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Re: Ask HN: What are you doing for your mental health?

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Post by orionblastar »

andrei_says_ wrote: post #75
jmkni wrote: post #16

I’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…

Preparing food requires using all my senses, using my hands and walking around, and helps me come into my body after a day spent mostly in my head. In addition to Facebook, I stopped consuming refined sugar/corn syrup, refined flour and coffee. My cognitive resources are clearly increased. Now I need to stop HN, Reddit and Twitter ;)

Yeah you need to modify your hosts file to redirect HN and other sites to 127.0.0.1 to a local webserver on your PC that displays a "Get back to work" or something home screen.

Then there is this: https://focusme.com/

http://99u.com/articles/6969/10-online-tools-for-better-atte...

https://getcoldturkey.com/

I heard that Apple is modifying their iOS and MacOS for parents to block access to websites and apps for their children, and it could help for us adults to stay productive during certain hours.

I have to admit I've become addicted to the Internet since 1995, but I always read job-related sites like HN that discuss technology, etc. Sometimes you have to get a discussion going on to help yourself get unstuck from writer's block or help others as well.

Re: Ask HN: What are you doing for your mental health?

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Post by andrei_says_ »

orionblastar wrote: post #91
andrei_says_ wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Preparing food requires using all my senses, using my hands and walking around, and helps me come into my body after a day spent mostly in my head. In addition to Facebook, I stopped consuming refined sugar/corn syrup, refined flour and coffee. My cognitive resources are clearly increased. Now I need to stop HN, Reddit and Twitter ;)

Yeah you need to modify your hosts file to redirect HN and other sites to 127.0.0.1 to a local webserver on your PC that displays a "Get back to work" or something home screen. Then there is this: https://focusme.com/ http://99u.com/articles/6969/10-online-tools-for-better-atte... https://getcoldturkey.com/ I heard that Apple is modifying their iOS and MacOS for parents to block access to websites and apps for their…

Thank you for the resources.

Re: Ask HN: What are you doing for your mental health?

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Post by samuell »

peterburkimsher wrote: post #33

Taking a break to watch the sunset. Praying and reading the Bible in the morning. Biking to and from work. Listening to music. Chocolate. 9gag. Visit the sick (there's a student club to play games with kids in the hospital), visit those in prison, feed the hungry (buy dinner for someone or invite & cook), welcome strangers into your home (CouchSurfing). I attend the CouchSurfing meetup too, and church, but the social…

Praying and Bible reading in the morning (mostly I manage to do just one of the two though), is definitely the one most efficient thing to keep me balanced and sane. Helps you put life and yourself in perspective and have so much more patience and peace during the day.

Biking to work and going out for a run a few times per week also helps quite a bit. I think we're created for being out in nature.

Re: Ask HN: What are you doing for your mental health?

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Post by jgimenez »

Balgair wrote: post #73

Related Question: How does one get counseling or other kinds of services like that if one is legally barred from doing so as part of their job? (gov job, so, yes, actually true)

Maybe your employer can provide some counseling services? I'm sure HR will have a way to do that

Re: Ask HN: What are you doing for your mental health?

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Post by coaxial »

peterburkimsher wrote: post #33

Taking a break to watch the sunset. Praying and reading the Bible in the morning. Biking to and from work. Listening to music. Chocolate. 9gag. Visit the sick (there's a student club to play games with kids in the hospital), visit those in prison, feed the hungry (buy dinner for someone or invite & cook), welcome strangers into your home (CouchSurfing). I attend the CouchSurfing meetup too, and church, but the social…

> Biking to and from work.

I enjoy backing to work and back, but entitled drivers (park in bike lane, dangerous passes) make me really nervous and shoot my stress up instantly potentially negating the relaxing benefits. How do you handle that?

Re: Ask HN: What are you doing for your mental health?

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Post by itissid »

Some things I did:

- Started learning a new language(along with my wife)

- Yoga classes and meditation

- Carpentry or home improvement projects

- Learning to keep things in their place and keep my room tidy

- Letting go at the end of a distraction filled day, but motivating(and performing) better on the next

- Reading inspiring words: The motivation manifesto by Brendon Burchard is my go to book.

- Make deliberate effort to do the opposite of what you Flight Response(System 1) wants.

- Having more friends over and playing some games with them.

- Not looking at political news.

- Trashing all junk food/unhealthy snacks in the house and replacing them with something better

Re: Ask HN: What are you doing for your mental health?

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Post by christiangenco »

* Turning off every notification on my phone

* Biking (or alternate rigorous exercise) every day

* Getting out of bed as soon as I'm awake

* Setting a bedtime and a bedtime plan (blue light filtering glasses two hours before bed; no tech an hour before)

* Reviewing positive and negative experiences[1] to maximize positive ones and minimize negative ones"

* Setting measurable goals for improvement[2] that make it clear what the most important thing to work on is

1. http://gen.co/2017-review 2. http://gen.co/2018

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