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What do you do to distract yourself?

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I have too much time on my hands to think. :(

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Thx in advance for any ideas.

It's lazy but I like to watch a documentary or TV series. I'm usually worse in the evenings. I sometimes do woodworking projects in the day when I'm not working.

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In the evenings I just look forward to sleeping. Hugs.

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Hb2003

I love to listen to 80s and 90s music ☺️

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90's music is my favorite. 🙂

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Me too ☺️

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Who are some of your favorite 90's artists?! I love Fiona Apple, Rob Thomas, Gin Blossoms, and Nelly Furtado. ❤️

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I like heart 80s - most of the time! I enjoy 80s music.

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Me too ☺️

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Men at Work have a pretty good song about anxiety.

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I love Britney Spears Madonna celine dion Backstreet Boys ☺️

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Britney is the best!

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☺️ she is ❤️

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What’s your favorite song from her ? ☺️

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"Stronger" is one of my favorites by her!

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I just heard it and i love it so far ☺️

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What's your favorite by her?!

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Opps i did it again ☺️

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That's a really fun one! :)

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I want to dance to it 😂☺️

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You should!!! I love dancing. You should make a playlist of songs to dance to. :)

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I have a playlist full of catchy songs that i can dance to ☺️

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Good! :)

Me to. I try and read see people and talk watch TV.. if I'm honest I'm so lost really but know one knows .

Hi thisismetrying, some things I do to distract myself: read fiction, take walks, practice Spanish on Duolingo, play Gardenscapes or Homescapes, read Wikipedia, weed flowerbeds, read healthunlocked, & interact with the cats.

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I also love to read the book reviews on goodreads.

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Cool! I just downloaded Duolingo... I want to learn Portuguese! Thank you so much for the ideas. Hugs.

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Starting over is not easy.And people really do not understand Anxiety or depression sometimes

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Reading_Rando

I either play videogames or study philosophy or other academic topics from books and lectures I find online. I can shut my brain off or crank it up to 11 but not much in between. If your like me and your brain is always going at top speed when it's on, it can be helpful to find some difficult topic to exhaust your brain with. I just sort of throw my brain at topics to tire it out.

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You sound like my older brother! He is interested in those things, too! 😊

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I think I'd like your older brother then! 😀

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He'd like you, too!!!

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