When I'm feeling too miserable to do anything productive or fun (because I can't concentrate), I sometimes get the brilliant idea that I should go out and take a long walk or a looong ride on the bicycle. It's brilliant because it's an activity that doesn't require concentration, but more importantly because it gives a healthy dose of physical exercise and fresh air that I otherwise don't bother investing time to get. Perhaps the most important thing though is that I'm 99% sure I always feel better afterwards... but even if the mood wouldn't change it still remains a fine choice of activity (due to the lack of good options and the long term health benefits they all say you gain from being physically active).
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Tobias 1104~3Y
That's definitely a way to get several benefits at once, and I'm glad that walks help you in that way!
I used to go out for a couple of long walks a day while listening to audiobooks, which helped immensely... though recently I just end up feeling frustrated that there's nowhere to wander other than the same routes I've already travelled hundreds of times before, and my mind starts fixating on physical anxiety symptoms which build to the point of panic about some ridiculous imagined situation like wetting myself an hour from home and having to walk back in embarrassment.. or worse, I'll have some brain-related episode and just fall unconscious or something too far from 'safety'. Anxiety disorders are great, you know, I'd really recommend them to anyone.
Still, I should go out for more walks! I've only been managing maybe one 10-minute walk a week recently, so maybe I need to make a goal of improving that.
I used to go out for a couple of long walks a day while listening to audiobooks, which helped immensely... though recently I just end up feeling frustrated that there's nowhere to wander other than the same routes I've already travelled hundreds of times before, and my mind starts fixating on physical anxiety symptoms which build to the point of panic about some ridiculous imagined situation like wetting myself an hour from home and having to walk back in embarrassment.. or worse, I'll have some brain-related episode and just fall unconscious or something too far from 'safety'. Anxiety disorders are great, you know, I'd really recommend them to anyone.
Still, I should go out for more walks! I've only been managing maybe one 10-minute walk a week recently, so maybe I need to make a goal of improving that.