What are some of your healthy or/and unhealthy coping mechanisms?

[Sylveon]

Curious to know.

 

[Forever Sleep]

Eating is my main one. Which I know is no good ultimately because it makes me fat which makes me feel even worse.

 

[SmollMushroom]

Sleeping (Idk if it's good or bad)
Staying in my bed and daydream (probably bad)
Playing lot of multiplayer videogames (definitely bad, very toxic environment)
Reading manga and watching anime (still better than playing videogames probably)

 

[reallysleepy]

Sleeping a lot (between 10 and 14 hrs a day) (unhealthy)
Drinking and smoking weed until I'm fucked up (unhealthy)
Playing video games and watching TV shows (I count this one as healthy)
Planning how to ctb (idk)
Hanging with the ppl I love (healthy)
Coming to sasu (healthy?)

 

[𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗹𝘆]

My main coping mechanism is probably sleeping or listening to sad/melancholic music, watching sad movies or documentaries related to mental issues/ctb.

Eating is my main one. Which I know is no good ultimately because it makes me fat which makes me feel even worse.

This was my coping mechanism for a good year, I know how frustrating it is. You eat to numb the feelings > gain weight > feel worse > turn to food more. Hard to break the cycle. What helped me was trying to find other hobbies(?) that require a lot of concentration since it would simply help me not to think about food all the time. You can try drawing, or try finding some good series, maybe play some video games. Whatever sounds fun to you. Just remember not to be too harsh on yourself.

 

[pompompurin]

sleeping for 10+ hours
smoking weed and cigarettes
drinking energy drinks and alcohol(mainly jagermeister cuz i like the taste)
long night walks in the city
playing video games I guess.
As you can see they're not the most healthy ones but I'm trying to get rid of em and get some more healthy ones

 

[princexhhn]

unhealthy
- drinking (alcohol)
- cutting
- starving myself
i think theres more, cant remember right now.

 

[Aesthetic guy]

I'm suppose the unhealthy is
Porn or listening to sad music

And healthy is
Watching movies or driving in midnight

I don't know what its considered if i listen to sad music while im driving

 

[yonise4]

eating, painting, smoking, dancing

 

[Beyond_Repair]

Going for a drive, listening to nostalgic music, daydreaming

Unhealthy: drinking, cutting

 

[UtopianSoliloquies]

In order from healthiest to unhealthiest,
Working out, listening to music, browsing SaSu, video games, cutting.

 

[HighFlight]

I pretend to be normal. Hide my feelings, never let anyone close enough to know. Unhealthy diet, no exercise, no friends

It worked great, until it didn't.

 

[moondazed]

healthy: obsessive interest in the philosophy of life, how it works and how to preserve it from both scientific and spiritual approaches (i'm a biologist)

unhealthy: video games, competition, nicotine, alcohol, marijuana, emo music, romance, obsession of knowledge

 

[Kundalini Guy]

Kratom, it makes me feel like everything will be alright.

 

[CloudyNightSky]

Healthy:
reading Manga, watching something to distract myself most of the time YouTube, sometimes lighting candles, music

Unhealthy:
Cutting, sometimes watching gore, throwing up, alcohol, starving myself

I also think there's a bit more but yeah ig that are my main ones

 

[DyingToDie123]

Sleeping, eating, cutting. Used to do weed more then I threw it out before I planned to actually ctb. Probably all unhealthy but I honestly don't know the difference. If it works it works.

 

[Bruce]

Well, here I go as well:
Good: Doing Sports, Walking Around, Practicing Mindfulness, Listening to Music (Ambiance and Electronic), Playing Games (Single-player Story-based games), Reading Books (Science Fiction, Fantasy and Magical Realism), Watching Anime, Watching TV Series (Computer Animated as well), Cleaning My Living Space and Spending Time on SaSu of course
Bad: Watching Porn

And .. I loved your answers and .. I want to judge! May I judge? Please let me judge! I'm going to judge now. : )
If you think that I'm inappropriate please ignore me or tell me and I will edit/delete part of my post. (Hmm .. maybe this is bad mechanism)

Eating is my main one. Which I know is no good ultimately because it makes me fat which makes me feel even worse.

Eating can be good too if you eat the right stuff. For example: I binge on fruit instead of sweets, I eat 2 or 3 apples per day and sometimes bananas too. What do you like to eat? What are you obsessed with?

Sleeping (Idk if it's good or bad)
Staying in my bed and daydream (probably bad)
Playing lot of multiplayer videogames (definitely bad, very toxic environment)
Reading manga and watching anime (still better than playing videogames probably)

I sleep a lot too, but not as much as @reallysleepy. I'm clocking around 8 to 9 hours day. What can I say, I'm lazy, and I like it. : ) But I think it's bad if we sleep too much, or too little.

I daydream too. I'm not sure if it's bad, I don't think it is. I think it's like .. writing a story, yes. If you don't live a good story then you dream one. I dream some, I make some (I roleplay when I play videogames) and I live some (when I'm reading books).

I used to play multiplayer games and I think it depends on the game, on the community, on the level you are playing at and how good you are at dealing with other players. I heard about toxic environments but I never experienced them. I did some high level / higly competitive gaming in Battlefield and Guild Wars. Battlefield players were cool and Guild Wars players were outstanding. I could not have asked for better company (allied or enemy), I'm extremely happy that I was part of and I miss those communities dearly.

Sleeping a lot (between 10 and 14 hrs a day) (unhealthy)
Drinking and smoking weed until I'm fucked up (unhealthy)
Playing video games and watching TV shows (I count this one as healthy)
Planning how to ctb (idk)
Hanging with the ppl I love (healthy)
Coming to sasu (healthy?)

Why do you sleep so much? Do you want to or does your body want to?

My main coping mechanism is probably sleeping or listening to sad/melancholic music, watching sad movies or documentaries related to mental issues/ctb.

This was my coping mechanism for a good year, I know how frustrating it is. You eat to numb the feelings > gain weight > feel worse > turn to food more. Hard to break the cycle. What helped me was trying to find other hobbies(?) that require a lot of concentration since it would simply help me not to think about food all the time. You can try drawing, or try finding some good series, maybe play some video games. Whatever sounds fun to you. Just remember not to be too harsh on yourself.

As i previously mentioned I think eating can be good too if you eat the right stuff, if you replace the bad with the good.

unhealthy
- drinking (alcohol)
- cutting
- starving myself
i think theres more, cant remember right now.

Cutting? As in cutting yourself with a knife?

And why do you starve yourself?

Going for a drive, listening to nostalgic music, daydreaming

Unhealthy: drinking, cutting

Aaah I miss driving! I used to do this with my ex. I converted my car and we travelled (on and off) for a few years.

In order from healthiest to unhealthiest,
Working out, listening to music, browsing SaSu, video games, cutting.

Cutting? You are the third person mentioning this.

I pretend to be normal. Hide my feelings, never let anyone close enough to know. Unhealthy diet, no exercise, no friends

It worked great, until it didn't.

Arnold Schwarzenegger said about exercise that it is a privilege. I remember this every time I feel like taking a longer break, and then I don't, I resume whatever sports, whatever exercise I can do.

Why did stop?

Healthy:
reading Manga, watching something to distract myself most of the time YouTube, sometimes lighting candles, music

Unhealthy:
Cutting, sometimes watching gore, throwing up, alcohol, starving myself

I also think there's a bit more but yeah ig that are my main ones

Lighting candles is nice! You know what!? I'm going to steal this! I'm going to do it too from now on. Thank you! <3

What/why are you throwing up and why are you starving yourself?

 

[Celerity]

Healthy:

• exercise
• gardening
• cooking
• reading
• playing videogames (not addicted)

Unhealthy:

• booze
• sweets
• erotica/porn
• this website
• Reddit, the ultimate timewaster

 

[Forever Sleep]

Eating can be good too if you eat the right stuff. For example: I binge on fruit instead of sweets, I eat 2 or 3 apples per day and sometimes bananas too. What do you like to eat? What are you obsessed with?

Yeah, I know how to eat healthy. I just don't want to! I lost 5 stone at one stage- but, I think you have to be in the right frame of mind for it. I'm terrible with carbs and sugar. Bread, biscuits. That kind of rubbish.

 

[FredTheCripple]

Healthy coping points:

1. Browsing this website (Having a place where I feel I don't have to censor my thoughts, and having a place where I can actually sort-of relate to people)
2. Watching movies & TV shows. (Sometimes it makes for a decent distraction from reality)
3. Sleeping. (When my body allows it, it feels so good. There are times I feel like I'm not even apart of my own dreams)

Unhealthy coping points:

1. Eating too much. (Can more often ruin my chances of sleeping)
2. Messy sleep schedule. (Sleeping, though I enjoy it, is weirdly hard to accomplish. Even if I'm tired, it doesn't always work out)
3. Referring or hinting to things related to suicide. (It's hard to pretend that everything is jolly, so sometimes things slip out. Which in turn, causes people to spout out the typical prolife nonsense)

 

[Bruce]

Yeah, I know how to eat healthy. I just don't want to! I lost 5 stone at one stage- but, I think you have to be in the right frame of mind for it. I'm terrible with carbs and sugar. Bread, biscuits. That kind of rubbish.

Oh girl! I'm so obsessed with bread and biscuits too. I mean .. bread is not so bad, bread is somewhat useful and can be easily reduced. These days when I make sandwiches I either cut my slices thinner or use only half a slice as a top slice. This works for me. Biscuits though .. woaaaah!! The only way to not binge on them is to not buy them, which can be done when I live by myself, but it's impossible not to binge when I live with my mum because she either buys or receives lots of packages. I have to scream at her to NOT buy or to throw those bloody gifts but .. she doesn't listen. : ( And the sad thing is that pastries go to our bellies, which is bad for our internal organs and for our looks of course. I once used to binge on giant pretzels with Greek yoghurt. Damn that was good!

 

[CloudyNightSky]

Lighting candles is nice! You know what!? I'm going to steal this! I'm going to do it too from now on. Thank you! <3

What/why are you throwing up and why are you starving yourself?

Ohhh Please do steal it's so good really helps me sometimes. Sometimes if I'm not ok i feel really sick and nauseous. Ig throwing up is really unpleasant but once I've finished I feel better. I don't really know why exactly maybe bc everything's out of smt. It's like youre physically sick and throw up. After that you sometimes also feel better. And starving myself is part bc if I'm really depressed I can't get up to eat smt so I either eat really unhealthy shit or nothing and part bc I think the feeling of hunger is kinda pleasant. Maybe a lot of you disagree but I like it if it's not sooooo strong. And it's also kind of a form of sh for me. And sh really relieves me sometimes it's like you compensate your mental pain with physical pain. So ya hope you understand it even if some of my explanations maybe kinda suck :> but sometimes I can't find really fitting words

 

[Bruce]

Ohhh Please do steal it's so good really helps me sometimes. Sometimes if I'm not ok i feel really sick and nauseous. Ig throwing up is really unpleasant but once I've finished I feel better. I don't really know why exactly maybe bc everything's out of smt. It's like youre physically sick and throw up. After that you sometimes also feel better. And starving myself is part bc if I'm really depressed I can't get up to eat smt so I either eat really unhealthy shit or nothing and part bc I think the feeling of hunger is kinda pleasant. Maybe a lot of you disagree but I like it if it's not sooooo strong. And it's also kind of a form of sh for me. And sh really relieves me sometimes it's like you compensate your mental pain with physical pain. So ya hope you understand it even if some of my explanations maybe kinda suck :> but sometimes I can't find really fitting words

Oh no, I get it, I get your words. : )

Hmm .. usually throwing up happends because your body thinks that what you just consumed is poison. Does it happen only with some foods? (For example: I know my body always rejects any trace of any kind vodka because I had a bad episode once and it remembers.) You are saying that you're eating unhealthy stuff somtimes.

As for starving yourself, I want to say more but at the same time I don't want to mess with you being you, I don't want to impose my point of view so I won't. Just .. be careful, please! Remember that the gastric acid in your stomach can burn through it's walls and could cause ulcer, which is kind of nasty.

 

[CloudyNightSky]

Hmm .. usually throwing up happends because your body thinks that what you just consumed is poison. Does it happen only with some foods? (For example: I know my body always rejects any trace of any kind vodka because I had a bad episode once and it remembers.) You are saying that you're eating unhealthy stuff somtimes.

As for starving yourself, I want to say more but at the same time I don't want to mess with you being you, I don't want to impose my point of view so I won't. Just .. be careful, please! Remember that the gastric acid in your stomach can burn through it's walls and could cause ulcer, which is kind of nasty.

Nah I think the throwing up thing really depends on my mental health. Ig it doesn't really matter if it's healthy or unhealthy food, but you can always say more if you feel like it. I mean this forum is there to help people even if it's just accepting things. I don't wanna starve myself and throw up either but still do it because it helps me feel better and sometimes it feels like I can get something done. A lot of people can't just throw up or starve themselves but I can do it for sometimes quite long, wich is a REALLY toxic mindset but I can't really help it. It makes me feel that I can do at least something.

Oh and thanks for sharing that acid thing with me bc I knew it was bad but was kinda unaware of this

 

[ceriseange♡]

Healthy ✧˖°

• Drawing
• Walking
• Pacing
• Listening to music
• Socializing with loved ones
• Chewing Gum (very simple but for some reason it does really help!)
• Breathing exercises
• Journaling

Neutral ?? ✧˖°

• Daydreaming/Escapism
• LOTS of social media distraction distractions
• Crying lol
• Social drinking / smoking

Unhealthy ✧˖°

• Starving
• Cutting
• Biting/chewing my index finger
• Scratching
• Binging
• Purging

Currently trying to get a handle on the more negative ones and get myself to use the more positive/neutral mechanisms more actively

 

[therenexuefrbue]

healthy:
- composing/recording/performing music
- reading
- writing, drawing etc.
- cleaning things
- seeing my partner
- watching series over a longer period of time
- going for a run
- writing down the shit in my brain

neutral:
- eating too much
- snapping rubber band on wrist
- coming to sasu lol

unhealthy:
- binging series
- impulse buying things unnecessarily
- thinking too much
- avoiding "conflict" (aka having to deal with people on any level whatsoever)
- scrolling through social media

I have also cut myself in the past, but I've not done it for a while and I force myself not to whenever I get the urge (that's why the rubber band is in neutral rather than unhealthy...)

 

[mob]

Not sleeping enough, smoking cigarettes & using snus, self harm, drinking alcohol

 

[Cress]

Recording and editing youtube videos is probably the most healthy thing that I ever did or just doing audio work. Animating artwork was also pretty healthy as well. These two things kind of made me feel like I was contributing in some way at the very least To society a little bit.

Outside of that I would just be on my computer playing a game or listening to music Or watching a video usually it's all pretty standard I suppose

 

[deathviahanging]

rotting in bed and or reading or both.

 

[Life'sA6itch]

Curious to know.

definitely sleeping or lying in bed, usually reading or sometimes watching tv