This thread is a place for anyone who wants to share their "alternative" or healthy coping methods. Whether dealing with drug cravings and addiction, mental illness, depression, insomnia, restlessness, or just sadness...
I would like to keep this open to anything with the exceptions of music and books/podcast, as there are already threads for those. I don't want to completely ban those things tho, as there may be exceptions, like a podcast that is just positive affirmations or mood centered rather than informational.
Music, books, podcast, and videos have all been coping methods for me in major ways, but I would like to discuss other ways as well. Things like possibly specific diets or exercises and how it has helped you.
For me, I always have trouble falling asleep and staying asleep. I've found that ASMR videos like this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdE2Yws3MD4&t=206s and this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jdRoe9FdZ8 to be very calming and helps me fall asleep naturally.
I would like to keep this open to anything with the exceptions of music and books/podcast, as there are already threads for those. I don't want to completely ban those things tho, as there may be exceptions, like a podcast that is just positive affirmations or mood centered rather than informational.
Music, books, podcast, and videos have all been coping methods for me in major ways, but I would like to discuss other ways as well. Things like possibly specific diets or exercises and how it has helped you.
For me, I always have trouble falling asleep and staying asleep. I've found that ASMR videos like this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdE2Yws3MD4&t=206s and this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jdRoe9FdZ8 to be very calming and helps me fall asleep naturally.