How do you cope?

@AbigailMadden Not the best coping mechanism, but throwing myself into my work. To prevent myself from harming myself or laying in bed hating myself, I stay as late as I can at my job- at least at my job I can pretend to be functional/someone else. 

So if you are a student or in the work force and you feel like you've got nothing to hold on to, you can use work as an anchor.

When that doesn't work, I call or text a friend.

And when nothing seems to work, I just force myself to stay out of the house as much as possible- even if I just sit at the library doing nothing. It's better than rotting in bed or harming myself.

Oh, and if you have a pet, that's another great way to cope. When I can't leave the house, I just lay down next to my cat and it makes things a little better.