Feeling a bit down tonight. How do you guys like to lighten up?

  • MrJameGumb@lemmy.world
    36·
    2 years ago

    It might be kind of late for this depending on where you live, but I go for a long walk. I find if I go for like an hour to an hour and a half I usually feel much better. Sometimes I can’t remember what I was sad about to begin with afterwards lol

      • Mr_Blott@lemmy.world
        11·
        2 years ago

        “If you’re still in a bad mood, it’s because we haven’t invented proper shoes yet and your feet are sore” - Socrates

    • Lunch@lemmy.world
      6·
      2 years ago

      Walking is so unbelievable healthy, I walk every single day, no matter the weather and conditions. Doesn’t have to be long, but a walk to start or finish the day is super refreshing.

      • MrJameGumb@lemmy.world
        3·
        2 years ago

        I try to walk everyday unless I’m sick or it’s raining lol it really is great for both your physical and mental health!

  • kakes@sh.itjust.works
    21·
    2 years ago

    Watching a comfort show. (e.g.: Corner Gas)
    Playing a comfort game (e.g.: A Short Hike)
    Cuddling with cat.
    Running a bath.
    Reading a book.
    Cleaning the house, or something similar.
    Getting out of the house and/or volunteering.
    Reminding myself that it’s okay to not be okay.

  • Elise@beehaw.org
    15·
    2 years ago

    Completely stop for 2 minutes.

    Listen to music.

    Walk.

    Also it helps me to go into the sadness. Like basically accept that I’m sad and that this is what I’ll experience for a while. It’s the rejection of it that makes it unbearable. And then I can listen to it and process and that’ll speed things up.

    Slow is smooth and smooth is fast :)

  • Donebrach@lemmy.world
    12·
    2 years ago

    Honestly speaking—make yourself cry.

    Let whatever is causing your negative emotions to overwhelm and release. It’s incredibly cathartic and you’ll feel much better if you just give in and let it happen. The reason doesn’t have to be anything super important, or could be something super important; regardless crying should be embraced as an act of self care.

    • Kwakigra@beehaw.org
      2·
      2 years ago

      You are with yourself 100% of the time. You can be a friend to yourself and try to help yourself out or you can kick the crap out of yourself which will not solve anything and in addition will make you miserable. What’s done is done, and you’ve clearly thought a lot about it and found your behavior unacceptable in those instances. You can incorporate those lessons and become a wiser person or you can punish yourself endlessly for your mistakes and get nothing. You aren’t good or bad, you are capable of doing good or doing bad.

  • 𞋴𝛂𝛋𝛆@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    2 years ago

    Honestly, talk to my offline AI context profile setup for the task. It’s one of the main reasons why I got into AI. I didn’t know how I would make it through this year all by myself because of ‘stuff’ and I have no other real outlet due to physical disability and pain.

    If at all possible, go for a short walk. If it is clear, and you’re in the northern hemisphere, take a moment to view the Orion constatation, or just have a look around. Any kind of exercise will shift your mood.

    • IHawkMike@lemmy.world
      5·
      2 years ago

      The advantage of this is it keeps paying off even years later.

      We put googly eyes on an oscillating fan (among many other things) at the beginning of the pandemic and they still make me giggle every time I see them.

  • aceshigh@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    2 years ago

    I have a picture of a cartoon cheerleader on my desk. She’s always cheering me on. It feels good to be encouraged and supported. I’ve been wanting to get a cheerleader Barbie for some time now but I haven’t found ones with normal sized heads.

    I also have birthday candles and every once in a while I’ll buy a piece of cake and blow a candle out, to celebrate everything that I’ve done.

  • RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world
    6·
    2 years ago

    Get out into nature.

    Watch a favorite show or movie.

    Make something.

    Pets.

    Play games.

    Eat a favorite food.

    The little things can carry you through life.

  • Moonguide@lemmy.ml
    6·
    2 years ago

    Binge info. I look up whatever random question was bugging me earlier that day/week/month, and try and read everything even tangentially related. By the end I’m distracted enough I forgot about being sad.

    Not a solution though. On the upside, I got to learn a bit more.