Waste time on the internet, maybe modding or other nerdy projects
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Caffeine, and spend money.
You gotta start it with a positive jam!
My wife got me onto a comedy podcast called Bananas on the This is Exactly Right network--it's usually really funny. We both also like Dungeons & Daddies which is a Dungeons and Dragons improv comedy type podcast. Just lay in bed and laugh
I could use some comedy for sure! I'll look into it.
Lists, strong emotive music, niche interest rabbit holes (preferably new) and awful people (It's always Sunny)... I also clean if I'm able, short bursts usually.
listen to sad songs
Shopping, alcohol, gambling, drugs. None of those is my answer.
talk to my comrades on hexbear
Singing to your favorite songs
Mjuzik
Say "bubbles" in the deepest voice you possibly can. It always make me chuckle when in a funk.
Just wait until you watched a certain little Britain sketch. "Bubbles" will be forever etched into your mind.
Listen to music.
A walk, copius amounts of alcohol (will postpone not solve), a joint with a favourite movie/tv show and a tall glass of choccy milk.
We're all just feeding answers to the AI overlords.
Go goth and embrace the mood. Nothing wrong with being sad sometimes.
It's just better to get used to a baseline level of misery than relying on happiness to get yourself out of a funk.
That said, turn the fucking devices off, get a big fucking cup of herbal tea, and look at the natures for 30 minutes. You are not allowed to press the buttons on the misery-skinner-box until tea is gone and timer is up.
Gummy bears.
For me, self care is:
A trip to IKEA
Reading
Putting phone on silent
Playing classical music
Eating IKEA meatballs
Long, hot shower
Getting a shave at the barber shop
Spending time with favourite person
Uber eats from a proper restaurant (not fast food)
Knitting/crocheting
Fixing something that's broken (mechanical, not electrical)
Going for a gentle walk an hour before sunset when it's less hot outside
IKEA is therapy
Edibles and weird, interesting music. The more polyrhythmic the better.
Any polyrhythm suggestions?
Approaching polyrhythms together with singing intervals, based on their ratios (for example 2/3 for a fifth) and discovering and experiencing that they are the same thing but at another scale, really blows my mind and makes me feel like I am poking through Alice's mirror or neo's matrix code.
All Tool albums Lateralus and later.
watching some avgn makes me feel better
I watch the Monster Factory on YouTube. Specifically the more recent Dark Souls 3 episodes with the randomized translator for all text. Always puts be in a good mood.
I didnโt know they were still running. Iโve only seen a few episodes, but the Mass Effect 2 one is one of my comfort vids.
They've slowed down by they do one occasionally as new games come out.
Starlight Brigade feat Dan Avidan
Its all about the hopefull and uplifting music, put it on and go for a walk, tell your family you love them, then appologize to someone you feel you let down. Cry, it only means you care. After, eat a nice home cooked meal and re-watch Loki or Guardians of the Galaxy.
Thats what I like!
I quit looking at ALL news sites. And sleep. If I do this for a few days I feel so much better. Other healthy habits help too.
I usually eat, drink, and watch Youtube until I'm tired and it makes things worse. Instead, play loud music and do chores, then exercise, then do something productive that you enjoy
I'm doing it right now.
Take a nice shower,get to yoga class even on the days I don't feel like it, treating myself to a nice book or random thing I want, talking to my therapist and letting it all out.
I gets me some delicious, fresh baked memes from above wholesome farm (discord channel) that I know won't make me feel worse because they enforce their utopian ideals through heavy handed moderation.
If you have a dog, wrap them in toilet paper. Ok it's not the best idea in the world but it's really fucking funny.