• MuhammadJesusGaySex@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    I live in the south and it’s fairly warm year round. We get like 3 months of kinda cold weather and that’s it. Summers are BRUTAL though.

    Anyway, I got off methadone treatment almost 2 years ago, and have been in a depression funk ever since. But, I found something to keep me going. I go “fishing”.

    I get my tackle, my rods, and my bait, and pack it all in my backpack. I grab a machete, and my Kelly kettle (if it’s cold) along with food and water. I then hike through the woods to a fishing spot and sit there. I catch some fish and spend some time alone with my thoughts. My situation allows me to do this 2 to 3 times a week.

    Honestly, I don’t even care if I catch anything. I just really like being alone. It’s been so nice now that it’s kind of cold. I boil some water in my Kelly kettle and make herbal tea while I’m fishing. It’s the best.

  • shalafi@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Exercise works. Drug my ass out of bed, didn’t want to. Drug my kids down the street, off into the local woods to the creek. They didn’t want to.

    3-hours later and everyone is happier and healthier. Had a blast, kids learned some life lessons. Imagine that.

          • andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works
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            9 months ago

            Some self-discovery anyway (:

            But I’m jealous of that person passing drugs like candies. Just like with this regular halloween hysteria about laced candies, who can believe there’s a person who’d share expensive and illegal drugs like that? If you shovel off all that morbid irresponsibility of such act, they can be the modern day dope Santa. Thus making this story hit in a different (and hopefully not creepy) way.

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    9 months ago

    A lot of people are depressed because they’re fixated on the negativity. You’d be surprised how much going outside, exercising, or even just doing simple things like taking a nice cold shower or cleaning up your room can help.

    Obviously it’ll be different from person to person but generally, setting a small goal and accomplishing that goal will make you feel better.