Unhealthy Coping Habits
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Naps. I take naps.1
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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
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I have a very stressful job. Most of the time I can blow it off, but sometimes I'm still feeling it when I get home. My wife gets home about 4 hours after I do. So if I'm stressed I don't want to convey that stress to her.
I put on my hiking shoes, grab a cigar or three and go for a hike on a trail near my home. 6 miles, 2 hours and 3 cigars later, I'm home and can't even recall why I was stressed. The quiet in the woods and the beautiful scenery. Then I can get my chores done and have dinner ready when my wife gets home.
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- 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.
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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.4
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Pr0n/Self-entertainment.0
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Shut down1
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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.0
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Oh, I forgot to add:
- Copious amounts of binge shopping on Amazon for stuff I don't need.
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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.3 -
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.1
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Ive driven twice to the Smoky Mountains (7 hours) and hiked for a couple days. But maybe that wouldnt be considered unhealthy. Ive also ran all night and let the pain out in the middle of nowhere.1
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Soul_Radiation wrote: »CharlesS6730 wrote: »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.
Archery!
Its funny. I bought a couple of 9mm pistols because the ammo is cheaper hahaha. I should take up archery again. I used to have fun doing it.0
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