what do you do to lift your mood up?

i saw a similar thread on another forum i like to visit and there was a similar thread named "what do you do when you are angry?" i thought this was a little negative so i wanted u guys to share things you do that make you feel better

i want to know something that can completely change your mood from bad to great!

personally i listen to peaceful music, here is a piece i wanted to share;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Af372EQLck

i play video games too but nothing changes my mood quite like a good piece of music

Hang out with friends and have a smoke and lighten up the mood with some kickass humor. :D

If I'm at home I sometimes check the rageparty topics. They always make me feel better =D

Otherwise I'll think of something interesting to do with my day. No use sitting around being grumpy tbh!

I actually have a list of either over 100, or over 200, things to do when you're in a bad mood...

Anyway... here's what I do:

1) Go online, message boards
2) Go online, chat rooms or instant messenger... talk to someone that seems to cheer you up
3) Tell someone important to you. Call them, or go talk to them about it.
4) Pet the dog
5) Think about someone or something that makes you happy
6) Take a "happy pill", then go lay down.
7) Take a walk
8) Pet dog
9) Watch a movie

I just talk to my friends about it or girlfriend, they help me feel much better and put it behind me. If i got noone to talk to though i'll just eat a lot of food and watch TV to take my mind of it, after i always think it was stupid in the first place.

Usually either listen to music or pickup my guitar.

If you like that btw exy, youtube Trace Bundy's version. It's my favourite :)

But, here's some artists i like listening to when pissed off:

John Butler
Erik Mongrain
Newton Faulkner
Jason Mraz
Trace Bundy
Andy Mckee

I go home and start breaking everything in my room. I know it's fucked up but it helps me for some dumb reason and then go to sleep, no matter what time it is.

Listening to loud music + sorting my thoughts.
Also going to a gym is helpful :P

I usually just listen to music and start writing. Helps to get my head organized and my thoughts really flowing. I just feel fully at home when writing a piece of my story or if i don't do that i go and do some math. For sum reason physics and math problems calm me down (unless they're a huge pain in the ass lol)

Writing always helps me too, either stories, letters to ppl who pissed me off (that I don't send) or poetry.

Writing a funny program that does silly stuff helps.

Getting something done (something to feel accomplished for even if it is small, like cleaning the bathroom)

Listening to music, talking to friends

Depends on how and why I'm down.

Summoning Bob Marley ALWAYS does the trick.

I listen to music, work out, go out for a run or walk my dog.
Or just let it all out on my unsuspecting friends...that usually works out the best.

Looking out the window for endless hours. Yes, I am a cat.

hmm few ways either
1. go out and get drunk with m8s
2.go out on the pull while being really drunk
3. chill with girl im ment to be seein -_-
4. wen really bored at uni have something that will make me hallucinate *_* fun seein what shit i see lol

xanax always cheers me up

- MUSIC! usually something like happy hardcore, or some loud screams with heavy riffs.
- coming here to RZ
- turning on MSN
- going out to cheer up with friends.

Definetly got to be music, or a good action movie does it for me.

Picking my girl on Friday a spent the whole weekend with her ^_^;

Usually if I'm in a bad mood I'll go across the road to the park and just kick the footy around with neighbours and brother, we have a big field across road and just passing a football (not football aka soccer but NRL/Rugby etc) around, sometimes just having a competition who can get it stuck in the tree is pretty fun and climbing like 20m in air to get it back down, just something to do but mainly we do this when we're bored, I'm never really in a bad mood I just don't worry about too much crap going on around me, like I care if people are hurt and stuff but I don't go angry when I don't get my way or something, we also have a gym in our garage that my brother and I put together and normally we just have our mates around just train whether it be just light training but it gets to be a massive sausage feast every once in a while though.

I do a lot of things when Im a lone that will cheer me up, since I've lost a lot of my friends due to Jealousy and racism.
I listen to music of course, I start of with stuff like The Postal Service, Motion City Soundtrack, Unwritten Law.
After Im satisfied, I pick up my guitar and start playing, I usually play it non stop for 3 hours, thats when Ideas pop in my head and rhythms start to sounds like more like beats and slowly evolves to a fully rhythmicly song.
After it sounds good enough for lyrics, I go outside my porch and sit, just watch cars go by and people do their everyday routine, I take out my guitar and start playing the song, with minutes gone by I sing what I see, when hours gone by I sing what I've seen and feel; If all fails, I get my ass downstairs and try to play some Eric Johnson tunes LOL. I know it sound a little bit EMO like....

BUT I never ever, rely on technology to cheer me up, I only play it when Im bored. Technology = Entertainment
MUSIC = SOUL

i do actually grab it and lift it up :-p

Kyle <3 Postal Service

Tell me Mr LW, do you like Dntel, too?

i send silly emails to people at college.

or just just run about the house chasing the cat.

or i hold the cat

or i listen to very loud music

Work out lol, depending on the reason for feeling down, music normally brings me down more because it reminds me of what's upsetting me. Hanging out with friends is the best tho!

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Originally Posted by KyleEnos

Kyle <3 Postal Service

Tell me Mr LW, do you like Dntel, too?

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Yes I enjoy them as much as Postal Service, but I always go back to the roots of death cab for cutie when Im really in a weird mood I guess :eek6: