Discussion What treatment or otherwise helps you?

[LivingANDDying26]

Just thinking.... my weekend has been a bit of a turn around... like while I am still actively suicidal... Im trying to not like be in a horrible mental amd physical state.

Like to not be immobilized by it all... but anyway.

Just researching what/who/how I can feel better/more supported.


What treatments or things have you found helpful?

 

[WornOutLife]

Hello my lovely friend!!

Well, my new meds, after many years of trying different ones, seem to be helping me!
I'm taking bupropion, lamotrigine and quetiapine and I'm able to have a normal life and sleep.

HOWEVER....I'm still suicidal and tend to have TERRIBLE DOWNS thanks to my goddamn bipolar disorder.

Apart from that, I guess what's helping me is having hobbies such as videogames, series and studying japanese.

Hope you can feel better soon!

Hugs and love,

Matt

 

[BlankUser]

To me exercising and going for a walk outside is a bit helpful. I learned that staying active is good for mental health, but I'm feeling so down lately that I can't do that regularly. It's weird because I know that I usually feel better after exercising and yet it's so hard to force myself to do it. I just stay in bed and cry instead. Having a routine is definitely helpful. And I watch some youtube videos made by those who really understand mental illness and/or had it themselves. You just need to filter out those who aren't helpful. I found that some people's videos on there helped me way more than any real life therapist ever did. I sometimes listen to binaural beats with my headphones. Sometimes it helps to relieve anxiety even a little bit.

 

[Manaaja]

Exercise, exercise, exercise. Load a free exercising program on your phone. Someone once said, "If your mind is troubled, focus on your body. If your body is trouble, focus on your mind."

Go outside. Every person should go outside at least once a day even for five minutes. Even the best day is ruined if you don't go out.

Do something horny. I'm serious. Go read a hentai book or something even if you're not horny. Sex sells. Mind likes to choose sexual pleasure over thinking of bad things. I swear if they replaced anti-science bullshit with free brothels, people would be much happier.

Don't think you're bad. Think you're good. You're smart. It's smart and good of you to feel bad. You feeling bad is your mind's way of healing itself from the shitty environment. If you're constantly sad, it means the environment is constantly shitty. It's the environment not living up to your standards. It means you have enough common sense and pride to not like every shitty place you're thrown into. It means you're a correctly functioning, real human being. Only brainless robots aren't sad and feeling bad sometimes. You deserve better!

Focus on your body. Are you feeling too hot, too cold? Clothes too tight, too loose? Light. Blast as much light as you can. Surround yourself with light. I just read today that light can heal something. I don't remember what. But I put on a flashlight and directed it at my eyes for a second. It helped.

Magnesium and salt. Always take magnesium and salt everyday unless you get it enough from food.

All the other vitamins and stuff too.

Wash your teeth. I'm often irritated for hours until I notice my mouth tastes bad.

Eat food that feels good in your mouth. Bad tasting food can make you feel worse.

Smell? Does the room smell good? Smells often make us scared, anxious, irritated without as ever realizing it.

Surround your field of view with objects that bring you joy.

Take a shower. I've also read that studies say that hot-cold-hot-cold shower helps people a lot.

Buy a VR. Go there.

Look at things that you fear. I've noticed that looking at tarantella pictures and videos helps me. Play a scary game. Play a scary VR game. Might not help in all situations, so try a little bit at first to see if it helps and stop if it makes you feel worse.

There was a study where a group of strangers went to a park to laugh. On their eigth meeting they immediately became happy and started laughing the second they stepped into the park. Conditioning works wonders.

Give yourself a hug, pat your head, caress your arm. Scratch yourself behind your ear. Humans function like animals. One day I thought that if ear scratching makes my dog happy, it might make me happy. I was right.

 

[LivingANDDying26]

I hate exercise and can't do it most of the time. Nor do I enjoy anything so soo many things people do to make these feel better. I cannot....

This thread is the usual thinhs that i would love to be able to do but I can't. It's always so depressing looking for recovery ideas. I can't do amything.

 

[logan]

It's a vicious cycle. In my opinion, the best way to help is to go for walks in nature (forest), healthy food and a friendly environment. (family)
And a regular daily routine.

 

[everydayiloveyou]

1) Cognitive behavioral therapy

2) Controlled exposure

I have social anxiety disorder. Mindfulness and nature walks and yoga have never done anything for that (they are good for depression though, especially exercise). But doing CBT and exposure is sooo helpful. The CBT prepares you for the exposure, and then the actual exposure helps you reduce your anxiety and practice living a normal life. Then, more CBT after exposure helps you stay focused and not spiral into negative thoughts when things don't go as well as you hope. It's very much how regular people deal with social situations, except normal people talk to their friends about it for free lol