Unhealthy Coping Habits

24567

Replies

  • Just_Mel_
    Just_Mel_ Posts: 3,992 Member
    I shut everyone out and go silent. I'll find sad quotes on Pinterest and think how they were written just for me!
    Carbs. I eat all the mutha *kitten* carbs. Sadly, I yell at my kids to clean the garbage dump they made out of my house.
  • NewlifeinNW
    NewlifeinNW Posts: 3,866 Member
    I like to play Grand Theft Auto and cause absolute mayhem
  • 81Katz
    81Katz Posts: 7,074 Member
    edited January 2018
    Sometimes I'm like a Houdini. I just disappear from people's lives. It honestly is a case of "It's not you, it's me."

    Go into 'pissed off at the world' mode. I feel like I'm on an emotional war path. I reallllllly hate this one.

    I used to drink myself stupid. I'm really glad I do not do that anymore.

    If all else fails sit on my *kitten*, shove food into my face. Feel shame, regret, disgust, eventually lather, rinse, repeat. I really hate this one too. :confounded:
  • Just_J_Now
    Just_J_Now Posts: 9,551 Member
    Cleaning my house helps me cope and take my mind off things. That would not be "unhealthy" except I use so much bleach I nearly pass out from the fumes.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,145 Member
    Eat which bad for me because I don't want to get morbidly obese again.
  • Caporegiem
    Caporegiem Posts: 4,297 Member
    I do live webcam shows of me crying and charge a fee to watch. The money I receive makes me not depressed anymore. Money can't buy happiness my *kitten*.
  • kesirko
    kesirko Posts: 7 Member
    I become a total hermit when I'm sad or depressed. Which has the effect of making me forget how to socialize with people. Which has the effect of making me feel incredibly awkward when I finally force myself to join the human race again.
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    Timshel_ wrote: »
    SabotageinStilettos wrote: »
    When I’m depressed I like to listen to the saddest music I can find until I’m so depressed I’m ready to eat a gun.

    When I’m physically traumatized my entire body shuts down and I will nap for hours on end.

    When I am stressed or overwhelmed I will binge eat garbage.

    What are some of your unhealthy coping mechanisms?

    All of the above, but no gun eating.

    I used to drink, like...a lot. Like...too much. Went through some changes to correct that, and while most alcoholics can't drink without going overboard, I still like to dull the senses at times with a few beers or one good three finger pour of scotch. No long term adverse effects.
  • jenilla1
    jenilla1 Posts: 11,118 Member
    Naps. I take naps.
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    MeeseeksAndDestroy wrote: »
    I like to take any emotion I feel, push it deep down inside where it belongs, and then let it out by using misplaced humor or yelling at the TV

    My F'in theme song. :(

    https://youtu.be/gpyRI1j9t6c
  • Just_Mel_
    Just_Mel_ Posts: 3,992 Member
    jenilla1 wrote: »
    Naps. I take naps.

    Yep. Sleep away reality. Escape into my dreams.
  • KosmosKitten
    KosmosKitten Posts: 10,476 Member
    • Drink away my feelings.
    • Stop eating (I overeat when I'm actually content, not depressed).
    • Curl up and nap with my cats to excess.
    • Stop taking care of myself. Showers are for people who give a damn.
    • Kinda start neglecting other people around me.
    • Walk excessively (we're talking 3+ hours at a time)
    • Obsessively clean.
    • Get angry.. really angry. Explode on people who don't deserve it.
    • Live off diet of no-sugar sodas and wafer cookies.
    • Play Skyrim and/or Minecraft.. even though I've played them multiple times before to completion.
  • kam26001
    kam26001 Posts: 2,794 Member
    When I feel like the odds are stacked against me I head down to Costco and buy a rotisserie chicken and eat it in the car with my bare hands.
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    Pr0n/Self-entertainment.
  • mybfisred
    mybfisred Posts: 1,388 Member
    Shut down
  • kam26001
    kam26001 Posts: 2,794 Member
    I log on Facebook and look for sanctimonious relatives to have an imaginary debate with. And I destroy them. Then I realize I'm lightheaded and haven't eaten in awhile.
  • KosmosKitten
    KosmosKitten Posts: 10,476 Member
    Oh, I forgot to add:
    • Copious amounts of binge shopping on Amazon for stuff I don't need.
  • juliedesabrais
    juliedesabrais Posts: 293 Member
    When depression hits me I often lock myself in my room and cry. Sometimes over nothing at all! And cry for hours until my face swells up. Not cute. Or I smoke too much pot and forget a whole 24 hours. (Don’t do that kids, bad idea). I will binge eat HORRIBLY for hours on end which is how I got to be 210 pounds at my highest weight (I’m only 5’2). Now I’m 163. I mean I’ll shovel food in there. Anything I could get my hands on. Or well, I used to. Not anymore.
    Depression sucks! Brings out the worst in a lot of us.
  • CharlesS6730
    CharlesS6730 Posts: 119 Member
    I go the range and then after I get depressed because I blew too much money on ammo. Then I go home and get out the guitar and play until my fingers bleed.

Categories