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What gets you out of a funk?
I'm ok about the whole break-up 85% of the time but this weekend hasn't been great. The ex has a serious GF and the kids like her. She seems perfectly nice so I can't trash on her for any reason, I can maybe sympathize that she doesn't really know him yet. Day's like yesterday I'm stuck on the whole "it's only been six and half months and you've fvcking moved on already after 8 years together?" We're talking huge bitter betty over here. I will admit that that b!tch is about to make her monthly visit so that probably has A Lot to do with it but I need to get out of this funk. What do y'all do?
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Re: What gets you out of a funk?
workout
girl's night out
drink
indulge in lots of chocolate
buy myself something new
start planning something (like a trip) or a new project that will take my mind off things
(((Hugs)))
Sleep (I'm usually in a funk due to not enough sleep)
Chocolate
Ice Cream
A good movie (funny, light, nothing sad--can be interesting fantasy/adventure but nothing that will make me cry)
Shopping (Shopping with a mission can be very distracting--something like I am looking for a new pair of black shoes that have a certain look or I am looking for a certain kitchen gadget. The mission also keeps the cost down because I can only spend the money if I find the exact perfect thing.I can kill a lot of time doing this.)
Long soak in the bathtub with the lights off and candles/music
Comfort food (screw the fat/calories/whatever)
Organizing/tossing things out
Short term fix - turn on my favorite music and start cleaning and dancing around the house
More long term...do something new. Are you dating? Put yourself out there some, meet some new people. Join a dating website. You don't have to be looking for a committment or anything, just go have fun
BFP 12.20.2010 :: missed m/c 1/2011 around 8 weeks
BFP @ 9dpo 5.24.2011 :: missed m/c 6/2011 around 7 weeks
positive for ANAs (1:40) with a speckled pattern
MTHFR c677t mutation (heterozygous)
*folic acid, baby asprin, Prometrium, acupuncture, Lovenox*
BFP @ 9dpo 2.1.2012 || HCG = 8 : Progesterone = 19.2
2nd HCG @ 11dpo = 40 || 3rd HCG @ 21dpo = over 5000!
Stick, little one, stick! EDD October 15, 2012
I'm sorry
That would upset me a lot too.
Working out usually gets me out of a funk, at least temporarily. I leave nothing on the table and work until I'm drenched with sweat and have absolutely no energy left.
Hanging out with really good friends helps me too - especially the ones you can cry to and know they won't judge you at all.
Retail therapy generally helps me.
Maybe it would be good for you to focus on YOU and on general self-improvement. Are there goals you'd like to accomplish, professionally or personally? Run a marathon? Get a degree? Get a new look? Is there something positive that you can work toward that benefits you? ((hugs))
Meredith, 6-1-06 and Alex, 11-5-09
Sometimes a new crafting project helps me out. Once I made these really elaborate Halloween party invites by hand. It took a lot of work, a lot of time, and it completely took my mind off my troubles.
Retail therapy--shoes, shoes, shoes. Go get some super cute shoes. Oooh, go buy yourself some super cute shoes, then find an outfit to wear them with. Then get some new makeup. Then plan a girls' night out. Fun!
**hugs**
ditto all of the pps. these are some great ideas. I'm sorry that you're going through this, though
Time alone. Wandering the book store, browsing Sephora, and then dinner at La Madeleine usually does the trick for me.
When I've been in the particular kind of funk you're in though, the answer is always sex. Lots of NSA sex. Maybe I'm a whore, but it sure helps to distract me enough until I can move on.
Ditto Ali's long-term idea. Whenever I went through an intense breakup, I got a kick out of filling out online dating profiles. It was nice to get a little attention, even if no one that answered was quite my type.
In the short term: a little retail therapy, a little frozen yogurt, some new music, even a short road trip to get away for a little while.
I'm sorry you're going through this and hope you feel better soon. *hugs*
My BFF (who is my sister) always helps me get out of a funk.
So does a little retail therapy, a good nap, a long soak in the tub with a good book, delicious food, going for a run, listening to my favorite upbeat music, watching hilarious movies...
Hang in there! Things will look up.
This.
I like to browse Sephora and let them doll me up with some new makeup or go get a pedicure. I'll also watch the part in "Bruce Almighty" where Jim Carrey makes Steve Carrel do all that nonsense talk during the newscasting scene. I think that is pee-my-pants funny, so it always makes me feel a little better. Or watch the Richard Simmons "Whose Line is it Anyway?" on YouTube. Hilarious.