When you have bad days.

[Croynan]

I repress my anger. It's not good, but I don't know where to direct it, and I don't think there is any place good to direct it. so I am stuck with it.

I have to agree with you. I guess what i add on is that i try not to have contact with others in any way and go and listen to some fine classical music or a broadway musical - Stephen Sondheim works miracles.

I look at it this way, if i cannot stand being with me, why should i inflict myself on any one else. And if this happens when i am with anyone or others i shall try and make my exit as soon as possible

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[fiorio]

i put on my brightest clothes on my darkest day
i play happiest music on my saddest day

 

[miaplacidus]

I write. And I listen to old sad songs.

 

[PhoenixRising]

Make pasta for supper. Lots of it. With lots of cream sauce. Thankfully I don't have lots of bad days...and if I do, I'll try and reach for the red sauce first.....

 

[saebuffyboy]

sooo gaaay, but i get a drink or five and watch gilmore girls, or buffy. if it's been really bad, i put on billy madison.

 

[justsimon]

I workout and then I dress in my hottest outfit and go downtown.

 

[Swellegant]

It depends on what makes it a bad day...

If it's because a person or people have been pissing on me all day, I call up my best friend and vent to her over some nice calming tea at the local tea bar (yes, we have tea bars here in the Bay Area, we're that foofoo-lala). Buying something also helps, just a little self-pampering something like a piece of jewelry or a scented candle or a new hand cream.

If it's because it's just been one damned thing after another making me feel sad or downtrodden or depressed, I crawl into bed with a pint of ice cream and one of my guaranteed-to-make-me-cry movies, such as Joy Luck Club or The Color Purple or Billy Elliott.

If it's just been a lot of unpleasantness that's rubbed off on me, though not particularly directed at me, frustration or overwork or regret, I take a long hot bath and exfoliate vigorously with a loofah, literally scrubbing away the ugliness from my skin. Then I moisturize and crawl into a nice clean bed and forget about it.

Just don't bottle it up inside. You need catharsis of some kind, be it screaming or crying or physical activity. And don't bother drinking it away, especially if it's a situation that has you down and will persist afterward... "I tried to drown my sorrows, but the little fuckers learned to swim." Alcohol is great for relieving tension and letting you relax, but it sucks as a problem-solver.

 

[Jeimuzu]

I mull over my problems, feel worse and worse, become miserable about most of my issues that I tend to otherwise ignore, find myself unable to distract myself through playing music (it just doesn't work at all), eventually go to bed, lie awake for a few hours, eventually get some sleep, and feel better in the morning.

Y'know, I don't think I'm very good at dealing with problems. Just a thought...

 

[Smitho]

1) Go to the bar, 2) order a beer, 3) see who is in, and go and have a chat and get it out of my system.

 

[TheExchanger]

i become more withdrawn than i already am, have an early night n think about everything n cry myself to sleep thinking of that untouchable someone

 

[mattyboi_aus]

I have a friend constantly tell me that he fears for when I have a bad day...because of the following reasons

a) I get quiet
b) I sometimes drink when I'm upset
c) I have quite extensive military training
d) I have access to weapons and explosives



Hehe but seriously, on a bad day, I just like to sit down and watch a movie, or listen to some music to get it out of my system. The music I listen too often indicates my mood.

 

[EveretteB1975]

One a bad day i just want to be left alone. I will listen to music or just go to bed. I do get this quite often, i think i need a shrink. cant afford one, so i guess i am screwed.

 

[spooger]

my daily mechanism is to with some good porn and loud music (trance, rock, blues, native), liquor and drugs....andWHAM...i'm good for the day

long term wellness requires backpacking, wilderness travel, road tripping......

 

[looseliam]

Well after a shitty weekend, it's 8:45 here and I'm back on the sauce. Today should be fun.

And if the g-damned woodpecker outside my window doesn't shut the hell up, I'm getting the shotgun and shooting into the trees.

 

[G-Lexington]

I don't have very bad days. The ones that might be classified as such, I'm so busy handling the bad parts that I don't have time to really think about them.

Lex

 

[just_mills]

Drink.
Walk.
Drink.
Play music obnoxiously loud.
Drink.

Goes down pretty well.

 

[greekvrs]

1. Sit down, watch some movies or go on a video game or sumthin;
2. kickboxing
3. kickboxing
4. more kickboxing and other martial arts crap

Its good for my temper >.>

 

[ozguy]

Wallow in self pity.
Go for a long walk.
Then wallow some more.