What's your cure for the blues?

workaccount

A walk can be nice to think about things and put stuff back into perspective.

Gumbyman

I crank on some really good music really loud and sit down and just listen for about a half hour or so. A good sound system helps.

Merrick

For me, very loud music and a really nice sandwich is enough.

pyramuid man

I normally listen to some good house music or something like the editors or something like that. Nice and loud also. As Gumby said. This is the best way to do it I find

biko

Drive and a nice meal

JohnCleary

Yore Ma

Tar.Aldarion

Music and singing.

mental07

Watch an episode or 7 of your favourite comedy show

Spud83

Alcohol...and a good night out with loads of friends.

ShowUsYourXbox

Doing something with my mates, be it a game of Pes or a few pints!

beans

(Headphones && ipod) + (couch || washing up || walk) = happy out

Heading out for a cycle is a great way to get the happy chemicals to work also.

workaccount

Yeah giving the house a clean and listening to some good music does it for me aswell actually.

Orange69

Go for a drive, head to the gym, do some photoshopping, buy something on ebay..

isn't this what hobbies are for?

thelordofcheese

I play something dumb and shooty on my pc, Call of Duty 2 being the current one.

Honestly, after you've shot a couple of hundred nazis you'll start to feel better.

Failing that, music. Louder the better.

mikemac

A nice long cycle by the coast.
Portmarnock is lovely this time of year

0ubliette

browse /b/ in 4chan and see just how much sadder some people are than me.

actually nah, i go for a stroll, listen to some grizzly bear, play some games, whatever, i dont have a set cure.

Duggy747

Depends really what kind of blues I got. Queen (live wimbely album) usually gets me in a jolly mood, same goes for some classic Metallica. A good sound system makes the difference.

Good comedy shows too like Police Squad!, South Park, or That 70's Show.

And if I feel like killing something I slap on a good shoot 'em up.

Hmm, really my laptop is the source of all my blues cures, I'd be a depressing cúnt without it.

folkface

Hanging around a car licence test centre - and when people come out after doing their test ask them if they passed or failed.

(sometimes you can have a bet with yourself just by the look on their face).

Nothing like the feeling of knowing your better than somebody else.
If they failed you can say - enjoy the wait to do it again - holds hand up to forehead and makes an L shape

Ishmael

Playing Guitar over a nice bluesy song or backing track. So easy and fun.

HammerHeadGym

When I get the blues, I turn to the greens. Bongs for preference.

Jrembin

Zoloft

thebaz

I find alcohol and bed make the blues worse
excersise is good, i also find since taking up photography going out snapping something different with the camera helps .... sad music is good too (jeff buckley/ leonard cohen / bob dylan) -- and communicating with people is positive


Oh forgot ---


no woman no cry

m_stan

30mins watching a documentary about people much less fortunate than yourself. that puts things into perspective

a good ride. nuff said.

listening to your fave album very loud. as said before. brushes off the cobwebs

a fast drive. gets the adrenaline pumping

some 1:1 playtime with young kids preferably involving some conversation about things they dont fully understand. borrow them if you dont have them yourself. kids never cease to amaze me and make me feel happy.

Caliden

Playing Feeder - Love Pollution really loud and singing along usually puts me into instant happy mode.
Ahhhh even thinking about listening to it makes me happy.

Driving , shopping or sex!

ladylorenzo

Curlin up into the BF's pit on the couch and watching Starsky & Hutch (the movie)...works every time!:) (sad..i know!!)

J.S. Pill

I play the Blues.

If its a really bad hangover or come down you can't beat video games!

The Hill Billy

In addition to a few pints, I'd have to agree with CSG (apart from the driving & the shopping :rolleyes:), plus good music, playing with my 2 boys, or going fishing.

Archeron

I dont get the blues, I'm whats been referred to before as "maniacally happy". And even when I heard that, I still just grinned back at them.

Kinetic^

Laughing

Dragan

Any kind of phsyical activity always gets me back on track to be honest.

Juat chilling with my girlfriend always makes the world seem a little bit better as well.

workaccount

Archeron wrote:

I dont get the blues, I'm whats been referred to before as "maniacally happy". And even when I heard that, I still just grinned back at them.

What's your secret?

User45701

I like to work hard, whatever it is when i say work i dont mean work as in my job i mean work as in sort though that box of boring **** or hover/clean something boring and motonos and i do that for a hour or 2 then when its all nice and clena i sit down and have a nice "ralax"

Spyral

watching CSI, shooting stuff in computer games, avoiding religion

Blisterman

Working out what's bothering me in the first place, and trying to sort that out.

Naikon

Computer ftw!

workaccount

User45701 wrote:

I like to work hard, whatever it is when i say work i dont mean work as in my job i mean work as in sort though that box of boring **** or hover/clean something boring and motonos and i do that for a hour or 2 then when its all nice and clena i sit down and have a nice "ralax"

I like the way you spelt relax!

workaccount

Blisterman wrote:

Working out what's bothering me in the first place, and trying to sort that out.

Well that was actually the problem alright and I started thinking about that when I was reading through the posts. I need to get my priorities right again.

Acid_Violet

Eat......

Sometimes curl up on the couch with a blanket, food and watch a good movie or program, a good musical will work wonders. But talking to friends is what I usually do. Or, if everything's really bad I just go to bed.

The Polyphonic Spree.

Crumble Froo

Caliden wrote:

Playing Feeder - Love Pollution really loud and singing along usually puts me into instant happy mode.
Ahhhh even thinking about listening to it makes me happy.

noooo! not love pollution! just a day!!! you get sad-ish lyrics and happy bouncy music!

for me... music music music... go to my room and blast it, pick up the guitar, go for a walk with my mp3 plugged into my ears... get drunk and have a nice aul singalong...

also, turning to friends and stuff...lil incense is always good, candles to relax me.. write stuff down... people watching.. being by the sea....

Caliden

Ah well if you want to dance around like a maniac sure but I don't seem to have the energy when I'm depressed
Also I have never paid any attention to the lyrics to 'Just a Day'

I prefer to relax with a nice twister icecream while lying on the bed. Nothing beats it.

Crumble Froo

Caliden wrote:

Ah well if you want to dance around like a maniac sure but I don't seem to have the energy when I'm depressed

oh please, tell me youve ever heard that song (assuming youre a feeder fan and stuff...) and NOT had an overwhelming urge to dance around like a maniac!!! not physically possible hehe, ok, im messin, but thats just such a happifying song, just so upbeat.

Also I have never paid any attention to the lyrics to 'Just a Day'

"waking up at 12 in my clothes again, feel my head explode from a night on gin, another night out late. i dont wana drink dont wana be a clown, gotta get my feet back on the ground, before it pulls me in. how come it ended up like this? and who's gonna catch me when im coming down to hit the ground again? all by mself, cos i dont wana drag you down,hold you down, cos youre a friend, i blame myself, guess you think its funny now, funny now...."

perfect.. you get to simultaneously wallow in depression, while picking yourself up . and the music makes it necessary to dance like a maniac in order to do this

MooseJam

a big tub of icecream

philstar

well you can't beat good ol' sex , but if yr not in a relationship...well then a refreshing swim in the sea is quite good.

And then as a last resort you could always play with your....

HammerHeadGym

Porno. Lots and lots of fucked up porno

Caliden

narco wrote:

oh please, tell me youve ever heard that song (assuming youre a feeder fan and stuff...) and NOT had an overwhelming urge to dance around like a maniac!!! not physically possible hehe, ok, im messin, but thats just such a happifying song, just so upbeat.



"waking up at 12 in my clothes again, feel my head explode from a night on gin, another night out late. i dont wana drink dont wana be a clown, gotta get my feet back on the ground, before it pulls me in. how come it ended up like this? and who's gonna catch me when im coming down to hit the ground again? all by mself, cos i dont wana drag you down,hold you down, cos youre a friend, i blame myself, guess you think its funny now, funny now...."

perfect.. you get to simultaneously wallow in depression, while picking yourself up . and the music makes it necessary to dance like a maniac in order to do this

I prefer the lazy route of a drive down the dual carraigeway while listening to Buck Rogers hah

Also I'm eating a giant cookie right now and I'm far from depressed. It's a triple choc tesco one for anyone that's wondering

Mr. CooL ICE

Usually a joint and a nap sorts everything out. If i sleep on something, it always seems to be a lot better when i wake up, whereas the joint makes me feel happy, and also puts me to sleep

workaccount

Ok the day is over and i've had a nap and listened to a relaxation cd. Now I'm very happy coz i'm headin up to the shop to get a can of beans so I can have "beans on toast"!

Orange69

workaccount wrote:

Ok the day is over and i've had a nap and listened to a relaxation cd. Now I'm very happy coz i'm headin up to the shop to get a can of beans so I can have "beans on toast"!

If you mix a little butter in with the beans as you cook them they taste awesome

nesf

Long walk + Music = All Better