How do you cheer yourself up when you feel sad or burnt out?

[UpNext]

I start taking pre workout and going extra hard in the gym with the understanding that it's ups and downs in life and this is just a down moment. I usually shake it off after a day or two.


I also only limit pre workout consumption to 7x's a year.

 

[Rhapscallion Démone]

I run around my backyard and do a butt naked cartwheel

 

[GreenGhxst]

Exercise and acceptance

 

[Patrick Kane]

Smoke a little weed/take an edible

Read

Listen to music or a podcast

Play PS5

Watch sports

Play sports (hockey, basketball, soccer)

Lift

Watch a movie at the crib or go to the movies by myself

Take my dog for a long walk

Jack off or fukk my girl

Watch some random shyt on Youtube

Good thread OP

 

[The ADD]

Barbiturates

 

[Peter Popoff]

Bible, gym, positive affirmation, prayer.

The vices (weed, pụssy, liquor, porn, etc...) become addictive habits with downers.

No one's perfect and we all struggle in some capacity trying to recalibrate ourselves.

 

[Raw Lyrics]

I stopped trying to cheer myself up and learned how to get neutral. Neutrality is the sweet spot.

Maybe you feel sad or burnt out for completely valid reasons. Maybe you are not living the life that you know you should be living, Constant 'cheer me ups' may be keeping you from actually acknowlding just how out of alignment you are with the actions you take.

Allow and validate the sadness you feel, validate the mental/physical fatigue then come back to center.

It's post like these that keep me coming back to the Coli.

Words of wisdom.

 

[Raw Lyrics]

I attempt to look at the silver-lining in every circumstance I find myself in that I initially find untenable. I also take with me the saying,

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”

-Helen Keller

Oh and last, I do not seek happiness, because that is an ephemeral emotion that ebbs and flows. Happiness will come and it will go, since that is the nature of life itself. That being the case, I instead seek contentment with myself, my actions, and push towards maintaining balance in my life. I allow myself to enjoy my happiness, by living in the moment when it happens. I do not waste my time pursing it, because doing that also places me in a mental state of concern about happiness when I am not feeling it. Which I believe is a waste of time and effort to be concerned about.

Did you write this?

 

[Uachet]

Did you write this?

Yes, except for the quote, it is all my words.

 

[Erratic415]

Exercise

I don’t have to work out hard. Just maybe 20 minutes of light work on the elliptical works.

I usually don’t feel better during the workout, but by the time I’ve gotten home from the gym, I feel better. Not just happier, but more awake and alert.

 

[Devilinurear]

You expect others to cheer you up? You watch something funny? Exercise? Art? Hobbies? fukk a bad instathot?

Me, i have to exercise and try to make someone else laugh, read a good book and get into nature to reset

 

[O.T.I.S.]

Idk anymore…

 

[Raw Lyrics]

Yes, except for the quote, it is all my words.

+rep

 

[The Jewnited States]

I attempt to look at the silver-lining in every circumstance I find myself in that I initially find untenable. I also take with me the saying,

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”

-Helen Keller

Oh and last, I do not seek happiness, because that is an ephemeral emotion that ebbs and flows. Happiness will come and it will go, since that is the nature of life itself. That being the case, I instead seek contentment with myself, my actions, and push towards maintaining balance in my life. I allow myself to enjoy my happiness, by living in the moment when it happens. I do not waste my time pursing it, because doing that also places me in a mental state of concern about happiness when I am not feeling it. Which I believe is a waste of time and effort to be concerned about.

Well said and necessary for me to read right now. Balance is key and acceptance and gratitude as well. Every moment is a blessing and a learning opportunity if you treat it as such.

 

[Fill Collins]

Pops needs to have fun too