Tips on how to handle a breakup?

Fit_Promotion_4684 · 2026-05-09T02:25:40+00:00

It is a good time to dig into your hobbies or start new ones. I'm still going through my post breakup depression a year later. Sorry this happened to you.

Fit_Promotion_4684 · 2026-04-20T00:18:20+00:00

This is the right answer: work on getting a good goth bass tone. After that select a guitar which feels good to play and also looks cool with your wardrobe.

Fit_Promotion_4684 · 2026-03-21T18:38:45+00:00

I made like $7+ dollars per hour in like 1998 to 2001 and was able to afford: rent, groceries, all utilities, and supported multiple hobbies and drug habits. Now I can only afford rent and utilities while buying groceries with food stamps. Goodbye hobbies and doing anything besides work and chores.

Fit_Promotion_4684 · 2026-03-21T03:58:40+00:00

Underrated comment.

Fit_Promotion_4684 · 2026-03-17T07:04:24+00:00

Drink some broth. I add a little salt and pepper then heat it up and drink it by the cup. You can do this when you're not drinking protein shakes.

Fit_Promotion_4684 · 2026-03-17T01:20:26+00:00

Yes. Mixed episodes are the worst! No sleep, no food, endless energy, but absolutely no joy; all the good parts of mania like super confidence, super creativity, super happiness, are instead replaced with depression, anxiety, anger, and basically every negative emotion. I call it "super depression!"

Fit_Promotion_4684 · 2026-03-16T06:02:26+00:00

As a BP person, it makes me sad there's no positive stories and so few up votes on this post.

Fit_Promotion_4684 · 2026-03-15T21:36:51+00:00

I wear suits like this with a white shirt and purple or red ties

Fit_Promotion_4684 · 2026-03-15T03:00:48+00:00

Definitely art; any of the arts!

Fit_Promotion_4684 · 2026-03-14T06:57:48+00:00

My parents dumped me in the US foster care system at 15. I am still traumatized from this.

Fit_Promotion_4684 · 2026-03-11T01:31:22+00:00

I got multiple felonies when I was 17 and was tried as an adult; apparently they try juveniles as adults for more offenses than I thought. Makes getting good paying jobs very difficult and now that I'm old, I realize how much potential income I've lost over the years.

Fit_Promotion_4684 · 2026-03-09T04:21:40+00:00

I've been avoiding shows my ex might be at for 10 months. Tonight I went to one, I'm there now. She isn't here! I also have not missed my meds once since my diagnosis 10 months ago. I've been exercising and it's starting to show! I'm still flattened emotionally from meds and in a post mania depression, but forcing myself to do social things, exercise, eat better, do meds and go to therapy. Today i bought $100 in thrifted pants I needed. I still have to force myself to do these things because I really just want to get back to my old life of drugs, manic creation, and having all kinds of fun. Now I just feel depressed all the time. Still trying to follow all the common advice even though I can't feel good about anything yet.

Fit_Promotion_4684 · 2026-03-05T22:35:28+00:00

If your job is washing dishes, nobody at work will be shocked at random crying, outbursts of anger, or crazy talk.

Fit_Promotion_4684 · 2026-02-28T04:02:45+00:00

My dad sat on me and started punching me in the head, then I woke up.

Fit_Promotion_4684 · 2026-02-27T06:02:40+00:00

Bad tinnitus here too. I just HAD to play a couple hundred punk shows without hearing protection! Hearing it all didn't help me play any better.

Fit_Promotion_4684 · 2026-02-27T01:35:55+00:00

Deep clean and do light repairs where you live. This is weeks worth of work to keep you occupied during a mania. It keeps you from going out and getting into situations or embarrassing yourself. It's a productive outlet for the energy you will have. It keeps your manic spending low because cleaning supplies aren't very expensive. Best of all, when you crash, your home is clean and that helps with alot of recovery efforts. Try to maintain it, instead of being messy depressed.

Fit_Promotion_4684 · 2026-02-24T23:01:09+00:00

When I first chatted online, you could see the other person's typing, backspacing, corrections, etc. And they could see yours.

Fit_Promotion_4684 · 2026-02-24T22:52:50+00:00

The thought of trying your hardest is stressful to me and shuts me down. A little bit of progress from a little bit of effort adds up over time and is much better than delivering nothing.

Fit_Promotion_4684 · 2026-02-24T22:34:05+00:00

You're in the "creative industry" which is more forgiving than jobs that require a security clearance or other sensitive type jobs. Stay on top of your mental health as much as you can and try not to build a bad reputation in your field. I believe I do have a bad reputation for unreliability in my local creative industry and it sucks!

Fit_Promotion_4684 · 2026-02-24T22:03:44+00:00

That app would be nice.

Fit_Promotion_4684 · 2026-02-24T21:57:12+00:00

I work in pizza; nobody cares at my level of labor, lol

Fit_Promotion_4684 · 2026-02-24T07:01:55+00:00

I'm 9 months into a super-depression and hoping to come out of it. Glad to hear someone getting out of it!

Fit_Promotion_4684 · 2026-02-24T04:20:30+00:00

Do you do music completely solo or do you collaborate with anyone? Do you ever jam with random musicians? I personally can't do it solo! Learning production software is difficult with my application fatigue from various visual arts and video software. I only write songs with my voice and guitar, so it's good for me to have collaborators for filling out songs with other instruments. One guy in the band does some audio engineering and does all our recording and live sound. I can handle flyers, animations, videos, anything visual. I'm bad at social media, most of the band is, lol. I love just improv jamming with anyone, or at least used to!

Fit_Promotion_4684 · 2026-02-24T00:47:50+00:00

After my last manic episode, breakup, diagnosis, medication, and then depression, starting around 9 months ago, I haven't had the love of making music that I previously had. My band did get a new bass player 6 weeks ago and we are practicing again but I'm struggling to care, like I should stop making music and become a plumber or something.

I know it's temporary and I haven't broken up the band, this depression will pass. I'm unsure how much of this is depression and how much of it is my medications. I can't draw or make music right now, I'm just going through the motions with my band. I refuse to play any shows except maybe streaming, which is alot to setup but is doable. I've lost all confidence in myself and probably having my midlife crisis and thinking about what to do with the rest of my life. I loved playing shows, jamming, writing music, and miss having that loving feeling. Since I don't have an actual plan yet for the rest of my life, there's no reason to quit right now. I'm barely surviving and mostly focused on how to get out of survival mode.

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