General Discussion

hello all! when i made this thread i had a really bad day, but when i looked back i was able to find some of the better things that had happened. it really can help put your day in a better light, whether you're having trouble sleeping or just feeling down. if you don't want to talk about your day, feel free to say something positive about yourself. spread some love for every aspect of your life [emoji=heart size=1] [i][color=#345120][b][size=5]remember that if you can't think if a good part of your day, realize that you lived it. you lived another day and that's the greatest thing you can do.[/size][/color][/i][/b] i don't reply much anymore but i do follow this thread. if you ever want to get something off your chest, feel free! you can vent here, or pm me. i'm always here to listen c: i'm just gonna dump some music here, this gets updated occasionally so be sure to check back if you want more songs~ feel free to suggest some relaxing or comforting songs! [emoji=music note] [u]lyrical encouraging music[/u] --slower/sadder [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG0QleGD6UQ&frags=pl%2Cwn]BRVTHR - Rebuild You[/url] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2MdabCrA5Q&frags=pl%2Cwn]Curtis Walsh - Full Recovery[/url] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klYunO27EUo&frags=pl%2Cwn]Yungtown - I'll be There For You[/url] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpUP0jjicqY&frags=pl%2Cwn]The Hush Sound - You Are The Moon[/url] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRPyoPGO2vo&frags=pl%2Cwn]Gregory & the Hawk - Boats and Birds[/url] (this isn't the EP version, but i prefer this one) [url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvUYLLON82Gx6MW62xTLVLQ]everything Sleeping At Last has done.[/url] Saturn, Atlantic, You Are Enough, and Sorrow are my personal favorites <3 [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQVqeeuGjXs&frags=pl%2Cwn]Harrison Storm - Be Yourself[/url] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0LNhIaGAUw&frags=pl%2Cwn]Greg Laswell - Comes and Goes[/url] --more upbeat [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnpxmiABaB0&frags=pl%2Cwn]Yungtown - I Will Make It[/url] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCvmIV_bMgw&frags=pl%2Cwn]Chance Peña - Bad Days[/url] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UZcJSWyu_A&frags=pl%2Cwn]Rhys Lewis - Better Than Today[/url] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFaBmcCz_HU&frags=pl%2Cwn]Paradise Fears - Battle Scars[/url] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq8Dgcy4MDY]Owl City - Shooting Star[/url] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DavJ9UKS2ps&frags=pl%2Cwn]Owl City - You're Not Alone[/url] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPRR295afVM&frags=pl%2Cwn]Emily Warren - Paranoid[/url] --instant happiness [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhciLj5VzOk&frags=pl%2Cwn]Jump Up, Superstar! (Super Mario Odyssey)[/url] [emoji=music notes] [u]other lyrical songs[/u] [i][b][url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVoraDictyd89xgZt-J2Frw]just?? everything IndieAir has featured[/url][/i][/b] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7OE-EnkIcA&frags=pl%2Cwn]Hollow Coves - These Memories[/url] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkgFoVdwZuA&frags=pl%2Cwn]Hollow Coves - Coastline[/url] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9UYcnJlfKg&frags=pl%2Cwn]Dustin Tebbutt - Chasing Gold[/url] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwS0FAjVDh0&frags=pl%2Cwn]Fink - Looking Too Closely[/url] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj0TG-bwUYk&frags=pl%2Cwn]HAEVN - The Sea[/url] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esG8_WpreIU&frags=pl%2Cwn]HAEVN - Where The Heart Is[/url] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVUOTzoVeZA&frags=pl%2Cwn]Ben Howard - Promise[/url] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cFgrSage6Y&frags=pl%2Cwn]Message To Bears - You Are a Memory[/url] [url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMWdd9xaGXlgYHaTB8p4mdg]again with an everything, here's Radical Face[/url] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT_3HxwBZAA&frags=pl%2Cwn]Fleet Foxes - Blue Spotted Tail[/url] i LOVE fleet foxes, but this is the most calm song they have (and of course, be sure to check out the artists' other songs if you enjoyed them!) [emoji=music note] [u]non-lyrical music[/u] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFF8thVJSeg&frags=pl%2Cwn]Petit Biscuit![/url] i haven't heard all of their songs, but Alone is my favorite~ --video game music! [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS6bm6Uljsg&frags=pl%2Cwn]The Last of Us Guitar Medley by DSC[/url] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2n7ykN0x74&frags=pl%2Cwn]Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Kyne's Peace[/url] (really any skyrim music is really relaxing though) [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMC6Pc03rwM&frags=pl%2Cwn]Pokémon Colosseum - Relic Forest (30 min)[/url] ----zelda [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Siljd9PwKs&frags=pl%2Cwn]huge relaxing LoZ music compilation[/url] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgvR4lLqQMk&frags=pl%2Cwn]LoZ Skyward Sword Gate of Time (+some of Zelda's Lullaby) by The Toader[/url] - all of his covers are awesome! [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW4DwEN2CuU&frags=pl%2Cwn]Stargazing - a cover of Astral Observatory from LoZ Majora's Mask by Mark of Two[/url] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ancGlIRd-Fo&frags=pl%2Cwn]Awaiting Their Return - very beautiful cover of Grandma's Theme from LoZ Wind Waker, also by Mark of Two[/url] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uPckQ5z_dc&frags=pl%2Cwn]30 minutes of nice Zelda music covers by Juke Remix[/url] - another channel you should check out! lots of relaxing covers from lots of games [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCKRI_3q13Q&frags=pl%2Cwn]Open Your Eyes - LoZ Breath of the Wild remix by liltommyj[/url] ----animal crossing [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N4Nd0Ct5yU&frags=pl%2Cwn]nighttime animal crossing music[/url] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryyPW754sJQ&frags=pl%2Cwn]1 hour of rainy day animal crossing music[/url] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P591e7i7s0&frags=pl%2Cwn]Animal Crossing New Leaf - Stale Cupcakes (aircheck, not KK singing) extended[/url] [center]take a step back, breathe in a big, deep breath, and take everything one step at a time. 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I hung out with my friends after not seeing them for a longish time and we all had a great time. Got lunch and I got a fit of giggles halfway through and was pretty much crying laughing at everything that we talked about. (I had had a panic attack for a very silly reason earlier in the day and all the positive interaction really helped)

I ate a tasty sandwich and a GIANT cookie.

[quote name="Hogwarts" date="2018-08-21 17:55:56" ] I ate a tasty sandwich and a GIANT cookie. [/quote] GOOD EATING RIGHT THERE and @margomoon that's awesome!! [size=2](not the panic attack part but you get the idea)[/size] i honestly didn't realize i had missed some of my classmates until i was back at school haha

So glad your stressful moment ended up turning into a good one! It's always so good to remember the positive things that happen in life, especially on the hardest days. Thank you for sharing this post!

I myself have had a rough past 3 weeks. I've never really gotten along with my parents, but my father has been especially degrading lately, humiliating me in front of everyone, telling me I can't do anything, threatening to take me to a foster home, telling me that he thinks my mental issues are fake. I do ignore him mostly, but it still takes a toll sometimes, especially since I never really get the chance to hang out with anyone who I enjoy being around. I just try to remember that life is so rare and it's pretty cool to be conscious. Positive things that have happened lately... I've kept up with my homework well for once, and my teachers have praised me for it because they know how awful I am at that. Also have been talking a lot easier, my voice is odd and sometimes I have to pause before I say something because.. I just do.. and that hasn't happened much lately. Both nice things.

@Ooh aa i'm so sorry your dad has been like that! i know how one rude statement from anybody can really drag you down, even if you don't know them. i hope your relation improves! i've found that if i'm angry it helps to scribble down what i'm mad about and then tear it up (or delete it if you type it) so that can help if you're upset over something that was said. i believe everyone is special and made for a purpose and i'm sure that you're a great person!

and that's great!! i was horrible at keeping up with work in middle school but once i picked myself up last year when high school started the free hours just felt so much better. sometimes when i talk i'll mess up and kinda shut off for a moment, though it doesn't happen too often. one of my friends has a bit of a broken speech pattern but he's still understandable- we're all different and that's okay!

at first i honestly didn't think i'd end up responding to people on this thread but it just feels nicer to interact, yknow?

@spaceyfeather Thank you for the kind words! It's really less anger and more just feeling miserable. I have no desire to connect with my family any longer, so thats no issue, I think it's mostly because that's all I hear from other people for the most part. Like I said, I don't really get the chance to talk to people I enjoy being around, so all I hear is how useless I am and how when i leave in 2 years that I'm never welcome back. Thanks again! I believe I have made a purpose for myself as well, so that does drive me :)

And honestly I was a lot better about my homework in middle school surprisingly haha. High school has been rough on me because of that :p barely maintaining a 3.0 gpa because sophomore me was dumb. And I don't think I have a speech problem really, it's probably the fact that I don't speak very long very often, so when I do speak long I need to think a little bit. Nobody seems to mind but I'm always glad when I talk at a more normal pace. And interacting is totally refreshing, I agree. Especially on forums. Easier to respond to people than when you're face to face.

i just woke up lol
but while i was in bed, my cat went under my blanket and purred for a short while.. what a pure girl i love her

I had an amazing bath w/ a bath bomb and an iced coffee. Iced coffee makes everything better.

Although I had to work my day off, a visiting staff member I was working with was super nice. He showed me pictures of his dogs. c: