Unhealthy Coping Habits

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  • ilfaith
    ilfaith Posts: 16,769 Member
    Shopping is usually my coping mechanism. Because I convince myself that a new lipstick or the "perfect" pair of jeans is going to turn my life around. And if it is my husband who is upsetting me, all the better to be wasting his money on more stuff I don't need.
  • Bullet_with_Butterfly_Wings
    Bullet_with_Butterfly_Wings Posts: 5,545 Member
    There have been many throughout the years that I'm aware of, and probably some that I'm not.
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  • orangegato
    orangegato Posts: 6,572 Member
    edited January 2018
    Listening to sad songs or songs that bring back bad memories or angry music.
    Isolating myself, wallowing in sadness.
    Useless internet shopping.
    Sleep excessively or at least I try to. I tend to awake in the wee hours of the morning for no good reason.
    Drive.
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  • Mr_Healthy_Habits
    Mr_Healthy_Habits Posts: 12,588 Member
    i_squat_for_pizza wrote: »
    *kitten*, music, playing guitar, going to the shooting range, a hike , stuff my face...

    Those are actually mostly great coping habits
  • Mr_Healthy_Habits
    Mr_Healthy_Habits Posts: 12,588 Member
    I mfp :grimace:
  • Easternsky4
    Easternsky4 Posts: 24 Member
    I get over it..life is to short to waste it feeling crappy
  • kinetixtrainer2
    kinetixtrainer2 Posts: 9,274 Member
    I bottle it all up.

    My bottled up stress tends to be released in the gym. Music does help reach down into those dark areas and help bring the emotion to the surface.
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  • CharlesS6730
    CharlesS6730 Posts: 119 Member
    i_squat_for_pizza wrote: »
    *kitten*, music, playing guitar, going to the shooting range, a hike , stuff my face...

    Ammo gets pretty speedy though. I can play guitar for hours.
  • Easternsky4
    Easternsky4 Posts: 24 Member
    I might eat to much chocolate :/:#
  • MichelleWithMoxie
    MichelleWithMoxie Posts: 1,817 Member
    I eat copious amounts of food (mostly sweets), I withdraw and hide from people and the outside world.
  • MichelleWithMoxie
    MichelleWithMoxie Posts: 1,817 Member
    _barefoot_ wrote: »
    I like hanging out with strangers ...

    Them not knowing anything about me makes me feel powerful .

    Yeah, this too.

  • MichelleWithMoxie
    MichelleWithMoxie Posts: 1,817 Member
    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!

    I thought that said anarchy at a quick glance ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
  • Merrysailor5
    Merrysailor5 Posts: 1,424 Member
    edited January 2018
    I'm really good at bottling all the bad up. I either end up smashing the hell outta myself and the weights at the gym or at the bottom of a bottle(or 3) of red.

    I also really like shutting down and ignoring things.
  • whosshe
    whosshe Posts: 597 Member
    Sleeping for days, spazzing out, ingestion copious amounts of nicotine.
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  • Vikka_V
    Vikka_V Posts: 9,563 Member
    I drink to shift my mood or to calm down or to stop obsessing about whatever is bothering me.

    Make random choices and force myself to deal with the consequences, to distract and/or punish myself. Give myself another problem to deal with basically.

    Don't eat when I hate myself, or feel like I need control over something.
  • whosshe
    whosshe Posts: 597 Member
    lavinia_whateley_goals wrote: »
    read thru this whole thread does no one even do drugs anymore or are we just not sayin

    My last ditch coping mechanism
  • Vikka_V
    Vikka_V Posts: 9,563 Member
    lavinia_whateley_goals wrote: »
    read thru this whole thread does no one even do drugs anymore or are we just not sayin

    Used to smoke a *kitten* ton of pot (until I started to get paranoid) and (not at the same time as I was a stoner) take sleep meds and pretend I was sick and sleep for days...one week was the longest I spent in bed drugging myself
  • MigsMex
    MigsMex Posts: 52 Member
    mylittleeagles wrote: »
    I might eat to much chocolate :/:#
    This!
  • 81Katz
    81Katz Posts: 7,074 Member
    MichSmish wrote: »
    I eat copious amounts of food (mostly sweets), I withdraw and hide from people and the outside world.

    This is me. I'm never going to drown my sorrows in apples or oranges (I wish!) It's usually whatever tasty, yummy, orgasm in your mouth sweets I can find. :blush:
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    CanesGalactica wrote: »
    Oh, I forgot to add:
    • Copious amounts of binge shopping on Amazon for stuff I don't need.

    Totally. Retail therapy is way too easy online.
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  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    BR_549 wrote: »
    I watch Dr. Phil and think "Hell, at least I'm not like those people" and I feel all better.

    I watch C-SPAN and think the same thing.
  • KeepRunningFatboy
    KeepRunningFatboy Posts: 3,055 Member
    I'm coming down from my weekend marathon endorphin high, lack of sleep due to soreness, and post race calorie gorge. Today is going to be difficult
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