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Especially in summer season one thing that really helps to cope with darker feelings is to focus on the unbelievable, stunning beauty of our local environment. I’m being completely honest about this, it only works when you have both an open heart and an open mind to take it all in to see clearly how wonderful life truly is.

I stand outside feeling the breeze in my hair, sunshine on my skin, summer season scents and warmth from within and outside. It also brings nostalgic feeling to me, how I used to spend so much time outside in my childhood and youth years. I was outside for several hours often, in the local environment to explore the different places deeply.

So it’s really a very powerful way to cope. Thank you all for listening ❤

I have several good strategies to cope with negative/difficult feelings and I have mentioned some of them on blogs. But there is the option of escaping ordinary life in ways that some might see as dysfunctional in nature, in my case I have some psychoactive beverages combined with my different types of medications that can be a powerful way to escape my difficulties for a couple of hours.

But the best thing after this experience is to sleep some and let the mind process it fully, without limits.

Thank you for reading ❤

At times I actually break stuff due to the intensity of my strong emotions and my schizoaffective condition does affect my mental and emotional state tremendously. One Saami person I’ve met broke a television set in rage, we (our ethnic group) are known for often seeming laid back and calm. But I’m not always calm, especially during my severe worsening of the state of Mind. I listen to my favourite mood in music for my particular state of mind and emotions. And I let myself feel the emotions and not resisting my thoughts. Btw I struggled with alot of experiences in my childhood and youth, had to hide my strong feelings to keep things calm in the environment. Too much for this time, sorry

Btw the stuff I break is like a pencil or other office things. Of course I don’t physically hurt anyone ever. I’m really frustrated with life right now, but once I let go fully it’s better later on inside.

Daily writing prompt

What strategies do you use to cope with negative feelings?

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I do a couple of strategies to cope with my difficult feelings and mental health. First, I take my necessary psychiatric medications because I have severe conditions that the medications actually work for. I also listen to different kinds of music; both happy, angry, sad, intense etc lyrics/overall mood. It can be different metal genres or dubstep, hardstyle, drum&bass etc. I write very often and it helps a lot, I don’t hide from myself the psychosis state of mind and my deep fears, I dive into the Darkness sometimes on regular basis to be stronger within myself when I’m through the pain and hurt, the sadness and intensity.

I can look back and see how I was feeling and my state of mind, the inner world is like a vast ocean of dreams and fears.

we all feel and that’s okay, thank goodness for life’s different experiences being a way to explore every aspect of living and the deep meaning within it.

thanks for reading ❤