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re: How do you guys handle hard times?

Posted on 7/25/26 at 10:46 pm to
Posted by Obtuse1
Westside Bodymore Yo
Member since Sep 2016
31338 posts
Posted on 7/25/26 at 10:46 pm to
quote:

How do you guys handle hard times?


Depends on the type of hard times.

If it is the type that I have some control over the outcome, I throw myself into determining the best course of action to limit the impact or duration of the hard times.

If it is the type I do not have control of, I have the mental tools in my toolbox to deal with them in a constructive way and set them aside. Grief, fear, regret, shame, et al are things to be dealt with in a healthy manner and then allowed to trail off. Some present lessons for the future, some are just expected speed bumps in life.
Posted by Obi Wan Ryobi
Member since Feb 2026
489 posts
Posted on 7/25/26 at 10:49 pm to
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Recently diagnosed with prostate cancer.


You got a (serious) prayer from me and also a silent toast.

2 out of 3 ain’t bad
Posted by UFFan
Planet earth, Milky Way Galaxy
Member since Aug 2016
4065 posts
Posted on 7/25/26 at 10:54 pm to
I don’t discuss hard truths with somebody as dumb as UGA Alum.
Posted by FightinIrish
Kenner
Member since Jul 2026
18 posts
Posted on 7/25/26 at 11:06 pm to
Drinking is the only acceptable answer.
Posted by FriscoTiger
Frisco, TX
Member since Aug 2005
4939 posts
Posted on 7/25/26 at 11:17 pm to
Prayer, prayer and more prayer!!

Let me know if you want to talk about Prostate cancer. I went through it a few years back and I am now cancer free.
Posted by Boudreauboudreaugoly
Land of the Rice n Son
Member since Oct 2017
3270 posts
Posted on 7/26/26 at 12:09 am to
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race gas


You mean like nitromethane?
Posted by billjamin
Houston
Member since Jun 2019
19697 posts
Posted on 7/26/26 at 12:18 am to
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You mean like nitromethane?

When I can be around it. Mostly C25 and M1 these days.
Posted by Havoc
Member since Nov 2015
39657 posts
Posted on 7/26/26 at 12:21 am to
Yes, yes, yes.

Low dosage lexapro helps quiet the numerous voices telling you you suck (even despite notable personal success).
Posted by Riverside
Member since Jul 2022
11590 posts
Posted on 7/26/26 at 12:22 am to
Weren’t you just boasting on here a few weeks ago about getting a great job offer?
Posted by Boomer Rick
Member since Apr 2021
438 posts
Posted on 7/26/26 at 12:23 am to
Jerk
Posted by biglego
San Francisco
Member since Nov 2007
85734 posts
Posted on 7/26/26 at 12:35 am to
Go on a shopping spree. Treat yo self
Posted by UFFan
Planet earth, Milky Way Galaxy
Member since Aug 2016
4065 posts
Posted on 7/26/26 at 12:40 am to
The main thing I pray about is that I pray that UGA Alum will stop making so many awful threads on Tigerdroppings.
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
135166 posts
Posted on 7/26/26 at 12:40 am to
Honestly? Whatever works to get me through the moment. Whatever keeps me here today, works. Maybe I can find some better methods in the future but in the thick of it? Whatever keeps you going
Posted by ISEN_AG
ThunderWolf Manor
Member since Aug 2013
2386 posts
Posted on 7/26/26 at 1:02 am to
Don't be a little bitch.
Thats the answer. Even if you have to walk on coals from one issue to the next, just keep moving forward.
Posted by nealnan8
Atlanta
Member since Oct 2016
5248 posts
Posted on 7/26/26 at 6:25 am to
Drinking is about the worst idea during hard times, especially if you are depressed. Going on a weekend bender because something bad happened (loss of loved one, job loss, etc.), no problem. But sustained drinking while prolonged bad times exist is a really bad idea.
Posted by tigerjjs
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2006
1396 posts
Posted on 7/26/26 at 6:46 am to
For us, it’s helped to occupy the mind with our hobbies. Keep the household going, keep a routine. Make it to work but get a little more rest than normal. Exercise seems to help a little bit. Wife and I try to be more patient with each other, lean on each other. Thank God we get along. We try not to retreat from life, try to stay social. Sometimes you just have to go through the hard times, no way to get out of them except live through them.
It changes you though.
Posted by FearlessFreep
Baja Alabama
Member since Nov 2009
20420 posts
Posted on 7/26/26 at 6:48 am to
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Damn, I hope everything worked out ok.
actually it did, other than missing my folks who passed

cancer-free and enjoying my life more than ever before - i’m truly blessed

i pray that you get through this as well as i have
Posted by VooDude
Member since Aug 2017
3805 posts
Posted on 7/26/26 at 6:55 am to
Posting on here with quality threads that inflict my misery on you, except, I. Feel.
Nothing.
Posted by Hamma1122
Member since Sep 2016
22631 posts
Posted on 7/26/26 at 6:55 am to
When the going get tough the tough get going
Posted by Naked Bootleg
Premium Plus® Member
Member since Jul 2021
3971 posts
Posted on 7/26/26 at 7:14 am to
Alone time to think about all the good things life has given me over the years. Reflecting often leads to the realization that sometimes, “hard times” produced good things.
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