What's your personal therapy when you're feeling down? :(

deadbambi
deadbambi Posts: 368
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You know those days that just suck and you feel gross and you just want to lay in bed and not move ever because life is poop? (but only for that day lol)

What's your personal therapy? tea? exercise? a bath? a particular movie?
obviously i'm havin' one of those days, looool. but it's nice to know what other people do to get through them :)
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  • ThickMcRunFast
    ThickMcRunFast Posts: 22,511 Member
    Sorry you're having a crap day. A few things I do:

    - a cup of coffee while I walk around my garden
    -exercise if I have the time
    -Impromptu dance party. Just a few songs, nothing romantic, nothing sad (Club can't handle me - Flo Rida; and All the Above - Maino are some of my favorites)
    - put on Pandora and clean my house
    -text friends and make plans, even if its for next week. Always makes me feel better

    Good luck
  • deadbambi
    deadbambi Posts: 368
    Sorry you're having a crap day. A few things I do:

    - a cup of coffee while I walk around my garden
    -exercise if I have the time
    -Impromptu dance party. Just a few songs, nothing romantic, nothing sad (Club can't handle me - Flo Rida; and All the Above - Maino are some of my favorites)
    - put on Pandora and clean my house
    -text friends and make plans, even if its for next week. Always makes me feel better

    Good luck

    That first one sounds so lovely. I wish I had a garden :)
  • MSeel1984
    MSeel1984 Posts: 2,297 Member
    I go for a drive somewhere pretty (less now that I live in MD)

    I make coffee or read a book...cuddle with the hubbs...

    My personal fav is to watch a Jane Austin movie while drinking Earl Grey tea...
  • elliemae207
    elliemae207 Posts: 45
    Sorry that you're having one of those days.

    I walk, swim (weather permitting 'cause our clubhouse pool is outdoors) or watch a marathon of my fave TV series on DVD.

    Then I tell myself, "This too shall pass!" And it always does.

    So cheer up! The best is yet to come...

    You know those days that just suck and you feel gross and you just want to lay in bed and not move ever because life is poop? (but only for that day lol)

    What's your personal therapy? tea? exercise? a bath? a particular movie?
    obviously i'm havin' one of those days, looool. but it's nice to know what other people do to get through them :)
  • althaluszombie
    althaluszombie Posts: 94 Member
    I like to blaze it and put on my headphones something loud and do yoga stretches. thats what I am doing now.. laying in bed, blown, stretching out
  • para999sal
    para999sal Posts: 41
    Cuddles with my dog are great when I'm down.
    Some fav. Tunes on my iPod.
    An episode of my fav. Comedy, you loose Valerie's when you laugh.

    Salena
  • deadbambi
    deadbambi Posts: 368
    I like to blaze it and put on my headphones something loud and do yoga stretches. thats what I am doing now.. laying in bed, blown, stretching out

    this sounds perfect. xD
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    I like to blaze it and put on my headphones something loud and do yoga stretches. thats what I am doing now.. laying in bed, blown, stretching out

    this sounds perfect. xD
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    getting nailed to the bed.
  • BigDnSW
    BigDnSW Posts: 641 Member
    LIke everybody else...music...and
    -play guitar or piano
    -meditate and count my blessings
    -hang with Dog (that's her name)
    -take a break from the office and go sit out on the back porch area and watch the birds, squirrels, and chipmunks
    -call someone I love
    -call someone I don't love :laugh:
    -call someone who is in greater need than me and encourage them
    -call and order a pizza and have it sent to someone else :happy:
    -if wife is home....chase her around the house and count it as "aerobics, general"

    We all have our downs...sorry you are having one. I try to make my downs a visit and not a permanent home. Peace!
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Shopping!!!
  • JennaM222
    JennaM222 Posts: 1,996 Member
    wine
  • nayers86
    nayers86 Posts: 60
    When I feel down, I go running or head to my pilates studio. Refocusing myself by getting active and getting the endorphins flowing always helps :smile:
  • Meaganandcheese
    Meaganandcheese Posts: 525 Member
    Depending on the cause of the stress, sometimes I need to move and sometimes not. Long walks on the local trails. Hot bath or shower. Shopping. Spending a couple hours giving myself a really thorough mani/pedi. A nap. Turning on music and dancing my aces off in my living room. All have value to me.
  • deadbambi
    deadbambi Posts: 368
    LIke everybody else...music...and
    -play guitar or piano
    -meditate and count my blessings
    -hang with Dog (that's her name)
    -take a break from the office and go sit out on the back porch area and watch the birds, squirrels, and chipmunks
    -call someone I love
    -call someone I don't love :laugh:
    -call someone who is in greater need than me and encourage them
    -call and order a pizza and have it sent to someone else :happy:
    -if wife is home....chase her around the house and count it as "aerobics, general"

    We all have our downs...sorry you are having one. I try to make my downs a visit and not a permanent home. Peace!

    LOL THAT LAST ONE MADE ME LAUGH . that's so funny. oh my. Aerobics General. too cute. haha
  • MonicaT1972
    MonicaT1972 Posts: 512
    Exercise works wonders for me. I find it has to be hard and intense to make a difference though.
  • mirandamayhem
    mirandamayhem Posts: 772
    Movies, soaps, sleep, hex casting.......:wink::laugh:
    (maybe not the last thing:laugh: )
  • itsrebec
    itsrebec Posts: 38
    That first one sounds so lovely. I wish I had a garden :)
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    Take a walk in the park. I walk five miles a day through GORGEOUS forested cemeteries in my neighborhood. I like to just breathe and think. It helps to reconnect to nature in some way.
  • coyoteo
    coyoteo Posts: 532 Member
    Booze. Not even kidding. Cheaper than a shrink and always helps me relax and stop stressing or moping or whatever. Booze in the hot tub is even better. Or booze and sex and the hot tub. I like to keep it simple.
  • coopersmom2006
    coopersmom2006 Posts: 839
    I go for a run. It's totally my therapy. If I can't run then I get up and do some sort of exercise. If that still doesn't do it, I eat some Nutella and watch bad reality TV! :)
  • ILoveTheBrowns
    ILoveTheBrowns Posts: 661 Member
    bust out the taylor and play angel music
  • TKHappy
    TKHappy Posts: 659 Member
    Hope your day gets better!!

    I will go get a mani/pedi, drive to a lake or pond and do some hiking, soak in the tub...music up with a glass of wine, or sit on my back deck with a good book! :)
  • 6mimi
    6mimi Posts: 1,432 Member
    I love to laugh. I try to think of funny things, find the humor in an otherwise less than perfect situation (yes, I accidentally baked two dvds that I needed to bring back to the video store and instead had to clean my stinky oven of melted plastic... yes, the baby took of his diaper at nap and threw poop on the carpet... the list goes on..:laugh: ) I also like funny movies, listening to dance music on Pandora, and remembering (since I'm Christian), This is the day that the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it. I hope your day gets better. Wishing you lots of sunshine and laughter!!:flowerforyou:
  • samra2012
    samra2012 Posts: 715
    massage
    wine
    chocolate:wink:
  • mirandamayhem
    mirandamayhem Posts: 772
    Booze. Not even kidding. Cheaper than a shrink and always helps me relax and stop stressing or moping or whatever. Booze in the hot tub is even better. Or booze and sex and the hot tub. I like to keep it simple.

    Fudge it I've not got a hot tub.
  • Bridget0927
    Bridget0927 Posts: 438 Member
    DRINK, DRINK, or DRINK!!!!!!!!!
  • dawnp1833
    dawnp1833 Posts: 264 Member
    Dog love - my dogs always seem to know when I'm sad, and go out of their way to cuddle.

    Or reconnect with nature in some way - beach, woods or back yard. Just being outside where it's quiet away from people to collect my thoughts and regroup.
  • deadbambi
    deadbambi Posts: 368
    I love to laugh. I try to think of funny things, find the humor in an otherwise less than perfect situation (yes, I accidentally baked two dvds that I needed to bring back to the video store and instead had to clean my stinky oven of melted plastic... yes, the baby took of his diaper at nap and threw poop on the carpet... the list goes on..:laugh: ) I also like funny movies, listening to dance music on Pandora, and remembering (since I'm Christian), This is the day that the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it. I hope your day gets better. Wishing you lots of sunshine and laughter!!:flowerforyou:

    thank you! this is sweet!
    and the oven things is hilarious. xD how does something like that happen LOL
  • MsNewBooty83
    MsNewBooty83 Posts: 985 Member
    i envy you for being able to lay in bed all day! i dont have that choice with having a 4 yr old and 3yr old here with me. lol. i do have those days, i go to my gym, bust *kitten* and then im go for a swim, sauna or hottub. gives me some much needed quiet time and i know my kids r safe in the day care, so im worry free and stressless for even just a cpl hours, gets me back on track. then a nice huuuge healthy lunch and im cruise'n again :D
  • LadyBuell
    LadyBuell Posts: 164
    I'm kinda having a crappy day too. I won tickets to see my fave singer (Gary Allan) and tubing. Hubby doesn't want to go. My mother and my daughter both have to check with their SO before they can say they'll go. (WTF?) I hate not having RL friends. :frown:

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