Yesterday I posted about What to do when you’re feeling sad.
But the truth is, in a state of sadness (however you might define that term) it’s
difficult to see outside of your feelings and into the ‘I’ll address this and
make myself feel better’ frame of mind. It's all well and good giving advice, but I'm not quite as good at following my own advice
So, here's what I really do when I’m sad:
- Isolate myself
- Lie in bed
- Don’t leave the house (except for work)
- Drink coffee
- Binge eat junk food - especially Pringles
- Cry
- Bottle it up and try not to cry
- Tweet some angsty 140 character rants
- Binge watch Netflix
- Fail to concentrate on what I’m doing
- Worry about being sad and how long it’s going to last without doing anything productive to help myself get out of the funk.
- Get angry at myself for not being productive
- Stare into space. A lot.
- Get especially irritated at the little things
I'm terrible at following my own advice. And so instead of working
out my feelings through journaling, or treating myself, or releasing endorphins
by exercising, I normally wallow in self pity.
Depending on the scale of my sadness, this could last a couple of
days, a whole weekend, or maybe even a week.
