What keeps you sane?

[Free Thinker]

Between the craziness of the world and the local crap that goes down, people go insane, go borderline, or somehow hold onto that precious thinking pattern. So Escapists, what keeps you from going batshit bonkers?

As for me, living in a house of Fox News worshipping zealots, the freedom to express my thoughts without much negativity, my friends, and gaming keep me from running off the nearest cliff like a lemming.

 

[JLML]

That person, a few friends, music and a lot (and then I mean a LOT) of self control. That's what keeps me (and others around me) alive.

 

[Decum]

The only thing that keeps me sane is the very thought that makes me go insane.
"I only have 5 more years till i'm free"
Somewhat self explanatory but just in case, i'm doing a two year games dev course(just started) and then i'll be going to uni for 3 years, it makes me very depressed that i'm going to be stuck in education for 5 more years but it'll be worth it...

 

[sms_117b]

talking online and texting, I shouldn't be left with only my own thoughts

 

[Neonbob]

Right now? Very little. I just recently lost the most important thing in the world, so I think that at this point, the only thing keeping me going and sane is sheer stubbornness. While I'm sure losing my head would alleviate some of the stress I'm feeling right now, I can't seem to let myself go over the edge into either oblivion or insanity. Ah well.
Talking with the few friends I have left is another factor, I suppose.

 

[Julianking93]

Fuck, I'm already so delightfully mad, nothing in this world could save me!

Writing music. I would be a complete mess otherwise.

You write music? I did not know that.

 

[ottenni]

Ive got no risk off loosing my sanity to begin with, hell if i can afford to have gaming as my hobby i really haven't got much to worry about do i.

 

[Armored Prayer]

Pretty much my optimism. If I wasn't so happy and thinking positively, I'd be a very violent person.

 

[The Great Zegrool]

Well, the thing that keeps me sane is my lantern filling the shadows with light.

I also try to not look mangled servants of a dark force in the face, it seldom helps my sanity.

 

[BlumiereBleck]

My happy pills

 

[rockyoumonkeys]

Lots and lots of self-delusion.

 

[GiglameshSoulEater]

Because if I'm about to crumble, this world is going with me, and I'm not yet in that sorta power.

 

[Sifter49]

The best tool to keep your sanity is Virtual Insanity; so long as videogames let you bludgeon and murder people, you won't go apeshit in the real world

 

[Keava]

Pink-yellow pills at morning, blue-white ones in the evening and red-yellow ones are for the nights...*cough*

Why would i want to be sane actually ? Embrace your inner psycho!

 

[CarpathianMuffin]

Knowing that in less than a year, the most important event in my life will happen, and it will be good.
I have to keep reminding myself of that due to near constant nervous breakdowns.
In the short term, gaming makes a lovely distraction, as well as writing.

 

[Mr. Mortiss]

Sleep.

 

[WINDOWCLEAN2]

Writing a Song, Seeing my Girlfriend, Getting High with my best mates.