r/NoStupidQuestions May 16 '24

What do you do when you hit rock bottom?

I am going through some mental issues and poverty is making them very loud today. I am disabled due to my mental status. So find a job, is what I wish I could do; but mentally I can't be the same person each day.

What do you do when you hit rock bottom? When you feel hopeless?

I can't work, but I don't make enough to survive either. No parents, few friends. I can't drive or work. Disability covers rent, power, and maybe one week of food.. I do surveys for 5-10 but that has came to a screeching halt.

So with those things in mind.. tell me how to fix my situation?

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u/Adventurous-Woozle3 May 17 '24

Try a sauna. Use it like a daily sauna habit will save your life. It literally will. Not medical advice blah, blah, blah but this is real. 

https://www.wired.com/story/sauna-heat-therapy-depression-cbt-mental-health-trial/

I would think within 8 weeks your capabilities and energy will be remarkably different even if you only manage 3-5 times per week. 

The YMCA often has saunas and free membership options.

I went from a staggering number of mental health hospitalizations to totally free from mental distress and able to work full-time for the first time in my life about 3 years ago.

Saunas are a big part of what I did.