A Thread to post things that are good for your mental health

wonton · 2017-10-03T10:09:21.104Z

Podcasts, websites, books, music, people, places and stuff

This podcast:

The On Being Project

Pursuing deep thinking and moral imagination, social courage and joy, to renew inner life, outer life, and life together. A media and public life initiative.

This app:
https://insighttimer.com

This book:

Im_On_Safari · 2017-10-03T12:47:39.857Z

Good for my mental health is just basically never consuming alcohol or any other substances, ever.
Gonna have to get into juicing and nutribullet or someshitkillmenow. Maybe I can keep ciggies…

meowington · 2017-10-03T12:50:12.636Z

Sick to the back teeth hearing about podcasts.

NoahVale · 2017-10-03T12:52:22.617Z

Exercise

wonton · 2017-10-03T12:53:04.829Z

Sugar works best for me. Wham bars, in particular…

wonton · 2017-10-03T12:53:37.063Z

You don’t like podcasts?

colossalhorse · 2017-10-03T12:56:20.491Z

Weird. I was thinking of starting a thread just like this earlier today.

I’ve started using an app called daylio to track my mood and daily activities to look at the cold hard stats behind my mental health. As a data geek this is most satisfying, even if it’s telling me things like I Feel Better If I Don’t Forget My Meds and The Booze Doesn’t Help and Running Is Good and other stuff I should already know.

daylio.webflow.io

Daylio - The Big Idea of Micro Diary

Daylio is Mood Tracker slash Micro Diary. Daylio enables you to keep a private diary without having to type a single line. Try this beautifully designed micro-diary app right now for FREE!

Got a bunch of good anti-anxiety games on the go - American Truck Simulator for driving around aimlessly, Elite: Dangerous for pottering about in space, Viscera Cleanup Detail for satisfying cleaning stuff up action (no really). In the market for a mellow building stuff game like Minecraft. But not Minecraft. I burned out on Minecraft.

colinzealuk · 2017-10-03T12:58:18.415Z

This is the single most helpful thing I’ve found for myself, but for the last 6 weeks I’ve been utterly unable to get myself changed and out of the house to go for a run (my usual thing).

colossalhorse:

I’ve started using an app called daylio to track my mood and daily activities to look at the cold hard stats behind my mental health. As a data geek this is most satisfying, even if it’s telling me things like I Feel Better If I Don’t Forget My Meds and The Booze Doesn’t Help and Running Is Good and other stuff I should already know.

Interesting. I’m gonna have a look at this. I’ve been bad at writing down stuff lately.

meowington · 2017-10-03T12:58:31.275Z

no one does!

colossalhorse · 2017-10-03T13:00:29.764Z

Yeah I’m finding it useful because it’s just ticking stuff off really. No words. I haven’t been using it long but I’m finding it a a lot easier to keep up to date with as it’s just checking boxes and deciding on a rating for the day.

wonton · 2017-10-03T13:04:50.858Z

Well at least that makes me all the more punk for liking them

wonton · 2017-10-03T13:05:22.296Z

I am also going to check this out, cheers

he_2 · 2017-10-03T13:09:42.166Z

I find a bit of colouring in remarkably therapeutic.

nav · 2017-10-03T13:12:32.542Z

(husky puppies not youtube videos)

colinzealuk · 2017-10-03T13:18:50.206Z

On a similar note: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZOx1RhMHIo

Particular favourite part at 0:29 when one kitten is placed on top of another and they just sit there looking confused until it’s removed.

the_dazzled · 2017-10-03T13:30:52.706Z

Keeping a food and exercise diary has helped a lot with my general healthy living behaviour, which has slightly improved my mental health e.g. feeling in control, tracking my progress

japes · 2017-10-03T13:34:55.134Z

long walk outside where there are no people or man made things around anywhere

wonton · 2017-10-03T17:19:17.984Z

This is now the…

No, I won’t accept it

anon30627475 · 2017-10-03T17:30:25.424Z

colon_closed_bracket · 2017-10-03T17:43:23.364Z

Yep, came here to post this.