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General => The Lounge => Topic started by: isserley on November 17, 2011, 03:00:26 PM

Title: Comfort
Post by: isserley on November 17, 2011, 03:00:26 PM: Let's all list 5 things that bring us comfort/makes us happy despite the depression.
Mine are (in no particular order):

-Hot baths (especially if I use products from Lush!)
-Coffee (although I have to drink decaff these days...)
-Reading
-Eating!!! (love it)
-Getting an email from my best friend (even though she lives in Canada and I the UK...)

Thank goodness for these things, what are yours?

Isserley
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Post by: Got on November 17, 2011, 03:19:32 PM: very little. meditation helps
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Post by: isserley on November 17, 2011, 03:29:28 PM: :-[
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Post by: Ally on November 17, 2011, 03:34:58 PM: I tried meditation a number of years ago when I was going through my Buddhist phase.
It is very relaxing. But these days I really find it hard to shut my mind down to the point of relaxation to get into that meditative state.

These days I find a good book can help me relax.
I was into playing music for a while, but when my band split up, I've lost that motivation.
I still pick up my guitar and bass from time to time, and when I do, I enjoy it. But as there is no real end result (i.e. playing music that people will hear) i don't have the same motivator that I had.
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Post by: Zaf on November 17, 2011, 03:44:50 PM: I'll definitely go with the hot bath with Lush products, if I can muster the will power a gentle stroll on a sunny day in the woods, anything creative if I can muster the will power, its just getting started I find problems with....
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Post by: Ally on November 17, 2011, 03:46:47 PM: I like the hot bath too.... but with radox rather than lush as the lush stuff plays havoc with my asthma!
"Â£"
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Post by: isserley on November 17, 2011, 04:16:33 PM: Radox stuff is amazing too, and Lush is so expensive... :-\
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Post by: Laura on November 23, 2011, 12:20:12 PM: 1- my cats
2 - tea!!!!!
3- my duvet
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Post by: Lol on November 23, 2011, 12:58:07 PM: My cat
my 13.5 tog duvet!
tidyness and nice smellingness
beer
food
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Post by: Laura on November 23, 2011, 01:01:37 PM: Quote from: Laura on November 23, 2011, 12:20:12 PM
1- my cats
2 - tea!!!!!
3- my duvet

4- cake or bread and marmalade
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Post by: danbob on November 23, 2011, 05:53:48 PM: beer
beer
beer

did i mention beer ;)
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Post by: nickynoo on November 24, 2011, 01:00:55 AM: My lovely kingsize bed and fleecy pyjamas.....ahh bliss
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Post by: Ezel on November 25, 2011, 09:18:21 PM: Hot bath
My dogs and cat
Hot chocolate
Music
Writing
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Post by: lou on November 29, 2011, 08:42:18 PM: my 4 cats
horse riding
hot chocolate
warm bath Â£$% :)
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Post by: Glen53 on November 30, 2011, 08:43:18 PM: My 3 cats
Tea
Cuddling up to my wife in front of the fire.
...and occasionaly - a bit of space to myself
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Post by: lbruk on December 02, 2011, 12:34:25 PM: - Reading
- Writing
- Swimming
- Playing with my pet Rats
- Listening to Music
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Post by: Raindrops on December 13, 2011, 05:59:23 PM: Well i'm sure we could all find loads of things that comfort us if we tried but some of my main ones are..

- Sleep or just lying in bed
- Music
- Talking to my best friend, or just thinking about him cheers me up a lot... I have texts from him saved on my phone that say things like "Stay strong :)" from when i've been down, and reading them makes me smile.
- The sound of rain