Surprised no one has mentioned Mindfulness yet. Like most I was skeptical about this new-agey BS. But sitting quietly without interruption for 10-20 minutes every day, and just focusing on breathing, has helped me a lot.
Note: I am a long time sufferer of PTSD.
Ask HN: What are you doing for your mental health?
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Re: Ask HN: What are you doing for your mental health?
#521. See a shrink about childhood stuff.
2. Have a girlfriend with no anger issues.
3. Exercise 3-5 times a week.
4. Don't avoid saying things because they're hard to say. Regretting or postponing important things puts a lot of strain on my mental capacity at work and at home.
5. Quit facebook. (Start by removing it from my phone.)
6. Go to bed early. No electronics after 10 or near the bed.
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#53I’ve started going to Meetups (via Meetup.com) about anything vaguely interesting looking (especially the non-technical ones). I think it’s good to get out and meet new people, and talk about things which don’t involve programming or technology for a change. I’ve also stopped eating fast/oven food and started properly preparing my meals. I know very little about cooking so it’s a good learning experience (Youtube is…
Who are your favorite food channels? I've enjoyed food wishes, eater, wolfe pit.
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#54I practice taijiquan & qigong everyday. Exploration and practice there have helped me become more comfortable in my own body. I run and walk quite a lot as well in preperation for ultramarathoning. In addition I play quite a lot of socially engaging video games, currently playing World of Warcraft on a private server which has a great community.
Re: Ask HN: What are you doing for your mental health?
#55I’ve started going to Meetups (via Meetup.com) about anything vaguely interesting looking (especially the non-technical ones). I think it’s good to get out and meet new people, and talk about things which don’t involve programming or technology for a change. I’ve also stopped eating fast/oven food and started properly preparing my meals. I know very little about cooking so it’s a good learning experience (Youtube is…
Who are your favorite food channels? I've enjoyed food wishes, eater, wolfe pit.
I find Jamie Oliver's Youtube channel good, I will check out the ones you mentioned, cheers
Re: Ask HN: What are you doing for your mental health?
#56 - Reduce social media to minimum
- Sport
- Hobby unrelated to IT
- Additional interests unrelated to IT
Re: Ask HN: What are you doing for your mental health?
#57I cut out Reddit entirely, and severely cut down on my Facebook usage. I'm not on any other social media (I don't consider forums and HN comments etc. to be social media). In general, I abstain from most online non-specific discussion, because it always tends to devolve into politics and mudslinging.
IRL I go to a lot of concerts, and I spend a significant amount of time cooking and baking, with my girlfriend.
IMO the key is to do stuff YOU like, instead of getting caught up in the drama of others.
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#58Connect to IRCs, chat with folks on random channels Sadly my work blocks all irc servers.
There's an increasing trend of IRC networks having Matrix bridges (inc. Freenode) and Matrix works almost entirely over HTTPS. Perfect for corporate networks and proxies! Helps me to stay sane at work. https://matrix.org
> Matrix works almost entirely over HTTPS
What do you mean, "almost"? The client-to-server API runs entirely over HTTPS port 443. The server-to-server API is also HTTPS, but on a different port, but that's not a concern for the client.
Source: I'm running a small Synapse instance.
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#59Gave away most of my furniture and electronics, packed the rest in a cheap storage unit and fled London to a pristine and mostly unoccupied south Indian beach, where I spent 5 months worth of mornings going for a swim before sitting down to remote freelance work, at a table overlooking the ocean. It wasn't a perfect move (the working holiday part), but damn it's by far the best winter I've had in a decade. 10/10 woul…
Well this sounds absolutely incredible, congratulations. I'm curious, do you experience any loneliness? Presumably the internet facilitates communication with distant friends and family, but how about meeting people in meatspace?
Oh god! Hadn't heard of "meatspace" before to reference the world outside the internet. :D
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#60Anyone know how to stop dissociating?