Hey I´m bored as ■■■■, I have been all day sitting here with nothing to do and I cannot stand the boredom of just beeing, 4 hours more until I go sleep.
I feel like doing something stupid to my mental health, to relieve the boredom
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Maybe try some exercise or going for a walk.
Physical activity is a healthy way to keep yourself busy.
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I’ve been bored today too, but I took care of some financial business over the phone. What’s the point in doing something stupid with your mental health?
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@anon54988740 well, I really have a sudden urge to do it, but it´s not good for me.
@Jonathan2 I really don´t want to go for a walk now, I know where I´ll be going.
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You can tell them what you are trying to avoid doing I flag and hid the comment without taking full context in. I unhid it after second thoughts. It first seemed you were saying you were going to go use recreationally before edit. Then sentence after that seemed to suggest you were trying to avoid.
You can tell them what you are trying to resist. Its in a recovery context.
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Well I usually don’t want to get myself into trouble. There’s nobody but me to take care of me.
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I have a sudden urge to get drunk or high. I don´t like beeing in this mood (bored, unreceptive, with nothing that I want to do) and I want to change it somehow.
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Sorry to hear that. It’s not good to drink or use with psych meds. I’m glad you are talking about it wanting to instead of actually doing it. There’s some hope for you. Hang in there and don’t drink or use. Can you go to an AA or maybe NA meeting?
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I’m an alcoholic and know what it’s like to be hit with an urge.
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Can you take a nap for 30 minutes to an hour?
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I think I´m not addicted (I usually get high once every 2 or 3 months, and I don´t like alcohol that much), tbh I just want to change my mood for a couple of days. I´m living far away from the city and I have nothing else to do. Situation will change next week tho…
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I would if I could take a nap, but I think I cannot now, and it would mess with my sleep schedule which is worse for this matter.
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Well try to hang in there until next week. Just keep telling yourself it’s going to get better.
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Try drinking some coffee, maybe two or three cups. That helps me when I get the urge to be high or drink. I used amphetamines when I was a young man. I stopped using illicit drugs back in the summer of 1980, and haven’t done anything but drink since then.
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I`m allways telling myself that I have an “addictive personality”. Maybe it´s just an excuse or a justification for indulging into drugs… I don´t know. I wish my own self reward system was stronger.
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Surely there are some good things about yourself you could remind yourself of. You obviously don’t want to use because you are talking about it here. Urges will eventually pass whether you use or not, so hang in there and don’t use. It will pass.
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Thanks @anon54988740 I just made a ham, PB and cheese sandwich and today won´t be the day I get high.
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Great dreamer54. What are you diagnosed with if you don’t mind me asking?
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My doctor never told me my diagnosis. I have been on different medications. I´m fine with 15mg abilify. If I don´t take medication or take drugs (or both) I become psychotic.
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I know what you mean. I’m diagnosed Sz.
I’m currently taking 20mg Abilify.
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