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Not to oversimplify, but generally, I stay away from toxic people. no_hypocrisy Dec 2012 #1
Hmmm... I think it might actually be that simple. RevStPatrick Dec 2012 #9
+1! Viva_La_Revolution Dec 2012 #11
Exactly. Zoeisright Dec 2012 #14
Exceptionally good advice... Science Geek Dec 2012 #56
So...*ahem*... oh reiki ur so fine Dec 2012 #61
Welcome to DU. no_hypocrisy Dec 2012 #67
It's a great question and a constant challenge. Simple answer - family, pets, hobbies NRaleighLiberal Dec 2012 #2
Well, it helps to have enough income to have a safe shelter, food Cleita Dec 2012 #3
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Your perspective is a 180 from my own. mahina Dec 2012 #5
Fish and ReasonsVoice begin to smell after three posts. Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #39
Fer Chrissakes, we already have heard why Canadian health care is so awful Cleita Dec 2012 #10
Hospital stays in Canada are longer-not shorter Progressive dog Dec 2012 #13
And the Canadian system is near the bottom of the better systems. Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #40
I go swimming in the ocean as often as possible. mahina Dec 2012 #6
Peyote nt Zorra Dec 2012 #7
Isn't it almost extinct? Nevernose Dec 2012 #25
Yes, it is becoming scarce in this country because of cattle and people Zorra Dec 2012 #59
The secret dipsydoodle Dec 2012 #8
+1000 on Dancing AndyTiedye Dec 2012 #43
cannabis TeamPooka Dec 2012 #12
contentment and seeing the glass as half full. seeing the good in people loli phabay Dec 2012 #15
After the challenges and personal trials of this year, it's a challenge keeping sane Siwsan Dec 2012 #16
Stewart & Colbert helps me alot. I'd rather laugh at the insanity instead of cry think Dec 2012 #17
I look at the big picture.... Webster Green Dec 2012 #18
walk a lot every day..... dhill926 Dec 2012 #19
The bottom line for me is exercise. Daily. enough Dec 2012 #20
pills and booze, of course. dionysus Dec 2012 #21
Turner Classic Movies frazzled Dec 2012 #22
Yes, sir. Skidmore Dec 2012 #24
Fiction, where the good guys always win NV Whino Dec 2012 #23
I have a number of methods mythology Dec 2012 #26
Mindfulness and mixed nuts gulliver Dec 2012 #27
The Victorain writer Thomas Carlyle, in "Sartor Resartus," offered up coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #28
I play with kittehs, listen to music and have a beer now and then darkangel218 Dec 2012 #29
Kittehs!! IDoMath Dec 2012 #55
Who told you I was sane to begin with? LadyHawkAZ Dec 2012 #30
You have to have a sense of humor notadmblnd Dec 2012 #31
Changed my lifestyle from too much sedateness to diet, exercise, wellbeing graham4anything Dec 2012 #32
Yes, all of the above and BellaKos Dec 2012 #33
I remember that, in the end, we're all going to die and I rely on myself for my own happiness. Brickbat Dec 2012 #34
Yes, alcohol helps. RebelOne Dec 2012 #36
You don't tama Dec 2012 #35
no one stays sane or well in an insane sick world. but the more money you have, the more HiPointDem Dec 2012 #37
Hibernation. southerncrone Dec 2012 #38
After listening to four generations of family and observing more friends and Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #41
Glad you asked. I realized today I was getting unbalanced again. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2012 #42
I read a lot of fiction. Louisiana1976 Dec 2012 #44
I meditate and make art jewelry quaker bill Dec 2012 #45
Simple, really davekriss Dec 2012 #46
Developing a good sense of humor about it all, with a large dose of humility and cynicism. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2012 #47
CrossFit and yoga. Nt a la izquierda Dec 2012 #48
Family, yoga & meditation. N/t peace13 Dec 2012 #49
Hobbies and outside interests other than politics. nt Raine Dec 2012 #50
I'm not sure I do NoOneMan Dec 2012 #51
Do stuff with my niece and nephew. Odin2005 Dec 2012 #52
Transcendental Meditation and trying to keep a sense of calmness in ones mind ... RKP5637 Dec 2012 #53
The same way I survived High School, I know I have a way out IDoMath Dec 2012 #54
Photography & DU's Photography Group Solly Mack Dec 2012 #57
Tune in, turn on, drop out. graywarrior Dec 2012 #58
I don't Blasphemer Dec 2012 #60
I avoid foolish conspiracy theories... brooklynite Dec 2012 #62
I walk, every morning in the forest Canuckistanian Dec 2012 #63
Wow, some great responses--DUers are so wise and creative... CoffeeCat Dec 2012 #64
to late MFM008 Dec 2012 #65
I exercise every day malaise Dec 2012 #66
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