Zack

As other people have said I don't often find myself feeling "blue", but I am often frustrated. When this happens I have to drop everything and find some sort of pointless activity that is either strenuous or requires a lot of concentration. Most often I find myself bushwhacking in the woods around my house; the effort of scaling and endless line of small ridges combined with the fact that almost my total consciousness has to go into not getting lost, this is a perfect way to get myself together. There being almost complete silence around me also helps because there's no one for me to yell "Shut up!" at. After a while I will find some sort of place to sit and I can stay there for ten minutes just staring straight ahead, trying to loose myself in my surroundings. This does also work when I am feeling "blue", but the method is used most often in the former case. For me atleast the key to coping is being able to remove myself as much as possible until I want to join the living again.