i'd love to hear how others manage to "keep it together". exercise seems to help alot lately for me. talking and writing is also good. sometimes, i wish i was religious cuz then it would all be figured out for me

But if you beleived that stuff, you'd be de facto insane.

but i wouldn't realize it so it wouldn't matter

BEAR HUG

I keep my sanity by not overly using it.

I think about this all the time.

-sleep
-write
-not

me too, its so easier to live your life if you're religious, but the thing is that life wasnt supposed to be so easy

i think that music, love and the eternal search for the truth keep me alive

um

can't really say i've ever needed to do anything to try and stay sane... comes naturally

just deal with it. stop being a bunch of emo pussies.

marijuana.

honesty, how refreshing

Ignorance is bliss. Bliss is for pussies.

Music is a big part of me keeping it together. Also, reading. I think a reason I am arrogant to an extent comes from an internal belief that in order to survive and maintain my sanity I have to be smarter and better than my environment. I'm not very good at accepting things. I try, in this order, to understand, overcome, or supress if necessary, things that bother me or stress me out. I've been close to losing it before, I don't think anyone knows really how close they get unless they have already been there, but one thing that pulls me back from the edge is the realization that actually losing it is some form of weakness, a form of giving up or giving in, and the desire to not have that as part of your history, the knowledge that you really lost it, helps in the willpower department. For me at least. I distinctly remember having to remind myself of that quite often during my last year as a marine. You know things are tough when you have to think about that so often, but sometimes you just have to fucking hang on and ride out (supress in this case, since understanding was pointless and overcoming was impossible) the bad times.

I wish I could hold on to my sanity.

The instant I go smoewhere too quiet or if I'm left alone for too long, random memories of stupid things I've said/done come rushing back to my head.

I promise you, that is quite far from insanity.

wife
kids
the occasional glimpse of beauty in everyday life
buzz-creating substances

meditation is good for this nick

it's not a real solution obviously (religion) i mean they tried really hard to get me to buy it (my family, the catholic church) it just defied logic. i was aware of that at a very early age.

i guess what i still struggle with that interferes with my peace of my mind is injustice. i can't get my mind to understand why some people suffer so and others are handed all the prizes. this causes me great disharmony. someone please explain it to me