tools to survive: Wisdom: Simply turn on the wisdom thought process & understand that the emotion or thought is harmful/negative/unbeneficial. Observe: Ur mind is not is not u and u cannot control it. Do not try to fight thoughts but just acknowledge them just as u will observe a friend who talks non-sense most of the time. Calm it down: Focus on breathing, breathe normaly, wen u inhale(say 1 in ur mind) wen u exhale,(say 2 in ur mind) The mind will wander off but bring it back to breathing. This will calm the mind as it has something to focus on rather than keep generating -ve & anxious thoughts. Diet: Try to eat healthy, eat veggies etc Stress: Avoid stressful situations, jobs, ppl etc. Music: Listen to calming music like kenny g. Buddhism: Study Buddhism, this will save u. Burden: Never over burden urself, do 1 thing at a time. Friends: Make friends who have soothing outlook. Movies: If u plan to watch a movie, choose a comedy one. Present Moment: Mind is always travelling in future or past, both r unreal. Bring the mind to present moment, live in the moment, thats only real, live in truth. Perfection: . Stop being a perfectionist, let ur mind b, let the things b. Ur mental health, being productive, staying calm etc these r more imp than chasing pergection. Regret: Stop regreting. Forgive: Firgive urself & others, peace is imp than holding to grudges. Focusing: Focus urself on present task at hand, for example may b u r walking, then keep saying in ur mind - walking, walking, walking...stay in moment rather than letting ur mind wander off. Gaurd urself from the trap: U can find urself repeating few words or a mantra in ur mind all the time, applying that to all the thoughts & situations...this means u in trap of ocd...this might work sometime but this will break off and u will face relapse, so better option not to do it in first place. Karma: Develop +ve karma like feeding animals, donating, helping, etc.. Excercise the emotions: Write down all the emotions on a paper: hunger, anger, fear, lust, hatred, bliss etc...then consciously create these emotions...first in sequence then in random order. First without expressions later with facial expressions. Contradiction Excercise: Create emotions but generate opp facial expressions. example: generate sad emotion but hv a big smile on face. These excercise helps to b more ar peace with ur mind & not fighing it all the time. Porn & Masturbation: Try to reduce & best is not to do it. Try focusing on breath to counter such thoughts. Rewrite Past: Rewrite possible versions of past which hv led u to this present moment. Write some good & some bad ones. Consciousness: B mindful of the mind. example: ur mind is developing anger, then say to urself - anger, anger, anger...so u r in moment, u r not fighting with the thoughts & u r acknowledging that its ur mind which is developing the thought/emotion n its not u. Alcohol, drugs, medicines: Try to minimize these and try to stop these one day. Develop ur own tools thats a healthier and reliable. Realistic goals: Make small & realistic goals in life & if u r not able to achieve them still b ok. only make 1 goal at a time...example - job, after u get job - bike, after u get bike - car, after u get car - degree...etc etc... Comparison: Stop comparing urself n ur life to others. Tools: Keep developing tools, u r warrior, comment if u hv anymore tools. "Its bette to win urself, than to win 1000 battles, 1000 times" - Buddha.