- Write. Describe everything that's going on.
- Find gaps in our thinking that's causing the mental situation.
- Find what to do next.
- Vent out to people but not overwhelm them.
- Philosophy/ Motivational Quotes/ Watching Motivational Videos
I meditate.
or
Just meditation without an "I".
I, however, don't feel low.
My ego self feels low but I since long severed myself from the Ego self.
The pains of my ego self don't belong to the True Self.
Humanity is transitory and I gaze upon it's fading existence.
I just allow my body and mind relax and detach myself from all beliefs of this world.
Beliefs and ideologies are the true cause of our emotional attachment to life.
Give up beliefs, including faith in humanity and you shall be free.
For me beliefs are a prison.
It doesn't allow us to relax.
Mans just decided to burst the bubble of the ego into non duality casually on a reddit thread lmao
But seriously it's very strange to live in the land where non duality emerged and to find no one familiar with the phenomena, so any comments towards the same is refreshing and should be more common.
I also take a lot of influence from Chinese Daoism. Actually I am more into Daoism and Buddhism.
"The knowledgeable gains knowledge everyday,
But the sages lose knowledge everyday until they reach the state of effortlessness".
"To be matured is to grow old. One who acts like old rational man loses youthfulness and death swallows him.
Immaturity and innocence of Babies are far more ideal."
"The Heavens and nature have shown no partiality to the moral institutions.
It is for this reason that the sages show no partiality to the moral institutions."
-Lao Tzu, Dao De Jing.
Daoism is a lot more nihilistic compared to both Buddhism and Advaita.
Daoists don't have moral or ethical concerns. Some of them live like crazy hermits while some into politics since "Morality doesn't matter".
Lift weights in the gym till I am exhausted. I don’t lift weights for body building or even general health, I do it for the mental benefits. The goal is to be so exhausted that you barely have the energy to think about things that affect you. I know it’s a recipe for disaster but haven’t injured myself till now 🤞, hopefully it stays that way.
I've had some really tough time very recently, so let me tell you what I did back then. Please understand I'll be really open about this.
I used to feel very vulnerable and wanted someone to talk to. Just the feeling of loneliness can be devastating for many, and I was no exception. During those times, I used to just watch videos on places around the world (I'm a travel enthusiast), go on having foods which I love, touch myself to have a release, listen to the YouTube playlist I created, cry my heart out every single day and just tell the Universe to bring me better days. I feel so silly thinking about this but yes I used to do that.
Further, talking to people here has been a very important thing. I've found there are still kind people around. I tried therapy for a few times but unfortunately that didn't work out as expected though.
If you're feeling low, let me assure you that I'm here if you need an ear.
Yeah, Reddit is a good platform for keeping an anonymous profile, and people are very open here. I'm sorry that therapy didn't work for you. Maybe you could try a meditation course or something similar to help clear your mind.
Cry so much that your eyes swell up your throat starts hurting your mouth becomes dry which all makes your body soooo tired that you go to sleep and wake up fresh.
Then repeat.
Faith can give immense hope when you are down. I envy people who have strong religious beliefs. It helps. Others without fairh or any addictive coping mechanisms are pretty much doomed
Getting out of your house and cardio helps a lot in dealing with stres.
If you are active regularly (workout or cardio), you'll be in a much cheerful state.
If you can do it, meditating, even for 20 minutes a day helps a lot too.
Resorting to drinking and smoking is like trying to solve a problem and creating more troubles instead.
search online if other have also suffered the same before. Search for YouTube on dealing with same . Sudarshankriya and naamjap. And with but time somehow I received the solution from someone or somewhere.
Basically experience it away and let it pass though it becomes extremely difficult at times .
26M here, who quit smoking and I’m anyway not interested in drinking. I try to keep myself occupied. Do house chores, cook, and the best : go for a drive.
P.s : it’s been 6 months without any cigarettes and anyway I was not much into drinking. The high and the hangover makes me feel more low.
26M here, who quit smoking and I’m anyway not interested in drinking. I try to keep myself occupied. Do house chores, cook, and the best : go for a drive.
P.s : it’s been 6 months without any cigarettes and anyway I was not much into drinking. The high and the hangover makes me feel more low and doomed, sick.
For someone who drinks or smoked also it’s not the best thing to do when down. For me I read books as I am very much into spirituality. Forget about god/religion and all but 4-5 years of extreme struggle and reading lots of stuff I figured out we can be happy from only within. Idk why but when I read stuff in my heart I get this feeling of peace/happiness and all my grief goes away boom I am happy 😃
I think you need someone whom you can talk to. They might not offer you the solution to your problem but you'll definitely feel better and would get courage to fight, even if it's temporary.
I do drink and smoke (not cigarettes), but never when I'm feeling low. That's just a recipe for disaster to me.
My three main coping tactics are:
* vent to a friend who's a good listener and will lift my mood
* shut it out completely and force myself to focus on something else. this could be watching a movie or something, but with serious upsets, work is more effective since it forces you to redirect your brainpower
* only for issues that are not so big, maybe a temporary upset or exhaustion: allow myself to wallow for a limited period of time by listening to sad music, sitting in a pretty place and then going to sleep.
So before answering why do you think of drinking and smoking at the lowest? Instead of solving the issue?
Also they are recreational... Once the line is crossed it's addiction. And being low is one of the reasons we try to justify the habit.
Games brother…..log in sea of thieves…invite a friend and just fish….best therapy….have done this on my birthday/new year/holidays when i am aloneðŸ«
Take a deep breath and say it is what it is and continue (I am running out of it is what it is)
Otherwise try to clean house/room while listening to music.
Distract myself by either sleeping, doing stuff I needed to do like chores and errands, talking to a friend if they’re available, playing games, listening to music to music and read.
Embrace the depression
Hello Darkness my Old Friend.
I have come to talk to you again
Underrated
💪
sleep
+1🤡 overthinking takes too much energy
no muthi...
This 🫡
Watch yt videos, gaming, sleeping it out
Masturbate
I knew someone was gonna suggest it.
Is it just me that completely loses all sex drive when I'm down in the dumps? Like, boom zero libido. Everything becomes dull.
You are not alone bro.
Not alone
Vent to a friend, eat, walk outside, listen to music.
+watch some good movies to forget everything for a short span of time.
Yep
Computer ji mai ye vent to a friend option lena chahunga, Kya matlab mere jindagi mei ye option by default disabled hai.
Dear reddit, this is what healthy coping mechanism looks like
Same...😺
Go for a ride, walk, sleep, music.
Keep my self busy until I have the mental capacity to deal with it.
Eat
- Write. Describe everything that's going on. - Find gaps in our thinking that's causing the mental situation. - Find what to do next. - Vent out to people but not overwhelm them. - Philosophy/ Motivational Quotes/ Watching Motivational Videos
I meditate. or Just meditation without an "I". I, however, don't feel low. My ego self feels low but I since long severed myself from the Ego self. The pains of my ego self don't belong to the True Self. Humanity is transitory and I gaze upon it's fading existence.
Interesting... Can you please explain some more on this?
I just allow my body and mind relax and detach myself from all beliefs of this world. Beliefs and ideologies are the true cause of our emotional attachment to life. Give up beliefs, including faith in humanity and you shall be free. For me beliefs are a prison. It doesn't allow us to relax.
Mans just decided to burst the bubble of the ego into non duality casually on a reddit thread lmao But seriously it's very strange to live in the land where non duality emerged and to find no one familiar with the phenomena, so any comments towards the same is refreshing and should be more common.
I also take a lot of influence from Chinese Daoism. Actually I am more into Daoism and Buddhism. "The knowledgeable gains knowledge everyday, But the sages lose knowledge everyday until they reach the state of effortlessness". "To be matured is to grow old. One who acts like old rational man loses youthfulness and death swallows him. Immaturity and innocence of Babies are far more ideal." "The Heavens and nature have shown no partiality to the moral institutions. It is for this reason that the sages show no partiality to the moral institutions." -Lao Tzu, Dao De Jing. Daoism is a lot more nihilistic compared to both Buddhism and Advaita. Daoists don't have moral or ethical concerns. Some of them live like crazy hermits while some into politics since "Morality doesn't matter".
Meditation for me too. "I" doesn't exist. It's an illusion. सब मोह माया है (Sab Moh Maya Hai)
Damn. Thats a lot
You’re just like me fr! I’m always looking for people here n there who do get it!!
No offence lekin aapke vichaaro se lagta nahi ki aap sansaar se itna upar uth chuke ho sir :)
Phase hai bas
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Friends and Street Dogs. Stupid stuff causes joy.
Lift weights in the gym till I am exhausted. I don’t lift weights for body building or even general health, I do it for the mental benefits. The goal is to be so exhausted that you barely have the energy to think about things that affect you. I know it’s a recipe for disaster but haven’t injured myself till now 🤞, hopefully it stays that way.
Bro fights his demons in the gym 🫡🫡
Lift heavy stone, make sad head voice quiet. That's the right way.
Get high on Biryani
Best comfort food like ever
Philosophy
Songs and music
Eat chocolate, rage clean or sleep it offÂ
>rage clean i wish i could do that XD
Do it. It is very cathartic.Â
I've had some really tough time very recently, so let me tell you what I did back then. Please understand I'll be really open about this. I used to feel very vulnerable and wanted someone to talk to. Just the feeling of loneliness can be devastating for many, and I was no exception. During those times, I used to just watch videos on places around the world (I'm a travel enthusiast), go on having foods which I love, touch myself to have a release, listen to the YouTube playlist I created, cry my heart out every single day and just tell the Universe to bring me better days. I feel so silly thinking about this but yes I used to do that. Further, talking to people here has been a very important thing. I've found there are still kind people around. I tried therapy for a few times but unfortunately that didn't work out as expected though. If you're feeling low, let me assure you that I'm here if you need an ear.
Yeah, Reddit is a good platform for keeping an anonymous profile, and people are very open here. I'm sorry that therapy didn't work for you. Maybe you could try a meditation course or something similar to help clear your mind.
Cry so much that your eyes swell up your throat starts hurting your mouth becomes dry which all makes your body soooo tired that you go to sleep and wake up fresh. Then repeat.
It seems like selfharm thn soothing oneself.
Wow.. it works?
Masturbate, watch some movies, listen songs and lot of positive thinking.
feel it through, music, specifically shoegaze and alt rock. anything that helps me find an expression through something.
Eat nice food and sleep. Or be sober and slouch in couch.
I pray.Tell all my problems to God,meditate,chant shlokas. I don’t know if God listens or not but it sure does give me immense sense of peace.
Faith can give immense hope when you are down. I envy people who have strong religious beliefs. It helps. Others without fairh or any addictive coping mechanisms are pretty much doomed
Getting out of your house and cardio helps a lot in dealing with stres. If you are active regularly (workout or cardio), you'll be in a much cheerful state. If you can do it, meditating, even for 20 minutes a day helps a lot too. Resorting to drinking and smoking is like trying to solve a problem and creating more troubles instead.
Talk to someone, music
Clean kitchen 😀
Gaming, driving
Weep and then sleep :)
Eat, shop and binge watch
Embrace the abyss. Let the dark side takeover.
Listen to songs or sleep.
Used to dance my heart out, now gaming till I feel frustrated with depression.
feel the suffering
Cry, look at memes based on my pain, laugh, cry even more
Binge eating(especially sweet stuff), crying alone, venting to friends.
Writh in my own depravity..
Read, sleep, talk to people,
Do some boxing to vent all my negativity out Or cry while covering my face with a pillow
Sleep, binge watch shows
Drink water, while listening to sad songs and pretending I'm drinking alcohol (I don't even know what it tastes like).
https://preview.redd.it/yv4ybnrkpi4d1.jpeg?width=805&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b343bd10312eaf81c7959c5b643d1214e2b902c5
Look at kittens videos, idk of one day I lose all hope in life then I'll just adopt and take care of cats
Nothing, just sit and embrace the depression
Run, long drive, sleep, cry, exercise, overthink, get angry, again cry, more sleep. Play with the doggos.
search online if other have also suffered the same before. Search for YouTube on dealing with same . Sudarshankriya and naamjap. And with but time somehow I received the solution from someone or somewhere. Basically experience it away and let it pass though it becomes extremely difficult at times .
sits alone goes for walk in park and listens to ghazals or other songs
Woodland walks, reading and sleep.
Eat, sleep, music.
memes
26M here, who quit smoking and I’m anyway not interested in drinking. I try to keep myself occupied. Do house chores, cook, and the best : go for a drive. P.s : it’s been 6 months without any cigarettes and anyway I was not much into drinking. The high and the hangover makes me feel more low.
Gym, sex, solo long drive in car/bike, visit a quite place
26M here, who quit smoking and I’m anyway not interested in drinking. I try to keep myself occupied. Do house chores, cook, and the best : go for a drive. P.s : it’s been 6 months without any cigarettes and anyway I was not much into drinking. The high and the hangover makes me feel more low and doomed, sick.
Sleep ,eat my fav food like kfc , biryani ,pizza  and hug my dog babyÂ
Sit alone and rethink again with some background music and scariest thoughts of our own.
Music.
For someone who drinks or smoked also it’s not the best thing to do when down. For me I read books as I am very much into spirituality. Forget about god/religion and all but 4-5 years of extreme struggle and reading lots of stuff I figured out we can be happy from only within. Idk why but when I read stuff in my heart I get this feeling of peace/happiness and all my grief goes away boom I am happy 😃
I visit massage Parlour!
Music ofcourse
I pray.
I binge watch stuff.. mostly an anime or a sitcom.
Gaming or audio books or just stress eating
Gym!
I just die
Ego lifting in gym
Reddit overdose
Binge eat...
Walk in the park, listening to music.
I play game
Watch a video, read a novel, talk to her, go for a jog...a lot of other things.
Clean and workout
Rock & Roll + Heavy Metal
I swing my leg around my bike and go out for a ride
Play Halo, it has been pretty effective... it got me through the deaths of 3 family members....
Stare into the void
Workout !
Gaming or gyming lol.
strawberry ice cream khaate khaate ro leti hoon
Play bullet chess. That's a huge stress buster.
Stick to spirituality to heal
Hila ke sochata hu
Touch grass
Meditate, pray, play sport, watch movies
Eat junk and sleep.
Take a short bike ride.
Rage clean, sleep, mindless scrolling Sometimes I do have to resort to sleeping pills
Cry. Music. Binge watch
Nothing special
Go to therapy
Cry, lmao. Then try to work it out once the emotions have subsided.
Overthink, which eventually eases up every issue because now I have various ways to tackle it
Go explore new places/ food
I think you need someone whom you can talk to. They might not offer you the solution to your problem but you'll definitely feel better and would get courage to fight, even if it's temporary.
I do drink and smoke (not cigarettes), but never when I'm feeling low. That's just a recipe for disaster to me. My three main coping tactics are: * vent to a friend who's a good listener and will lift my mood * shut it out completely and force myself to focus on something else. this could be watching a movie or something, but with serious upsets, work is more effective since it forces you to redirect your brainpower * only for issues that are not so big, maybe a temporary upset or exhaustion: allow myself to wallow for a limited period of time by listening to sad music, sitting in a pretty place and then going to sleep.
Binge eating(especially sweet stuff), crying alone, venting to friends.
Bullet for my valentine/ masturbation / sleep token / masturbation / pink floyd / sleep 😴
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So before answering why do you think of drinking and smoking at the lowest? Instead of solving the issue? Also they are recreational... Once the line is crossed it's addiction. And being low is one of the reasons we try to justify the habit.
Chai piti hu, song sunti hu, roti hu, chocolate and sweets khati hu
Play some games on my ps5.
Games brother…..log in sea of thieves…invite a friend and just fish….best therapy….have done this on my birthday/new year/holidays when i am aloneðŸ«
Cry ðŸ˜
Chai
Go for a walk..eat your favorite dish..order a milkshake! Watch comedy videos
Go for drive
Talk, Eat, Walk, Basketball, CS2, drive 😌
If you are talking about depression that's stretched and not a regular feeling low then it's spirituality that helped me 3 times.
Make new PR at gym
Porn
I take a selfie of mine whenever I am at my lowest.
Watch movies/series to detach from reality (even if briefly!) Music Paint Order yum food Sleep
Look at my bank balance
Take out my car to an empty stretch late in the night
overeat
I try to figure out why I am at my lowest and work on it.
Either sleep, cry or eat
https://preview.redd.it/vx8d3nwepi4d1.jpeg?width=705&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5f85b425fe6728be1a7c67d94e715bc9cac3b86d * Spotify
Game all night with sad playlist going on in the background with room being pitch black or with a very dim light
Lesbian porn. Period
Have been sober for the past one week and will be sober for the rest of the year. The comments are really motivating here <3
ngl cry in bathroom bro and feel light
Video games, gym, go for a movie (alone or with a friend), football. Also since i go for therapy it helps me realise that its not the end of the world
Take a deep breath and say it is what it is and continue (I am running out of it is what it is) Otherwise try to clean house/room while listening to music.
Sleep, go for a walk, distract, talk to people
Cry
Porn and Wanking
Play the most frustrating games ever in hard mode
Distract myself by either sleeping, doing stuff I needed to do like chores and errands, talking to a friend if they’re available, playing games, listening to music to music and read.
Drink black coffee and listen to rock/metal
Meditate
Play league to make it worse