Author Topic: how do you cheer up when your not in your happy place? (Read 3540 times)

superjaz · « **on:** January 28, 2009, 05:10:11 pm »

as per usual my work shifts are changing again (this makes about once a week for oh lets say september)
and once again the choices are grim with the possiblitie of me never seeing my husband due to crap hours, not to mention never seeing my friends as well as hours being cut which gives the fear of being able to even pay my rent

fun times

while i am upset about it all I am looking into finding another job that DOSENT suck, but in the mean time I still get discouaged, Long day working 8 strait hours with out a break and not getting lunch I was finding my self in a bitchy mood
(I get bitchy when i am hungery)

so as a treat I got a fried chicken breast to eat
it is a comfert food for me (pm me if you want to know why)
and I watching gackt music videos and reading a good book

which made me wonder what you all da k-coners do when sad depressed or just plain scarrd, to perk up, I have always said you cant dwell on the negative but i admit somtimes that happy place likes to hide

Darknight2433 · « **Reply #1 on:** January 28, 2009, 05:27:35 pm »

Well, when I had a really rough day and things were just plain bad, I would get some of my favorite foods and curl up in my blankets with my cat Mittens. His purr would make a instantly happy and remind me of what I am lucky to have. <3 Also hanging out with my friends cheers me up~

superjaz · « **Reply #2 on:** January 28, 2009, 05:55:52 pm »

Quote from: CatchxMe on January 28, 2009, 05:27:35 pm

Well, when I had a really rough day and things were just plain bad, I would get some of my favorite foods and curl up in my blankets with my cat Mittens. His purr would make a instantly happy and remind me of what I am lucky to have. <3 Also hanging out with my friends cheers me up~

this makes me think of me and kendo husband exept i am the cat.....
i guess thats why it bugs me is cuz he is my happy place and the shifts would mean not seeing him at all

jaybug · « **Reply #3 on:** January 28, 2009, 05:58:19 pm »

I call for a do-over, and just start the day all over again. Mentally anyway. I do try. I smile, even if I don't feel like it. I don't try to overdo, because often times I have been doing a bit much. Check to see if I am Hungry, Angry, Lonely or Tired. And fix one or several if applicable.

I sympathize. I work swing shift, my wife works day shift. I wake up with her and make her coffee, and go back to bed when she leaves. Sometimes she is even up when I get home from work. It isn't the best solution, it leaves us both tired, and all this overtime I have been doing this past month hasn't helped. BUt we keep trying to do stuff for the other, in spite of what it may cost one of us individually.

MiriaRose · « **Reply #4 on:** January 28, 2009, 06:58:31 pm »

I, uhm, don't.

I get depressed for a while and then one of my friends usually manages to cheer me up.

nikkiolie · « **Reply #5 on:** January 28, 2009, 07:01:09 pm »

work out. Sometimes play soccer. It feels good to sweet and I usually listen to very upbeat music when I work out so it could be a combination. Also there is something very pleasing in kicking the crap out of a ball XD

Naruchan · « **Reply #6 on:** January 28, 2009, 07:06:44 pm »

when I'm not exactly happy (which I usually am) when I'm not I need to vent, so most likely I'll go in my room and write down whats bugging me, Draw a picture of something that would make me feel better.
depending on the Situation I'm in.

if its about my health: will probably go and talk to megan or Alyssa

If its about friends: I talk to my mom

if I'm just plain stressed out: goes on comp for a few hours and chats with friends ^^

If its about me being pissed at someone: I write horrible things down about said person or thing that made me mad, and then throught it away xDDD

TanisNikana · « **Reply #7 on:** January 28, 2009, 07:09:22 pm »

I freak out until I have both a house and a job.

jaybug · « **Reply #8 on:** January 28, 2009, 07:43:00 pm »

I take it this means you are not one happy camper Tanis?

Sugarlat · « **Reply #9 on:** January 28, 2009, 07:43:49 pm »

I don't know but I wish I knew because I swear to god THE WORLD **** HATES ME RIGHT NOW

jaybug · « **Reply #10 on:** January 28, 2009, 07:50:53 pm »

Is it because you got a late start on studying for your finals, and everything else got backed up?

I wish the world gets over its anger towards you, Sugarlat.

Sugarlat · « **Reply #11 on:** January 28, 2009, 07:55:27 pm »

I wish it would to!
This week has been horrible for me!
I find out my friend is dead. My cat might die soon. The one person i need to talk to WON'T talk to me. My friends are down. And to add something else: I just got told that my singing SUCKS and they hate my voice.

jaybug · « **Reply #12 on:** January 28, 2009, 07:57:56 pm »

Things like that come in 3's. I think you are max'ed out. Or at least let's hope the old saying is true.

Sorry I can't do a thing for you, except hope.

TurboSaiyanJason · « **Reply #13 on:** January 28, 2009, 08:29:55 pm »

Quote from: Sugarlat on January 28, 2009, 07:55:27 pm

I wish it would to!
This week has been horrible for me!
I find out my friend is dead. My cat might die soon. The one person i need to talk to WON'T talk to me. My friends are down. And to add something else: I just got told that my singing SUCKS and they hate my voice.

Exactly like I did. Hope to be saved. At one time recently I felt like I had no friends on here and plenty who saw me as an enemy for a misunderstanding. I was backed against the wall, and someone who saw this swooped in and smoothed things out for everyone including me.

Sometimes it pays to just ride things out and hope for a miracle.
And my the way Sugarlat, there's no "Add Friend" button but you can add me if you ever want to talk.

Wuntvor · « **Reply #14 on:** January 28, 2009, 10:14:04 pm »

When someone finds out, let me know. It's TAX TIME - MIDTERMS - and MY CAT DIED - I definitely need something positive. On the bright side, I woke up this morning and still had all my appendages. I like to read funny books or watch funny anime. They tend to help my mood a bit. I tend to anger quickly and cool down slowly. I like listening to peppy music and AMV's. Shugo Chara, Lucky Star, Haruhi, etc. Just remember, nothing, and I do mean NOTHING is worth killing yourself over.

jaybug · « **Reply #15 on:** January 28, 2009, 10:17:11 pm »

Maybe this will help to cheer all. I am having a root canal Friday.

xxxchihiroxxx · « **Reply #16 on:** January 28, 2009, 10:32:09 pm »

i know the feeling of being deperssed...

between a parents devorce, a dad with prostate cancer, my grades not going to be so great this semester, and the dwindling chance that my book is going to get published I'm not in the best of moods right now myself...

ive also got a horrid case of writers block, it seems now that ive finished "Paper Cranes" I dont have the drive to get down with the nitty gritty editing... cause i know theres two characters i gotta cut and a few chapters to add but i dont have the drive to do them...

I find that sitting at a computer with a dog in my lap, ramen at my side, and some friendly people to chat with helps. when that doesnt work i pull out a fresh canvas and my paints and just paint whatever comes to mind untill i run out of quetips (i paint with quetips not brushs)

TurboSaiyanJason · « **Reply #17 on:** January 29, 2009, 01:06:33 am »

I think in my case it's "drawer's block." I want to bring my skills up enough to draw out my manga, but I have nowhere to put me in the mood, except for while riding the bus on the way in to Portland sometimes, which tends to get unpredictably bumpy. I'm thinking of trying the library next. The perfect setting would be wide awake, nothing else to do, in a place with large tables (which my library has), and a turbo-charged tune in my CD player with a load of spare batteries.

That's actually how I passed the time and drew an image during the 6 hours of down time at MEWcon while waiting for the first event of Jan 1 at 8:00 AM to roll around.

superjaz · « **Reply #18 on:** January 29, 2009, 09:36:47 am »

its offical my new schedule sucks!

i work 1 or 3 pm to 11pm means i will only get to see my kendo hubby 3 days a week

strayanimus · « **Reply #19 on:** January 29, 2009, 04:45:01 pm »

I guilt a friend into giving me a massage. :D Highly recommended, but be wary that they can bring it up anytime they need a favor from you more or less the magnitude of a backrub.

Naruchan · « **Reply #20 on:** January 29, 2009, 07:51:47 pm »

I cry.

Washougal_Otaku · « **Reply #21 on:** January 29, 2009, 07:55:06 pm »

I kill people and eat their flesh. Just kidding.

I usually eat (a lot), or cuss a little (at work I try to keep it down, but after days like today, I don't care if customers hear me), or eat, or hit things (inanimate objects), or play video games, unless that's why I'm unhappy, or eat.

oslapedo · « **Reply #22 on:** January 29, 2009, 07:58:31 pm »

I listen to music and bundle myself up, either in blankets or shrubbery. =,D

Teasel · « **Reply #23 on:** January 30, 2009, 12:33:17 am »

Well I listen to happy/upbeat songs when I think I'm about to go into a spiraling depression. Hell, the only reason I made it through finals week last term (and other personal issues) was because of "Move Along" by the All-American Rejects. I currently listen to my Genki Rockets album when I need to feel something along the lines of happiness.

NightLotus · « **Reply #24 on:** January 30, 2009, 09:04:31 am »

I write emo poetry
I did it a LOT last night, and then i get to a point that its so ridiculous that I have to laugh... and i feel better ^^

Syd-chan · « **Reply #25 on:** January 30, 2009, 04:15:14 pm »

Either sing[Lawl, badly], or usually I just deal with it.

MiriaRose · « **Reply #26 on:** January 30, 2009, 04:29:19 pm »

Stare at the clock and count the hours/minutes/seconds until I'll be better.

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Author Topic: how do you cheer up when your not in your happy place? (Read 3540 times)

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