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I’m not sure if this belongs in MPSIMS, but heyho…
I’ve been feeling, to be blunt, rubbish today. Very tired and very down. So i was wondering-when you feel really miserable (and not just ‘o crap its raining’, but reeeally bad) how do you make yourself feel more positive?
For me normally its running and the gym, and swimming, but unfortunately I’d already done that today before I began to feel rubbish.
Please share, I’d love to know
Go for another run, only longer this time.
seriously, nature always helps…even if it is night time.
No energy to do that sadly! I run 10kms a day at the moment.
Sit here and talk to us for another few hours until you fall asleep…I can think of worse things than that to get my spirits up.
I would read a book or watch a movie. Maybe work on knitting, cross stitch or another craft project. Something to keep my mind and hands busy and engage my imagination.
I get out music I like to sing along to. I’m a shite singer, but it doesn’t matter. When I’m low, I’ll start off with a few songs that suit my mood. I find the more I sing along to songs I love, the better I feel. I then bump it up a bit to songs a little more upbeat, whatever I feel I can handle.
Dig out the guiltiest pleasures, all your secret loves, rediscover old stuff you used to just love but drifted away from. It’s hard to stay in a bad mood when you’re singing along.
When I need to be alone to do it, I get in the car, plug in my mp3 player, and just drive.
I hope whatever you do, you feel better soon.
Yes thats my plan until bedtime now. Its now 8.30pm, i’m going to bed at 10.00pm so thats an hour and a half of talking we’ve got to do, okay?! Tell me about your day…
To try and cheer myself up, after the gym and swimming, I watched a new released movie, baked green gold dusted fairy cakes (they are NOT splodge cakes as my parents have called them, they are retro cool), have done all the washing, phoned my CPN, and watched some TV.
Am still not perking up!!!
What movie did you watch?
Sing, sing a song
Make it simple, to last your whole life long…
Posting here helps too.
Oh yes…do you have access to any friendly cats or dogs?
Booze, naked strippers, and debauchery!
Serious answer: clean whatever room needs to be cleaned in your house. It gives you time to think and/or turn your brain off, and if you don’t feel better in the end at least you have a clean room.
Bust out my favorite axes. Ibanez or Kramer. Lite that shit up and let the world burn.
It’s like burning down civilization.
Burn baby, Burn,
OOps! I forgot the sauce!
A lot of times I go for a walk and that helps but you’ve already done that plus a wee bit more.
I work in a small building with just a few people and I live alone so I get lonely more so than feeling down. So for me just being around people helps. Sometimes I’ll go to the mall and just meander around people watching and buy myself a treat like an ice cream or a cinnabon. Then I don’t feel as lonely because I’m with all these other people who are also just meandering around the mall like me.
Coming here helps too for the same reason. I’m sitting home all alone in front of a computer but I’m doing it with other people who are just sitting home in front of the computer like me.
Lately I’ve started to just drive over to a friends house with out calling first to see what they are up to and most of the time they are home watching tv or playing on the computer which is mostly what I do. And knowing that they are doing that and being content makes me feel better when I am alone just doing those things.
About two months ago I just popped into a buddies house one Friday night and found out his roommates had started a Friday night poker night every Friday. Guess what I’ve been doing every friday since then? It’s something I look forward to every week.
And how has my day been?
Boring. Work has been slow lately so I’m just sitting in front of the computer surfing the Dope and Break.com.
Break.com also helps to lift my spirits. Watching dumbasses get hurt by doing stupid stuff always makes me laugh and then I start to feel better.
Depends on the rubbish. If I’m stressed with anxiety, I take a walk–not even a bike ride does the same thing as a walk for me.
If I’m sad or mad or “other”, getting out into the garden will always help my state of mind. Rereading a well loved book or watching a favorite movie will also help.
If I’m out of my mind–there is nothing for it but baking chocolate something.
So, mild physical exercise, escapism or theobromine/ serotonin. Pick your poison!
Hope the rubbish is better soon.
scowling but amused ooooh, that’s evil! 
A good dose of puppies, kittens and other adorable critters over at Cute Overload has never failed to lighten my mood. Searching youtube for films of pug puppies or otter babies is another blues-banisher.
Getting together with a friend is always a wonderful pick-me-up. Getting a massage is also good too. If that’s too pricey, there are less expensive ways to do something soothing and sensual–like getting all cleaned up and hanging out in a fuzzy bathrobe with a cup of tea and some relaxing music with the lights down low.
Sitting outside reading is nice too. Fresh air and sunshine does wonders!
Doing something nice for someone else can also be a mood-lifter. Gets me out of my head and feeling good about my connections to the rest of humanity. Just smiling and saying hello to people (even if I don’t know them) when I’m out for a walk can do that too. A lot of people will smile back, and the world seems happier and more friendly then.
Heh. Me, I go downtown. Just listen to the music of the traffic in the city; linger on the sidewalk where the neon signs are pretty. How can you lose?
Bright copper kettles, warm woolen mittens, or brown paper packages tied up with string help too.
An alternative to pepping up is to go cathartic. Listen to something bluesy. Lately I like classic rock for this, such as Janis Joplin’s album I Got Dem Ol’ Kozmic Blues Again, Mama!.
Chocolate and video games. The game distract you and the chocolate–well, what’s better than an excuse to eat chocolate?
Strippers.
Driving windows down, singing along to something awesome.
I recommend Boston. 