What keeps you sane?

[Gudrests]

I've been living an online existence for over a decade. Started out in Norrath with EverQuest and I am currently tromping around in Middle Earth with Lord of the Rings Online.

I have a partner that sometimes leaves for months at a time (navy). Logging into a character and roaming a virtual world with thousands of other people is a great way to beat loneliness.

yepp...i think im on my 10th year right now...started when i was in 4th or 5th grade..now ive graduated lol

 

[Composer]

Writing music. I would be a complete mess otherwise.

i request examples

OT: nothing i went insane years ago

 

[Blue Musician]

Writing music. I would be a complete mess otherwise.

You write music? I did not know that.

Indeed I do. Not necessarily well, but I do nonetheless.

That's great!

OT: Like him, music. I am actually a musician.
And there is nothing like silence by the way in a crowded city. For me a silent house it has really helped me to keep sane.

 

[I Max95]

Writing, video games and the occasional great work of Cinema
my three great loves

 

[FinalHeart95]

Music and friends. And although I usually don't watch a whole lot of hockey because I don't get my favorite team in this area, I might be getting NHL Center Ice. That combined with a NHL fantasy team... whoa, watch out. Gonna be one hell of a time waster.

 

[Canid117]

Nothing really I just am too lazy to go insane.

 

[spadeattack]

Toaster Strudels. Gawd, I love them.

 

[Jfswift]

My game systems, my friends and the hope that i'll be able to leave this place someday. Music helps alot too.

 

[Levitas1234]

Smoking marijuana on daily.

 

[steve141761]

Comics, some times the occasional happy pill when I REALLY need it, because I dislike the idea of pills. Then there is my dear sweet Postal 2 game. It seems like a bad thing to play, but its a great stress reliever.

 

[omega_peaches]

Internet Forums, so I can discuss my feelings and all that crap
Listening to Music
Hanging out with my friends
PWNinging t3h n00bz 0n t3h int4rw3bz

 

[ethaninja]

Listen to music, watch movies. Play games. Go for runs. And my trusty punching bag for all my anger issues.

 

[Apretentiousname]

Nothing.

 

[dmase]

Cigarettes, whenever i think i'd rather take a flying leap off the face of the earth i go get a pack. There is nothing more relaxing then sitting outside in the middle of the night with a cigarette and a show playing on my laptop. Sadly cancer kills so i don't smoke enough to get me as calm as i want to be.

 

[Ham_authority95]

Music, seeing my friends, masturbation, women, and relaxing at home.

Yup, life is crap without those things...

 

[JWW]

I write some poetry. I'm also trying to write a novel in my spare time, but it's kinda shit

Also interacting with other human beings helps.

 

[Not-here-anymore]

This notion that I'm sane is kind of cute.

I'm getting there. What's keeping me anywhere near close to sane at the moment is the knowledge that I'm closer to being sane. Sounds circular, but after the years of depression (and months of life-stopping severity of said depression), the fact that I know I'm getting better helps me get better more quickly.

So what keeps me sane? Nothing, yet. Give me a month or so to find sanity, and I'll let you know how I hold on to it (tightly. I don't plan to ever let it go again)

 

[CaptainKoala]

My job. Most people like getting home from their jobs. But I love going to my job. I got super lucky. I started an internship at my local computer repair shop at age 16. They were impressed with what I already knew prior to starting so 3 months later I got hired. And I love it. I don't know what I would do without my job.

 

[bak00777]

well ive been able to write lyrics in my head(don't have the music part down, im bad at that) as of recently, oh and i listen to The Who whenever i feel upset. For the last half year i have been writing a story/concept album in my head. Jim Morrison did the same thing, he wrote lyrics to accompany the concert he heard in his head before joining the band. I dont know if that was completely sane, but maybe im not.

 

[Sakurazaki1023]

A combination of video games, my friends, the internet, and the occasional introspective stargazing do wonders for the massive quantity of stress that builds up as a college student.

I'd go to parties, but I fail to see the point in relaxing in a hectic, loud, and heavily inebriated environment.