When you're down, what do you do to pick yourself up?

lusciouskiwi · 11-30-2012, 11:50 PM

Going to get my nails done to distract myself ... if I can get my brain to stop working that is.

clay · 12-01-2012, 12:01 AM

Water almost always does it for me. Something about the waves, the gentle salt air breeze, and just losing myself...and a dolphin....SCORE!!!
Music, writing are also very helpful. I rarely get down, but when I do, I can write and that is such a soul soother!!!

Blade · 12-01-2012, 12:09 AM

Go fishing
Pray
Look for solitude, spend a lot of time alone

Jesse · 12-01-2012, 01:17 AM

First I generally try to make certain that I am being truthful with myself about whatever it is that has me down in the dumps. After that, I'll write or talk it out with a close friend that I can talk to about most anything. If I am close to a good wooded trail, a river, or the ocean then I will walk and explore for hours.

WintergreenGem · 12-01-2012, 02:35 AM

I put on upbeat music and I come chat and play with friends.

Bèsame* · 12-01-2012, 09:19 AM

Take the back roads home, have a concert in my car

VintageFemme · 03-10-2013, 12:10 PM

I get lost in my camera. I'll go for a walk in the woods & forget everyone and everything that brought me down and just click it all away. And music. The songs that don't remind me of anyone or anything... the music that is just mine and mine alone. And a few pieces of Godiva chocolate just to be sure I'm back to good.

Glenn · 03-10-2013, 12:30 PM

Watch old Walt Disney cartoons

Do Zen Calligraphy
Pray and fish at the lagoon in back of the writers Nelson Algren's and Simone de Beauvoir's enchanted love-cottage across the road with the furkids.
Go to Church.
Walk to the beach and float in the water.

03-10-2013, 12:35 PM

Phone my sponsor
Go to a meeting
Have a luxurious, candle lit, hot bath
Play guitar and sing
Cycle miles

Gemme · 03-10-2013, 07:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by only_you

Oh I usually lay there and take a nap

This totally cracked me up.

I watch sweet/funny/fill in the blank here youtube videos.

grenade · 03-10-2013, 07:38 PM

I shop. A new outfit always makes me feel like a new person. I sing. I tell myself to keep moving forward. My babies need me.

11-30-2012, 11:50 PM	#1
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12-01-2012, 12:01 AM	#2
clay Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Butch (Silver Fox) Dom Daddi Preferred Pronoun?: 50 Shades of Clay Darker & Deeper Relationship Status: married to my forever Join Date: May 2011 Location: salt air & sandy beaches Posts: 13,136 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 97,020 Thanked 31,661 Times in 7,748 Posts Rep Power: 21474864	Water almost always does it for me. Something about the waves, the gentle salt air breeze, and just losing myself...and a dolphin....SCORE!!! Music, writing are also very helpful. I rarely get down, but when I do, I can write and that is such a soul soother!!! __________________ To find someone who will love you for no reason, and to shower that person with reasons, that is the ultimate happiness. ~Robert Brault

12-01-2012, 12:09 AM	#3
Blade Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: TG Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: once in a while someone amazing comes along...and here I am! Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Down on the farm Posts: 5,501 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,855 Thanked 14,412 Times in 4,058 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	Go fishing Pray Look for solitude, spend a lot of time alone __________________ Yeah so what if I'm triple dipped in awesome sauce? The best way to predict the future, is to create it.

12-01-2012, 01:17 AM	#4
Jesse Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Transguy Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: single Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Central West Coast of Florida Posts: 5,204 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 34,866 Thanked 17,780 Times in 3,940 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	First I generally try to make certain that I am being truthful with myself about whatever it is that has me down in the dumps. After that, I'll write or talk it out with a close friend that I can talk to about most anything. If I am close to a good wooded trail, a river, or the ocean then I will walk and explore for hours. __________________ “You’re so hard on yourself. Take a moment. Sit back. Marvel at your life: at the grief that softened you, at the heartache that widened you, at the suffering that strengthened you. Despite everything, you still grow. Be proud of this.”

12-01-2012, 02:35 AM	#5
WintergreenGem Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: Ms, Miss Relationship Status: Married to Graham Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Lincoln, Nebraska Posts: 180 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 347 Thanked 505 Times in 140 Posts Rep Power: 6005574	When I'm feeling. down I put on upbeat music and I come chat and play with friends. __________________ Did you take the time to truly know?

12-01-2012, 09:19 AM	#6
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03-10-2013, 12:10 PM	#7
VintageFemme Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Outside Posts: 2,299 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 3,828 Thanked 7,620 Times in 1,655 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	I get lost in my camera. I'll go for a walk in the woods & forget everyone and everything that brought me down and just click it all away. And music. The songs that don't remind me of anyone or anything... the music that is just mine and mine alone. And a few pieces of Godiva chocolate just to be sure I'm back to good. __________________ Unfinished Business & Open to Serendipity

03-10-2013, 12:30 PM	#8
Glenn Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Ol butch bones. Preferred Pronoun?: Old thing Relationship Status: Too old to play. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: :rolleyes: Posts: 1,547 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 3,602 Thanked 3,729 Times in 1,095 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	Watch old Walt Disney cartoons Do Zen Calligraphy Pray and fish at the lagoon in back of the writers Nelson Algren's and Simone de Beauvoir's enchanted love-cottage across the road with the furkids. Go to Church. Walk to the beach and float in the water.

03-10-2013, 12:35 PM	#9
Daktari Guest Tournaments Won: 1 Posts: n/a My Photo Gallery	Phone my sponsor Go to a meeting Have a luxurious, candle lit, hot bath Play guitar and sing Cycle miles

03-10-2013, 07:38 PM	#11
grenade Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Full Flavor Femme Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Midwest Posts: 2,929 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 5,925 Thanked 8,058 Times in 2,121 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	I shop. A new outfit always makes me feel like a new person. I sing. I tell myself to keep moving forward. My babies need me.

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