5 tips to get through a bad day

after 3 life thretening accident's for the last 12 year's iv'e lived with P'T'S'D  deprsion  and anxiaty with a few panik attack's thrown in for good mesure ! i still have black dog's some day's i can manage it but some day's ,,,well im'e sure you all know ! , i started walking a dog for a friend , he's called kahn , he's a staffy cross and the most gentel best fiend in the world , long story but he was in a poor state when i got him , my friend was going to give him back to the dog's home , NO WAY ,  so ended up with him , even my friend's exprssed doubt's that i would not be able to cope , well i had too , he has been with me 2 year's now , he love's me to death and improved my state of mind and i now don't have the end it attitude , iv'e just been dianosed with epilpsy and im trying to get the med's , but no mater how low i get he know's , i have been reading some of your story's , and now plucked up the courage to speak out , i hope my story ( and this is a very short part of it ) will help anyone ! 

I have two dogs who are my world. They are amazing and my drs consider them as emotional support dogs. I also love music but I can get carried away by reading too much into the music when my schizophrenia is bad. I colour as a distraction it’s very relaxing I’ve also recently set up a tank of fish they’re so relaxing 

my dogs are the reason i am alive. i have to get up every morning to walk them however bad im feeling. they always have to come first in my life. they are more supportive than my human friends and they love me however i look or feel. they are my sunshine in a dark world.xx

Thank you for the tips... My dog and husband are the two things I love that keep me going! After a seizure my little dog stays by my side and makes sure I'm okay! 

These are all lovely ways to brighten your days!

Does anyone else have anything to add?

I exist.

I try making lists, though the degree to which I follow through with them is variable. Oddly the best way of doing this I've found is leaving an open notepad file on my computer with tasks in it. For whatever reason I have paid more attention to it since doing that rather than writing a physical list. Possibly it's just easier than finding a pencil.

I find my "pump up" music is typically in a minor key. I prefer to wander around the house listening to something sad since it fuels my imagination. For the most part unironically happy songs feel a bit weird and off to me. Though comedy gets past. With that in mind, Tom Lehrer is probably a decent compromise, though maybe I should find some comedy musicians from later time periods than the 1950s.

Planning to do something I enjoy is hard to really deal with. What I enjoy most is finishing something that tends to fall into the same category as things I find hard to find the energy for. I like finishing a drawing, but getting past the feeling of failure tends to hold me back. Same with writing or even talking to people for long periods. Very recently I sat down in front of the piano for the first time in several years and tried to learn a song. I find I'm drawn to it a lot more when I learn something I can sing along with. This is a slightly annoying revelation, since I'm being more active with practice now than I was back when I was taking grades in piano.

I have a cat. But she's older than most of my friends. I tend to leave her outside so I don't have to keep an eye on her deteriorating ability to remember where the litterbox is. Not that I dislike having an animal around, I just don't trust her anymore.

I'm not a great example. But I'm still hanging around at least.

@MarionetteDoll Hello,

Thank you for this insightful post, it is always interetsing to get a snapshot into someone else's coping tips.

Making lists is always a great way to gather thoughts and create goals, so that is a good tip for others too :)