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How do you cheer yourself up after a rough day? Or a rough year? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Dinodicchellathicc@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Starting to feel crushed by the weight of the world, riddled with guilt and disappointment in myself over my choices. Nothing I can do about the past though.

What are some of the ways you guys get yourselves out of a bad headspace?

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[–] JonDorfman@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What I typically do is listen to some music. I have a collection of soundtracks from some of my favorite video games. I pick a couple of pieces from the whole collection and let the music lead me through my memories. It’s not too far off from the feeling of going through an old photo album. I imagine one could get a similar effect by returning to any number of things that they used to enjoy.

[–] homoludens@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

Listening to music helps me too. Recently I noticed that "sad" music seems to work especially well - something slow, not too intrusive, like Wolfsheim, Deine Lakaien, Anne Clark, ... While I listen it allows me to actually experience my emotions, and when I eventually turn off this music it also helps me to "snap out of it" and focus on the next steps in my life (which may just be cleaning the dishes or going for a run).