How do you cope with your life?

[superboots]

I just thought about this and I thought it would be interesting to find out how everybody copes with their life. Like, what do you do to deal with the difficuties in your life??

After a long time of avoiding the issue, I started going to counseling about a month and a half ago. I was diagnosed with depression and social anxiety, and I take celexa for it, which is a type of anti-depressant. The therapy and the medication has worked wonders for me and I feel so much better than I have in the longest time. And I sleep at night too. It's great.

Ok, everybody else share

[Mechanical Thought]

I don't think I've really mastered the art of coping with life. It's just become so hard that I take things and push them aside, until there is no room and I end up crying my eyes out. Sure, I feel better, but it doesn't really solve anything, I suppose. I always feel like I'm taking on the world alone, but I've learned to suck it up and just take it. I don't like letting people know how I feel because I don't like attention.
I go through the same cycle all the time.

[starvingeyes]

I cope with life by going to school everyday where i have to endure my film studies prof literaly talking <i>with his ass!</i>

so much noise, but nothing ever gets said.

Anyways, this keeps me from having <i>too much fun</i> and thus establishes a sort of balance. Yanno, because the sweet is not as sweet without the sour.

[Neil]

You know......my life rules, I honestly don't have any strong complaints, so I guess there isn't a great deal I have to deal with.

When me and my fiance get into arguments.......we try to talk things out but we usually shout for a bit first but things wind up better pretty fast between us.

School gets stressful.....but I treat the stressings by playing golf, video games, chatting with you wonderful people, so on and so fourth.

Beer......beer helps too.

[doug]

i have a naturally upbeat personality.

[Henrietta]

Coke and sleep.

[clumsychild_]

I try and do things with my really good friends as much as I can. Music helps a hell of a lot too..

[Neil]

I've found that my gas (seriously) creates much humor between myself and my close friends...

So Bethany........develop a potent strain of alcohol related anal-breezing, and you'll make people laugh.

[Henrietta]

Ohhh, I forgot music. That was totally lame of me.

[Axtech]

I read. Get lost in a world other than my own, where people's problems are so much worse as to put my own problems in some sort of perspective.

I play guitar. Prentend I'm in front of a huge crowd, wowing everyone. Concentrate on getting things right in the song I'm playing. If I can get things right there, maybe I can do things right in life.

I listen to music. Get lost in the flow. Get lost in the beat. Use the lyrics to reflect on life.

I meditate. Sit in the dark, breathe deep and let my mind take me where it will. Don't dwell on thoughts. Let a thought come, and let it just as easily go. Sit outside. See a bird. Watch it, and let it go.

I talk to online friends. Distance myself, while really bringing myself closer to these people than most people in my "real" life.

[Mechanical Thought]

I would have to add reading as well. Its becoming easier and easier to get lost in a good book these days.

And, of course, music.

[dream in japanese]

I deal with things the same way as Caitlin. I suck at dealing with things so i try to avoid it as much as possible and then when i finally can't take it any more I just cry. I find crying helps me feel better but it really doesn't solve anything. or sometimes i'll just start laughing for no reason, that helps a little. That's what I’ve been trying to do lately, when I feel like I want to cry I'll think of something that makes me laugh and just laugh, but of course that doesn't always work and i end up crying anyways.

[superboots]

Coke and sleep.

whoa way to be a druggie

[Mechanical Thought]

I'm the same way. I laugh, or get really giddy, when I actually want to cry my eyes out.When I try to laugh instead, I always end up crying anyways, as well.

[Clumsy7Thief]

I have a really good life right now. Like Neil, i have no real strong complaints. But when things do get tough, there are a few things that i despretely can't live without. I need my boyfriend, he somehow can make everything better no matter what it is. Music too, i need this to live. My other circle of close friends...altho lots of them have their own problems. Oh, and I've been getting back to reading a lot. Books are great to get lost in.

[dream in japanese]

i think that's my problem, i don't really have anyone in my life who is always there for me. ever since i broke up with my ex-b/f last year it's been really hard for me to rely on myself, cause for two years he was always there so i was really dependent on him. Which was not a good thing, i'm trying really hard to learn to depend on myself but that's not working to well. And I don't want to be dependent on anyone again but I would like someone who is there for me when I'm not feeling so great to just tell me everything is going to be ok, that's all.

[Clumsy7Thief]

Aww, that sucks. I'm really way too dependent on my bf, I dont know what I would do if i didnt have him there. But for now, he's here and I'm happy.

Hope you find someone soon, Maria.

[Henrietta]

whoa way to be a druggie

Coca Cola, Bethany!

[Fras]

I take celexa too. YAY drugs.

I am having a hard time trying to keep my head out of the water myself. I've lost who I really am, and find myself from time to time.. but really I don't konw anymore. I try to do things i want to do, but have so little time for them these days, I find I can't balance the happy out with the sad. I just lose myself for a while, or drink alot of coke or something, become hyper and put on a happy face so people can't see the real me. Anyone else do that?

I dunno...

[superboots]

yay drugs!!! *high fives fras*