General / Off-Topic Any ideas on cheering one'self up?

[Hell Razor5543]

I quite like peppermint tea. No milk, but it takes a few minutes to infuse properly.

 

[Deleted member 110222]

I quite like peppermint tea. No milk, but it takes a few minutes to infuse properly.

Oh yeah, got some of that too. Love it.

 

[Deleted member 115407]

Oh yeah, got some of that too. Love it.

Yeah, you'll find that once you cut sugar out, the cravings for it really subside. Of course you still want the additional treat, and that's OK, but gone will be the days where you just gorge yourself on sweets.

 

[Zak Gordon]

Get NMS and enjoy a cool experience (Survival is the most interesting start mode)

 

[Deleted member 110222]

Yeah, you'll find that once you cut sugar out, the cravings for it really subside. Of course you still want the additional treat, and that's OK, but gone will be the days where you just gorge yourself on sweets.

I've actually replaced white sugar for the most part with honey. Not sure if that's a good thing. That said, most of my drinks have no sweetner at all now. Even my coffee!

Get NMS and enjoy a cool experience (Survival is the most interesting start mode)

Yeah, made my purchase yesterday. Just waiting for the game to go live on Xbox.

 

[Pyrotiger]

I learned something valuable yesterday: don't read the news when you're on a downer.

 

[-VR- Max Factor]

No dont panic, wasnt gonna suggest taking two grand and no inhibitions and meeting me in Amsterdam fer a mad weekend which ye will only partially remember fer years afterwards as flashbacks.

Nothing of the sort, my soul is damned enough without influencing another lost soul onto the yellow brick road that ends in the magic roundabout oh look squirrel after it...

I was gonna suggest...get a tattoo. It might not put a smile on yer face, but the pain will keep yer mind distracted especially if ye get hinges on the inside if yer arms, always gets a giggle even now years after I got them done in someones kitchen by a semi drunk granny with arthritis in both hands and smelled of clover rock while she sat munching dulce. Thats a sorta dried seaweed local speciality has very similar effects of chewing tobacco...only with more salt and health benefits...apparently doesnt matter.

Only cost me a bottle of bacardi so was like a cheap long term giggle that in the short term may well be the most painful experiences of yer life.

Well...if nothing else its a distraction from the dark thoughts...but yer sorta crazy and my sorta crazy are two very different sorta crazy ^

I like the sound of the Amsterdam trip myself.

 

[verminstar]

I like the sound of the Amsterdam trip myself.

Honestly? The only cool thing about the Dam is that the law is a lot more lenient...fer the price of the company and the craic, I got jars of the best cheese and kush in town happily curing quietly away in a dark place that is not easily found unless ye know what yer lookin for.

This will be the part where ye say yer a fan of Dutch architecture haha

Ill never change...too late to worry bout consequences now may as well enjoy what time is left cos Ill be a long time in hell ^

 

[Barking_Mad]

I learned something valuable yesterday: don't read the news when you're on a downer.

I barely ever read it these days after being a news/twitter junky for years. Life is better without it.

 

[Zak Gordon]

I have another option:

To be happier don't buy NMS on GOG if you want full mp right now

 

[Lordxenu]

Go to the shops. Grab a 6 pack and put it in the fridge.

Fire up your gaming rig, give it a pet and fondly recall putting it together, find some new game you've never heard of on Steam for ultra-cheap, get it downloaded and start on the 6 pack

No idea if it helps the op but that cheered me up just thinking about doing that

 

[Iron Body]

Look at your dog. Love your dog. Be with it. Do you think it wants you to be sad?

And if you haven't got a dog - get a puppy.

 

[Iskariot]

I have the distinct feeling of another bout of sadness coming. Not gonna' rant on here about it much, just asking how you'd cheer yourself up.

I know it's coming because my muscles are starting to rapidly relax, which precurses every low point I have.

Keep busy.
Try to distract yourself with something that demands all your attention.
Do not focus on the sadness.

That is how I do it.
Sadness, permanent mild depression is pretty much a state of being I have learned to live with.

 

[Barking_Mad]

Exercise, diet, plenty of water, mindfulness, a positive frame of mind, doing things you enjoy and a sense of purpose all help. No depression here but anxiety is no fun especially with two elderly parents with never-ending ailments and health issues. Every trip to the doctor is a bad diagnosis waiting to happen.