off, everything is okay and no bad thoughts can reach you.
Couples therapy. First appointment in 4 hours. I’m anxious but I’m going
Going on walks and staying away from social media
Mum died. Quit smoking weed, continued to exercise and began therapy. Those three things combined got me through it.
Smoked weed and started Oil Painting.
Started playing basketball a lot. 3 hours a night. I play by myself while listening to music. It allows me to think about stuff and work through it alone.
Asked for help. Especially when little things like tidying up my spaces felt like a huge task, just having someone there to help keep me motivated made a huge difference. It’s helps to have company to help get you out of your own head too.
100% cover the important things: 4 days of running per week, 8+ hours of sleep per night, get 100% of the recommended vitamins/minerals in every week. Stick to a routine.
started running then weight training. really helped
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