Does anyone have little coping mechanisms for how they deal with feelings?
Personally, whenever I have a bunch of feelings to vent/explain, I will write a letter.
It's honestly really helped me when I want to tell my parents something important, but I'm too worried to tell it outright. It's how I told them I thought I had depression (I did, and it went undiagnosed for almost 3 years) and how I asked to adopt a cat to help my mental health.
Writing letters is such a great way of getting your thoughts out. Personally, I tend to bottle up my thoughts and emotions, so writing them out on the page really helps me map them out. Even if they're incoherent fragments, it helps me determine whether or not I'm just in a bad mood or if something is really bothering me.
Yes, agreed. Letters are very helpful. I definitely don't write everything down, but if something is on my mind and I'm going away, I write those thoughts down and leave it.
Personally, I don't write for myself. I will write to a person, only writing what they need. My mum has a habit of interrupting me when I try to talk, so it's something she can't interrupt. If I write it down, it also gives my parents a chance to digest the info before making a plan about it.
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Hey Iron?
I actually should write a letter or do something similar about that, how did you go about it?
Cause honestly I'm really. nervous about writing it?? And I've been putting it off for quite some time klfd
Hey Iron?
I actually should write a letter or do something similar about that, how did you go about it?
Cause honestly I'm really. nervous about writing it?? And I've been putting it off for quite some time klfd
If this is something personal, go ahead and DM me. I will listen, and I will try to help.
I just sleep, honestly.
^^^Issa mood
Writing letters is a good idea but mainly I just cry
you'd think for someone who got forced into like 4 rounds of cbt over the course of my adolescence, i'd have more to offer lol. but i do agree that writing letters is a great idea. i also really love to write poetry, and i find that it's a good outlet for me, because i get to get my feelings out of my head and onto paper, but also, i have something tangible to point to and say "wow, look, see that? i made something cool." in that sense, i think art is a good coping mechanism in general.
also, when my thoughts are racing or i feel just generally misaligned/weird, i like to watch cooking stim videos and look at nostalgia pages on instagram and tumblr. but more broadly, if you like any kind of "satisfying" videos (soap-cutting, kinetic sand, slime, bread rising in the oven, etc), chances are you'll find hundreds of them just searching the tag. in general, distraction is sometimes a better coping mechanism than we're often made to believe it is. sometimes it's just impossible to take your mind off of things, and i get that, but i think a lot of people feel like they don't have the "right" to take their mind off of things, and you always do. everyone's got different tastes, but one of my favorite things to watch to distract me is kenniejd's "bad movies and a beat" videos (she's a youtuber) because they combine 2 things that hold my attention; she roasts bad movies and does her makeup, so it's like a full audiovisual experience lol.
i have this mentality (that i'm trying to shake) where i just won't let myself not feel/think things. i don't know if it's my ocd obsessions+intrusive thoughts or what, but where some people need to learn to stop repressing their feelings, i need to stop forcing myself to follow every train of thought i have and dig deep into every feeling that scares/hurts me the moment i feel it. sometimes it just isn't the time, and i need to convince myself of that. that's why sensorially stimulating things are so helpful for me, because if i'm totally engaged by something else, i can't overthink myself into oblivion :') this is so rambly but i hope it helps someone
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When I'm in a rut where I have no motivation to do "important" things, I try to move to hobbies. Like I'll just knit or doodle, or do some embroidery. Lately, I've been trying to make stuffed animals with my knitting, which is especially helpful because I have a tangible result of my work, and I'm surrounding myself with cute/aesthetically nice things. Sometimes giving myself a "fake" sense of productivity is what I need to remind myself that I can do my other tasks as well. Or at the very least, it keeps my mind away from bad thoughts temporarily. Distractions aren't always bad, because unlike bottling, feelings can fade some with good distraction, since you channel that negative energy to make something positive rather than holding it in.
Oh, I listen to Thomas Sanders and stress eat sometimes
Or I write/draw, that's probably the healthiest coping mechanism because it makes me feel productive
I read, write, draw, play a video game, listen to music, go outside somewhere and scream.
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