How do you cope with life?

[MemeSupreme]

COME ON PEOPLE

i want answers...

Sleep

Exercise

Drugs

something else

[pethouse]

There’s plenty of ways to cope. I’m currently 23, renting a house in bad condition with two buddy’s. Currently on probation for bad decisions that I made when I was 18 and 19, and work two jobs.


Sure my life kind of sucks. I don’t get paid well at ether job. I’m also extremely short for a guy so I don’t get taken seriously when I’m angry. Because of the fact that I can’t do drugs or drink most of my friends no longer want to hangout with me or even talk to me. I sometimes feel like I’m missing out on lots of fun. I also don’t have a girlfriend ether. Don’t know where to get one as-well and dating apps never worked out.
But there are also good things in my life. Ill be 4 months sober tomorrow. No longer making stupid decisions or surrounding myself with people that put me in stupid situations. I’m working on buying my own place and currently have $12,000 saved up. I have two cats and a dog that loves me. Nothing is currently wrong with my car. I have a boss and coworkers that supports me with advice.
Life can be hard but you have to make a plan for yourself and your future. Then you need to take it day by day. Keep yourself occupied by things. If you have too much free time. Join a club or get a second job. Speak to those who are good for you and be good for others.

[couchweed92]

(DRUGS)
even though i’ve overdosed three times and since have quit, i miss the reward system i had in place. it was my absolute favorite part of the day, arriving home after a 9-10 hour shift welding in a scorching hot & very dismal warehouse + the 1.5hr drive home sitting in traffic. I park my car and run through the gate and up the stairs and into my apartment. turn the key and push my way in, go straight to the thermostat and set it at 68 degrees, go in my room and open up the pill organizer according to whichever day of the week it was. fish out the three rectangular white pills - 2mg Xanax. throw all three in my mouth and chew on em while i get out of my dirty clothes and hop in the shower. get cleaned up and hop out feeling like a million bucks, turn in the tv and throw on some music or whatever series i had been watching and step in the kitchen and start fixing up something to eat. it was honestly the most enjoyable evening everyday, nothing seemed like a task, it was all fun. cooking dinner was a blast, cleaning up and washing dishes was honestly like therapy and then when i was time to go to bed… i could brush teeth and lay down and fall asleep with such ease. it was beautiful. miss it very much!

[wolfcat87]

Hobbies, music, and sex are the main ones. Reading, gardening, taking care of kids and animals, exercising, planning trips, writing online, shopping, skimming instagram, etc. Fixing up houses. Keeping busy distracts from stress and how mundane or high pressure things can get.

Vivid dreaming helps a lot, I'm in someone else's life and body most nights.

I'm not into any drugs/mind altering substances except mushrooms. A trip a year puts everything into perspective. Makes me realize how meaningless everything is and how everything is connected and just reality interacting with itself.

[IslaTheWitch]

I write or read. Sometimes, I enhance the effect of the two using a small amount of whiskey :D

If I really cannot refocus myself, then I use Forrest Gump's strategy called "Run, Forrest, run!". I run until I reach the point of pure exhaustion. It successfully erases everything from my brain. Only pain stays :D

[JC_jester]

I hope nothing like that happens to you again, Isla

[IslaTheWitch]

@JC_jester thank you. But I don't think we know each other...

[JC_jester]

@IslaTheWitch
we don't, but we have all the time needed to fix this mistake

[IslaTheWitch]

@JC_jester I'm not interested

[JC_jester]

@IslaTheWitch
how can I change your mind?

[sage2021]

I like to sleep if I can, which is usually not the case.
After working in an office for 30 Year's and sitting in a chair almost the whole time, I used to sit and dream of taking a nap.

[NathanDavis]

sleep (in the cold),

exercise (sports),

(cold) showers,

distractions (either very complicated or very simple stuff)

love (the good and great people in my life)

more love (my cats)

and a lot of fun and interesting I can find anywhere (including here at G@G)

[NathanDavis]

don't need the drugs... my life has been tragic enough, lol

[JC_jester]

bad experiences?

[NathanDavis]

@JC_jester in life? some...

with drugs? none... never done drugs

[JC_jester]

@NathanDavis
I'm sorry that something unpleasant happened to you. But it looks like to me, you've managed to overcome it. Respect, man

[NathanDavis]

@JC_jester well, yes... as many other, we just find ways to manage

[Saiesh30]

At this point, sleep is my escape from all the anxiety that builds up. Everything else for me, doesn't cut me off from the world but sleep does.
It's not ideal though coz the right way to cope is to face whatever life is throwing at you and that's what I'm working on. To face whatever is bothering me and look for solutions.

[Anonymous]

Matthew 4:4

''But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.''

Once I figured out the above, everything transformed forever. When I was a non believer, my life was dismal in comparison. Now I've seen miracles...

[deus_ex_sisyphus]

uninstall social medias and dating apps from your mind.

put earbuds in, kick off the Tevvez playlist STARTING at Legend then hit Zeus and lift heavy shit - become this:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/L8TPjH9pR6g

[MissStrawberry912]

Chasing the ocean, reading a book, talking and hanging with fun/trustworthy friends, podcasts, taking trips, journaling, watching shows/vlogs, or napping away~

[BoopBoopBeep]

Rescue kittens. Though honestly there's not much to cope with. My life is pretty awesome. On account of the rescue kittens largely, but the other stuff is pretty great, too.

[DizzyDesii]

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[MiddleAgedClimbee]

I noted exercise, because nearly all exercise I participate in involves being outdoors. It helps clear my mind, and provide time to come up with the best solution to whatever issues I am facing.

Hugs, help immensely, and so does the pup.

[Malwi93]

Sleep as a way of coping? lol how does that work for you

[MemeSupreme]

it isn't for me bc i can't sleep but I've heard people say it before

[Malwi93]

Avoidance is key to MORE problems lol

[exitseven]

One step at a time, one day at a time , I just try to keep on stroking. Sometimes i use anger as a tool sometimes i just chill.

[PBandJ_Nerd]

Not sure what you'd want as an answer, but I just live it each day.

[The-Stud]

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[Al_Musafir]

5 daily prayers, exercise, books and sleep.

[DarkWinterNights]

I stay busy. Work, projects, hobbies, friends, etc.

[Nikki1989]

Not much to cope with if you make your life amazing. It is what you make of it.

[Alex-Snow]

I try to take one day at a time, exercise a lot and masturbate a lot... it all seems to be working

[JC_jester]

boxing with a sparring partner who is better than me,
swimming in a frozen lake, if possible

[AngryCarl2]

Alcohol is a drug, so that. But also, consider the alternative. Suicide is always painful and seldom final.

[Anonymous]

Being normal. Eating well, keeping myself and my place neat, organizing my plans, resting.