What Do You Do When You're Having A Bad Day?

[Srain]

I LOVE mini coopers, the smaller and lower to the ground the safer I feel...maybe because I am low to the ground myself ;)...

 

[silver_turquoise]

Wait.... does hiding out in a bookstore with a cup of hot tea and a stack of books count as "healthy"? Damn, I hope so. Currently exactly what I'm doing, lol!

That's the most therapeutic thing I've ever found! :)

 

[Sazza]

It depends how much of a bad day, if my energy levels allow i will try exercise to distract and feel better or sometimes i will come on here or have a nap.

 

[TigerPride]

<< spend time with my sweet cat, she always seem to know when her mom needs a little extra attention. :tup:

 

[Sethe]

I isolate too. Play with my birds. Play on my computer. Zone out.

I'd like to learn ways to be more productive.

 

[Lionheart]

It really depends on why I am having a bad day and just how bad it is, but some of the things I do are;

talk with my sister,
write in my journal,
play on the computer and listen to soothing music,
sit outside if the weather is nice and have a cup of tea,
take a short stroll,
play with the kitten,
tend to the garden,
sit in stillness, burn a candle, and enjoy the peace and quiet,
paint, draw, read,
soak in a hot tub of sea salt,
grab my teddy bear and have a good cry,
smudge with burning sage,
watch a movie,
or lie down and take a nap.

 

[AngelKeeperJ]

Good list! I'll have to copy and print it when I get ink. When I try to make a list, I go blank. It helps to see a good one to copy if you don't mind. :)

 

[stuff]

Walking.
Drinking coffee.
My house doesn't really feel like a safe place when I'm having a bad day, so I find myself perching in various places around my city. I won't answer my phone, so I guess I isolate on some level, but I feel better around other people because I'm not left alone with only my own thoughts, which can be a really rough thing. The social thing is pretty exhausting for me, but it's better than being stressed out at home.
Sometimes I'm such a mess that I can't really leave home, so then I just hide in my bed or try to do my laundry or make soup. The laundry and soup help me feel like I'm taking care of myself and if I can still manage to do that, I know I'm gonna be ok.

 

[KP the nut]

Hug my husband
Hug the dogs or my teddy.
Phone my daughters - just hearing their voices
Come on the forum.
Online shopping :eek:
Light a candle
Talk to a friend
Read my affirmation book and or paste new things into it
Drink a coffee
Volunteer
If the weather is nice, sit in the garden and watch the birds
Crawl back to bed with my dogs

 

[angel2write]

If it gets really bad, about all I can do is lie on my bed and breathe and remember that sooner or later it will QUIT and I will be sane again. Sometimes that takes a couple hours. (In the worst of the worst I have to bury myself in furniture and blankets and stuffed animals and lurk there like some kind of evil sea creature hiding in the coral.)

Then, when the symptoms ease up, I might clean my room. (I find bringing order to my room kind of relaxes me and orders my brain.) I also get on the forum a lot, occasionally beat things up with my whiffle bat, call my husband and cry, and zone out on the piano playing something really technical like Bach. Sometimes I watch old TV shows on Netflix and knit.

 

[a3a2]

Hide under a super soft blanket (preferably with a cat) if I can.....and consume a lot of caffeine if I can't. I read a study about caffeine users being less depressed....

 

[Sandra]

Tomarrow's temp will be a high of 55F. I can't believe this weather for this area in November. Sounds like a good temp to go enjoy it and sit on the beach and unwind. :)

I'm only a few blocks from lake Ontario.