I didn't want to do it and have been avoiding it for a long time but I've taken to wearing headphones, listening to music everywhere I go now, as a coping mechanism. It is helping to keep me in a better space but I was hoping I could cope using the power of my own mental processes - which hasn't worked sufficiently in all these years! Oh, well. I'm thinking that the relief music gives me might actually strengthen my mind at the same time. We'll see. I'm coping. 👍