So I’ve been pretty decent mentally but tonight I just feel at the end of my rope.
I keep telling the voices to shut up and go away but they keep talking to me, no matter what I do.
As a coping strategy I try and imagine a gust of wind that sweeps the voices away,
but I have a lot of OCD about the voices and have trouble not responding a lot of times.
Feel upset right now, just trying to breathe slow and cycle these emotions out of my system.
Wasn’t even triggered by anything in particular I’m just sick and tired of these voices that keep talking to me and wont give me a moments peace.
What do you guys do when this happens? Any advice would be welcome.
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Relaxing music is also one I use. I have a few CD’s and cassettes I’ve brought over the years. Are many clips on youtube that play relaxing music for a few hours. You can also buy a little box thingy from K-mart for a few dollars that just plays classical music. For that I just find a radio station that plays classical music. So there are a few options for you in that area.
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distractions are good i think to try and take your mind out of itself, so i would do something and then reward myself with relaxing say a hot drink and some music, things i like to do are visiting relatives and going somewhere and if you have nobody to go with i am sure you could ask your care team if there was anybody you could go with like say a befriender or there could be a group that you could meet somewhere, you have a lot of options but its just how you are feeling that determines what you can do.
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put some music on
go for a walk
make a coffee
eat some nice food
i also excersise…
basically distraction.
take care
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i generally find that the more i interact with 3d people the more infrequent the voices are. if i’m doing nothing and my mind is in neutral then they are worse but if i keep busy then they are not so bad. obviously there are times when they talk incessantly no matter what i do or who i’m with but i do have quiet times too. just try and keep busy and interact with as many people as possible. i feel for you coz i’m in the same boat…although they’ve been suspiciously quiet today for some reason.
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Thanks for the suggestions everyone, I feel much better today as I knew I would.
I love listening to music but I just wasn’t in the right place for it, I suppose maybe I should’ve just overridden my current mood with some relaxing music but that’s also a warning sign for me, when music doesn’t sound good I know there’s something wrong. Good idea though, I should figure out a distraction that fits to get me out of that bad place, you guys listed a lot of other good ideas for distraction there.
Yes! For sure, I know what you mean about talking to people, I like talking to family members and I find that any social interaction in general is one of the better distractions, but it was a bit late to call someone last night.
Anyway thanks again for the replies people.
Try listening to your inner voice only and learn to ignore the intrusive ones.