[Brainsilence02]

What makes you feel better? Or at least not worst

For me its:
1. planning good things (that I can't wait for) to do in the next day
2. weather and seasons' change
3. threat (video games mostly)
4. music

 

[Guest]

nothing really

 

[berlin]

Im with you, JU. nothing. I keep waiting to feel relief but nothing so far. Just nothing. :?

 

[jc]

exercise
walking
cycling
beautiful women

food also but sadly the sweet stuff that makes people fat

 

[Guest]

Art
Literature

I don?t know if it can really be called better since I am still removing myself from reality, but at least I am putting myself somewhere pleasant, like a painting or a story.

I find my illness actually helps me because I feel I can lose myself farther in these things and see them better. I can get inside the brushstrokes and the arraignment of words. If someone is with me, I tell them all the fantastic things I am seeing and feeling in a very grave tone of voice. This makes me look like an intellectual, albeit a rather eccentric one.

 

[ShyTiger]

The only time i get to feel some simiance of self is when im hanging upside down on a cloud swing. when im doing my circus stuff i feel like i am in unity with my body-something rare for me. i think its cause i have to concentrate so hard on not falling off or injuring myself & that for some moments i am able to just be. its nice.i do get a little disorientated and they are only fleeting moments at present but ill take anything i can get!

 

[maria]

nothing makes me feel different, but on some level I like reading, exercise and observing animals (which are nonexistent so far). Anything that helps to escape the current unreal reality, so I daydream way too much. And who ever got anywhere with that? I don't think it's (lack of things to enjoy) is due to focusing too much on anything else, the indulging in dp and related issues is automatic.

 

[ret]

realising that i could have a worse mental condition ie. shizophrenia.

also realising that although I have this condition, I have more going for me than most people.

That's about it really...

Oh and deep breathing sessions can make me feel better.

 

[Martinelv]

Benzodiazepines
The love of my parents
My occassional achievements
Camaraderie amoungst friends
Making people laugh, or smile.
Beer.
Peace of mind.
Contentment.

Currently I have only 2 of these, and one of them is running low.

I'm virtually certain that I'll never, ever, have peace of mind. It's just the way I am.

 

[Guest]

Hope this helps you guys. When I was really ill I would start with small things to look foward to -

My favourite tv show for that day
Reading the next chapter in my book
What I was going to cook for dinner
Getting a pedicure, having my hair done etc

Start with the daily small things & build from there.

 

[Guest]

i agree with charger...even going to walmart gets me excited :roll: i think the little things in life are great, and i am glad i no longer take advantage of them...

 

[Brainsilence02]

Yes, little --everyday-- things. And human relations (all kind of them: social, family, romance).

Sometimes thought, I "apprehend" myself having desire for big things. Guess it's me beeing egoistic.