What Do You Usually Do To Feel Better?

[Me Myself and I]

What's something that keeps you busy and away from everything around you?

Something that makes you feel calm and relaxed!

 

[Tanishq]

I do have hard time feeling calm and relaxed.

I give myself some time to recover. Listen to music and try to let out negative thought.

 

[Changing4Best]

I have a daily routine, starting my days with tea, reading Scriptures from the Bible, reading lighthearted romance novels that start with a Bible verse (Love Inspired), come here to the forums, add my two cents OFTEN, joined The Happiness Challenge here, lunch, relax and look out my window at the forest, maybe go out on the porch and watch the cars go by, maybe go shopping, maybe chat with a friend on the phone, play Scrabble (my psychiatrist told me it helps to improve short term memory) check my emails, visit FACEBOOK, shoot some nature photos and share them with friends online, do some art therapy and send a photo of it to my therapist, write a poem and share it with online poetry fans, go for a walk in the park with a friend and my dog, sit with my dog in my lap and ponder things that have happened recently and really things from my whole life (I am retired), bake some goodies like cookies or brownies, balance my checkbook, brush the dog's hair, eat lunch and dinner someplace in there....

Well, you get the idea, I hope!

 

[who am i kim]

Playing games on my computer here I can tune out to the world. Putting my favourite music on. Taking a nice bath. Playing with my dog. Watching my favourite tv shows by myself. :joyful:

 

[CraftyCath]

I read a lot, that relaxes me and is a great distraction.

I also do jigsaws on line and that makes me feel better as does watching a TV program or film that makes me laugh.

 

[Britt.f7]

I color pictures. It soothes me, unless I go outside a line and all bets are off. I listen to music. I read articles on line. I have a morning routine that I stick to. It's when it's all finished that I get anxious, so, lately, I've been coloring and reading though not at the same time. ;)

 

[Deleted member 12723]

I try to keep in contact with my family and friends. I read once more. It is a very good distraction.

 

[Deleted member 12723]

I go over to my daughters house, or talk to her on the phone, or take the girls here for the weekend. I go to a friends house and I call my friends on the phone. Getting out of the house and doing fun things.

I am so fun deprived. I feel like I am rejoining the land of the living. Anything to have a good day.

 

[Chincho]

I play with my dog or watch a non-triggering series on TV.

 

[Deleted member 12723]

On the bad days nothing seems to work. But on the good days, I am relaxed and happy. Everything feels good. I am coming back to life once again.

 

[nomedic1]

Sitting on the beach.

 

[Jenfa]

I'm a sewist. I make clothes, dolls, things for around the house. Then when I mess something up, I flip out and rip it up, laugh, then start over. It's a good time-eating process.