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[–] clearedtoland@lemmy.world 54 points 2 years ago (5 children)

If someone knows how to deal with crap like this…help me!

[–] xtr0n@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Meditation can help. Therapy can help. Doing something engaging to distract yourself can help (ideally something that isn’t gonna make you feel worse in the end, playing with a pet or listening to music > binging on junk food or booze)

Remember that you can’t control whether crappy things happen but you choose how you react to them. (Of course, easier said than done)

[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

As someone with ADHD I hear you but FML is the meditation angle such contrived bullshit. Like biiiiiitch I can't go 1 minute without moving or mind racing or anything else.

Now for people with ADHD like me. What I found helps me is running. Running is the only time I am at peace. All my senses are being activated at once and therefore I'm at my calmest.

Edit - also want to add that running is solitary. So I also get to say "fuck off" to the rest of the world.

[–] TrousersMcPants@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

I think running is very similar to meditation for a lot of people, just in motion instead of standing still lol

[–] xtr0n@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, we’re all different and there’s no one size fits all. I find meditation helpful, when I remember to actually do it, but I hate running with the white hot hatred of a thousand suns. :)

I find that meditation does get easier with practice. I’ve been told that running also gets easier with practice but even when I was a pretty healthy and HWP teenager, every single week of cross country was as miserable as the last.

[–] png@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago

Maybe try cycling? I can't run well, but cycling is fun and much less painful than running for me.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I also hate the excessive hype around meditation. I think what matters is finding something to focus on. If people prefer to stay immobile and pretend to think about nothing good for them, but you can also focus by doing sports, arts, cooking, reading etc. and, in my opinion, those come with bigger benefits for your health and mind.

[–] Crazyslinkz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

And I would add, practice. A continuous practice of the things you stated. Healthy things in moderation.

[–] Johanno@feddit.de 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] menemen@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

It's spelled Masterbait.

[–] GustavoM@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This may seem like a "generic answer"... but "be happy of what you already are right now" does wonders. Because that happens when your need of self-validation is "hurted" by that bad situation you went through.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

It's thanksgiving in Canada too! Good time to sit back and give thanks for what you have and good things that have happened to you.

[–] Chunk@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Meditate.

I'm not a hippy freak. I have a mood disorder and struggle with intense emotions. Meditation will knock that shit out of your mind so fast your head will spin.

[–] dandroid@dandroid.app 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

When my wife and I did our government paperwork for or marriage, the parking meter ate one of our coins, and we missed the time by like 2 minutes and ran outside to see someone writing us a ticket.

So now she remembers the day we got married as the day we got a parking ticket.

It wasn't even the day of our wedding. That was a different day. We did the paperwork ahead of time to get it out of the way. We just did the paperwork that day, and it's all she remembers.

[–] Haui@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago

Has she been tested for autism or adhd? This literally could be an explanation. Greetings, an autistic sympathizer. :)

[–] Crul@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago
[–] RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I can't let it go. It's to important.