Comment on What's your favorite self soothing activity/distraction?
Damaskox@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Mine would probably be interesting activities on the computer (gaming for instance).
But when it comes to bad feels strong enough I cannot escape through gaming, then I talk or write about said feels.
ElectroVagrant@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Something genuinely useful I’ve found in this respect, that you sometimes see folks recommend, is writing one’s situation out, their feelings, some mix of all of that, in a throwaway form. So, open a notepad file on a computer, hammer out some lines, thoughtfully, incoherently, for however long and let it sit for a moment or two, review it if you want but ultimately don’t save it, close the window/file, and maybe it will have helped a little.
It may help even more if it’s some pages from a physical notepad or something to write them out by hand and crumple or tear them up to toss out if one’s feelings are more angry or upset.
Damaskox@lemmy.world 7 months ago
My friend burned her text for the same effect.
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I burned my laptop, but that just made things worse.