How Entertainment Can Fit Into Your Day To Day (Week Six)

In the last post, I talked about hobbies. In this post, I’d like to open the discussion up to anything that helps to distract you or make you feel good. There are a myriad of things that might fit that bill. In addition to blogging, if some of you have pets, I know that they […]

How To Create Your Own Entertainment (Week Five)

Do you have any hobbies? If not, can you get a hobby? If you have some hobbies, are you able to work on any of them? The only thing I am able to do with any consistency is blog. I can’t even engage in good personal hygiene. But, blogging I can do. To the outsider […]

How Entertainment Affects People With Mental Illness (Week Four)

For me, there is a possibility of becoming overstimulated. And, that seems to be fairly common for a lot of mental illnesses. What I’ve also noticed with my schizoaffective disorder, is that I can read into things and become delusional or have hallucinations. I oftentimes try and connect the dots, and when that happens, I’m […]

How You Can Use Entertainment (Week Three)

I use entertainment for distraction from my symptoms, and to try and enjoy myself whenever possible. In addition to watching movies and TV Shows, I also write electronic music. It has been awhile since I’ve had any motivation to do that. I keep saying I will create some music, but I am symptomatic enough that […]

Non-Helpful Forms Of Entertainment (Week Two)

Watching movies in the theater is costly, and it doesn’t usually work very well for me. You have the cost factor, and then there is my attention span, which is quite unpredictable. So, why waste money on something that is so hit or miss? I usually don’t, unless it’s a super big hit, or something […]

Helpful Forms Of Entertainment (Week One)

I don’t play video games. And, it took a lot of time and a lot of persistence for me to be able to watch movies and TV Shows. And, I still can’t just sit in front of the television for a movie or a show on command. Invariably, I will do something on my laptop […]

Entertainment And Mental Illness (A Six Week Series)

Every Monday for six weeks. Begins April 27, 2020! The components of this series are: April 27, 2020: Helpful Forms Of EntertainmentMay 4, 2020: Non-Helpful Forms Of EntertainmentMay 11, 2020: How You Can Use EntertainmentMay 18, 2020: How Entertainment Affects People With Mental IllnessMay 25, 2020: How To Create Your Own EntertainmentJune 1, 2020: How […]