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I sleep it off then I do things that I enjoy or talk to others.

lots of instances where this happened to me.

the worst one is when im absolutely fine and ive got all i need but im still sad.

really, i just try to keep living and hanging in there. its the only way to go. you cant go back, but only ahead.

Crying is always good. There was this one point where I was so depressed but I couldn't cry and it jut ended up in random panic attack whew that was terrible.
Now I just continue therapy (I think it's been like 10 months now) and talk a lot about things I don't disclose to most people around me. It helps to talk I guess.
I also used to keep a journal and just wrote out whatever I was thinking but quit out of laziness. Found it the other day.

i remember when my ex left. i'd cry myself to sleep like every night. i think i quit my job after cuz i was depressed and didn't give a crap about life. i never recovered from it. it gets worst some days. i feel better if i keep busy or talk to other people or do things that interest me or post on basil (i never post here when i had a gf LOL). in short, to recover from a breakup, find someone new that is better, hotter, treats you nicer.

I rarely ever get sad. But when I do get sad, I get very very sad to the point of simply surrendering to my emotions.
It's okay, though. Because after a while or after the night, I'd be back to my normal, apathetic self again.

During a period time in which I was majorly depressed, I remember talking a lot about it with others, writing a lot, listening to triggering music... to sum it up, catharsis was, and usually is, my coping mechanism-- though it wasn't the way I got over the main issue. The depression went away on its own, for the most part.

Poop it out.

listening to music. songs with lyrics and themes you can relate to can make you feel like you arent alone.
maybe even allow you to emotinally release all the crap built up over the years.

sleep, read, go on walks, hang out with friends. after feeling sad for some moments, i gradually begin moving forward.

@wanton
yes, optimism at its finest. you make alot of sense. i do that too, let the sadness settle in until it goes away naturally.

i cry, and go to sleep. Then when i wake up i feel a bit better and always remind myself that this is part of life, and i shouldn't force myself to cheer up as quickly as possible, because this sadness is part of life and happiness is not achieved, but rather it is a temporary emotion, just like sadness and then i become chill like ya bruh

I watch Korean Dramas, and listen to the sad K-Pop ballads reflecting on what happened

go outside and do something with friends. personal experience from last summer where i nolifed anime for like a million years

I never get sad, I realize that the circumstances were either in or out of my control, if they are out of my control, I don't worry about it, if they were in my control, I learn from it in preparation for a similar situation. Time is too precious to waste on trivial details like how and why I feel sad, when I could spend that time doing something entertaining.

Cry, eat, sleep, watch something fun, talk to someone.

Murder

Sleep it off.

I sleep a lot and binge on something like t.v. or youtube or video games. It doesn't actually help though and I never get over it and I cry and it just stays forever. Yep that sounds about right.

Cry.

(Granted, I don't recommend this method, but it's what I do and I wish I didn't I wish I could be positive about things and be strong and solve my problems but instead)
I cry and sob until I'm tired and then I play sad music and think about everything I've done wrong and everything that's wrong with me.
I wallow in my sadness and let myself sink into it until I fall asleep

I don't...

it just sort of has its way with me

I just let it pass over because usually it just passes over pretty quickly.