Get out and exercise. Go to a movie. Go to the zoo. Go to a concert or the opera or the ballet or a comedy club. If you live in a rural area, go to the city. Go to a Meetup outing. Take yoga. Cat yoga. Ride a bike. Take some cooking classes. Bake. Go hiking or running. Write in a journal. Write a book or short story or some poems. Go to a wine tasting. Find a group therapy group to join. Start collecting something. Practice mindfulness/read about it. Meditate. Learn about breathing and Buddhism. Go to church or temple or the mosque. Take a trip somewhere cool. Sign up to rock the infants at your local maternity ward. Volunteer at a soup kitchen or Habitat For Humanity. Buy some comedy DVDs and watch them. Binge watch a season or two of a show you've been wanting to watch. Go snowboarding or skiing as soon as there's snow. Go fishing. Go to the self help section at your best bookstore and find something to read. Get a good novel while you're at it. Paint or sculpt or blow glass. Take classes in these activities. Plan out a really special trip you have always wanted to go on and then go do it. Learn how to fly. Go to the beach for a quiet week or weekend. Rides horses. Get a cat or a puppy or some other animal you like. Learn about CBT and REBT and DBT and Shame Resilience. Volunteer at your local hospital. Get involved in a cause like climate change or homelessness or spousal abuse or battling white supremacy. or women's rights in the Middle East.
I am sure there are a lot of other activities, but these are a few that came to mind. I am so sorry you are hurting. I guess the bottom line for me when I have felt similarly to you now is to not isolate--as much as that is possible. Isolation makes everything worse when I have felt the way you do. Getting active, even though you don't want to, is, I think, the path to feeling better. I also really like yoga and mindfulness and meditation and Buddhism, even though I am a Christian. I find it to be very practical. I hope you feel better soon!!
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