What do you do to get your mind off of suicidal thoughts?

[ganpres37]

i'm currently trying to enjoy my life a little bit, and i don't want to kill myself right this second. please share some ways you get your mind off of suicidal thoughts to focus or get through the day.

 

[Justanotherconsumer]

By not coming to this site, engaging in real world activity.

 

[Mynameisnotimportant]

I cut because it realives a lot of stress but it's probably not the best option if you are trying to enjoy life more

 

[Dead_Inside]

I drink take a few oxys. I run too .... otherwise I tend to find myself trying to tie a rope to the railing.....

 

[Psychosa]

Watch YouTube, get in a thunderdome group on Facebook and laugh and participate in all the shitposting, play some games, ask your Google assistant what sound a mermaid makes, and then see her suggestions for other stuff to ask. I've been trying to keep my mind off things..

 

[Slacker]

By not coming to this site, engaging in real world activity.

I still come to this side even when im happy (like the last few days) because I can agree to the most things here. I feel connected to the people who suffer because I just know (a bit) how it feels to be in their situation. And that gives me the chance to see myself from another perspective and maybe learn something about me. Sometimes I can tell that someone is just brooding too much (overthinking) or just asks the wrong question. And so I can prepare myself for my next bipolar Depri-fall... a bit ... i hope. When everything is good I just dont come so often here (is this a correct sentence???)

The next thing u said is really tough for me... when im depressed i just hide myself from the world and other people am scared too much to talk about my problems and everything feels heavy like lead

Sometimes im able to brwose the net and watch memes... sometimes it makes me a bit less depressed

 

[throwaway123]

I don't want to. I want to die and the more I think I about it the more appealing it becomes. I'm sick of being any longer here. I've been here long enough. It's over for me.

 

[millefeui]

Watching stuff, drawing stuff, playing stuff. It helps coping sometimes, but not always. I can't kill myself yet so I need ways to distract myself.

 

[here4now]

Pet a dog.

 

[stellabelle]

I read the news as a distraction, or cook.

 

[Kdawg2018]

I binge eat

 

[Redt2go]

Sleep

 

[Anubis901]

Last weekend I worked on my 9000 piece puzzle and listened to a podcast to keep my mind occupied

 

[Broken]

Last weekend I worked on my 9000 piece puzzle and listened to a podcast to keep my mind occupied

Lol that puzzle must be huge

 

[Anubis901]

Lol that puzzle must be huge

It is! Six feet by nine feet when finished. Thankfully it's shipped with the left half in one bag and the right half in another. Some people choose to mix the pieces and do it at once. No way! I'm still working on the first half.

 

[Broken]

It is! Six feet by nine feet when finished. Thankfully it's shipped with the left half in one bag and the right half in another. Some people choose to mix the pieces and do it at once. No way! I'm still working on the first half.

Haha thanks for making me smile. What's the puzzle of?

 

[Anubis901]

Haha thanks for making me smile. What's the puzzle of?

It's an underwater seascape. So, lots of fish, a bit of reef, many different shades of blue. (I haven't ventured into that mess yet) It's a Ravensberger puzzle. If you Google it or look it up on Amazon you can probably find it.

 

[Meeseeks]

Staying off this site for chunks at a time helps. Exercise. Reading. YouTube is a biggie.

 

[waived]

Not insomnia related but intentionally not sleeping for some time helps me. It feels much more pleasant to fall into sleep then.

 

[none666]

I just listen to music so that my mind isn't thinking about anything

 

[Midnight]

Going to work 5-6 day's out 7 helps ALOT. Whenever i get home the bad thoughts return. I don't have time to be messing in my head when i'm at work. Pretty positive i would have been long gone if it wasn't for that.

 

[finnishjonathan]

Me personally I like to think of the things I have in my life, listen to uplifting music.

 

[TAW122]

I play video games, watch or listen to podcasts on the Internet of various topics, watch YT videos, etc. I also listen to music as a distraction.

 

[Angst Filled Fuck Up]

I don't fight these thoughts, I entertain them until they naturally dissipate. Besides, there's nothing upbeat or healthy that I do outside of the usual video game, movie, eat, fap, whatever. I have learned the hard way that if you stuff too much away, you're setting yourself up for a rude awakening later down the line. For me at least, it's best to just kind of observe what I'm thinking and take stock of my mental state every so often.

 

[peachesNpoison]

Not sure if this is a common sentiment here, but CtB thoughts are what I use to bring myself comfort, usually. Knowing that my unsolvable problem (which boils down to myself and my inability to change) can be resolved by it and be a possible gateway to destroy my consciousness brings me comfort.

 

[CuriousAboutThis]

Sometimes I listen to intellectual or sensationalized things that I like such as other vaping devices which is probably not a good thing since I already cut myself down in terms of money within checking compulsively spending or go on the internet or discuss ideas with myself I tend to talk to myself mind you I don't hear voices but currently can't decide whether to CTB I have been medicating on vaping, cymbalta/dulextine and meditations such as listening to bilingual beats that helps or going out for walks but still have suicidal thoughts sometimes I just want out of this mind and body, yet I continue to live for myself or others while also relapsing and feel bad about myself and hope that maybe someone could just kill me in the State of Wisconsin, Madison probably shouldn't post any actual address info due to the rules but if you look into my data I imagine that someone probably already knows me I wish to die peacefully and painlessly or shotgun to the back of the skull which I do have someone via email on here but haven't decided to go through it yet something keeps me alive.

Truth is I probably won't be able to go through it unless something goes as bad as the first suicide attempt except worse or finally choosing to go through with it since of course email on an iPhone isn't really trust worthy since anyone can look into the data and the people have too much power to keep me alive or lock me away within a psych ward aka looney bin been there once and sure it wasn't as scary as it seemed but I still have suicidal thoughts not a huge fan of la la la as people seem to claim a therapist to me is nothing more than an expansion of that and also it is all about that damn insurance money I know better about the nature of reality and of our species we are good and in between the extremes and bad practical gods and devils and angels and demons and humans and whatever words we choose to call ourselves by code words or code numbers fuck it all sometimes.

 

[TooLate2582]

I binge eat

Hooray for eating disorders!

I go the other way, though.

 

[msexit]

I am mostly alone, stuck in my apartment, watching videos or live streaming as distractions to ease my pain.

 

[RyanSuicide]

Music always helps me. Talking to friends and family also

 

[BeyondtheVeil]

Meditation is a great way to still the mind, and at the very least discover some degree of inner peace and contentment. If it hadn't been for my starting a consistent meditation practice some years back I would've been a goner long ago. Might I add, it does take consistent practice. It's not some magic pill that works instantly. Daily practice and consistency is key. Also, the outdoors have an extremely soothing effect on me personally. I go hiking a few times a week and engage in lots of outdoor activities. I find nature to be one of the most healing places for the psyche.