What are some of the things you say / think to yourself when going through a hard time or dealing with uncertainty to help yourself along?

I noticed that I tend to think something along the lines of

Everything will be okay. And even if it’s not, that’s okay too. You’ll get though this my love

The love bit was something I’ve been trying intentionally to instill. I’ve heard that positive self-talk can improve well being.

What do you think or say to yourself during those harder times?

Fandangalo,

This is a moment. Take it bird by bird.

weew,

I guess I’m just practical-minded. “Shit happens. It’s not going to get better by doing nothing.”

intensely_human,

My dad says when you feel depressed the worst thing to do is lie down.

smstnitc,

'kill me"

I say that a lot. Usually when I’m alone and frustrated, tired, in physical or emotional pain…

I don’t want to die. What I’m saying is “make whatever is causing the current situation to suck to stop”. It tends to be cathartic, and occasionally leads me to thinking about how to fix the situation myself.

intensely_human,

What if we killed you and then saved the few cells that survived longest and cloned you from them and kept doing that until you had skin tougher than diamonds and super strength and an unquenchable thirst for blood?

smstnitc,

Sounds amazing!

lynny,
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I remind myself of how awful a person I am and that the suffering I’m going through is not anywhere near what I deserve.

I give thanks to God that, for whatever reason, I’m given a better existence than someone like me should ever have.

Kissaki,

That’s so dark - doesn’t sound healthy.

But interesting that it works for you. Thank you for sharing

intensely_human,

Almost the same, but I give thanks that my conscience is being scoured clean by the pain.

Num10ck,

Yes exists.

livus,
@livus@kbin.social avatar

" Fall down 7 times, stand up 8 times."

CapitalismsRefugee,

These were the words I used when discussing an upcoming potential termination,

“But the person I’ll be on the other side of [this crisis of maybe termination] will be no more absolutely or permanently diminished than the one I became after any other of the subjectively substantial life-changing crises.”

I’ve lived through some pretty painful shit. I feel quite angry about the misery I consider my life to currently be, but I still choose to live. With these words I was explaining that this “disaster” couldn’t be any more miserable than the sundry other miseries I’ve learned to live with. The consequences of this “crisis” may absolutely be something I will hate deeply and bitterly, but I doubt it’s going to be the straw that gets me to break this camel’s back.

banana_meccanica,

Sometimes I do positive self talk, but will not work without some basic attitude. And that is the selfishness, brutal and cruel. So during hardest and darkest time the positivy have actually a scary light and I hope to never be tested by someone in the future.

ChrisFhey,
@ChrisFhey@kbin.social avatar

I don’t have anything special really. Just an “It is what it is” and try to get through regardless.

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