Now, since graduate school is a darker version of college, how can I cop? I know graduate school is less social and their sex drive decreases, but can you recommend any good copes in graduate school?
I am currently in a Master.
And I mostly cope via talking to others on Discord/Telegram, via good music (mostly marching music & film music), via going into nature (particularly the mountainside & national parks), via lying in my bed, via angering normalfags on Twitter/other social media and doing long bathes (they help me with the back pain & headaches which become harder and harder) in my spare time.
I don't bother with being anything but mediocre in my studies or with being socially accepted irl anymore. If I feel good and the weather allows it I go to the parks where I sit on a bench and let the sun shine on me or to a zoo, aquarium, public plant insitute/collection or whatever like that (my jobs in the past allow me to go there for free). I am into zoology/plants & photography too (the latter for creating better memories). I set myself goals for things I want to see/observe.
I like to watch my old findings on my PC when I am down too. This often helps to cheer me up. I plan to have a collection of plant & animal pictures - I want to see all the orchids/parasites/carnivores/mountain plants/poisonous plants of my country.
Despite not being a good plant keeper I try my best and own pitcher plants & other carnivores. I like reptiles too and spend hours looking at their pics &/or vids about them. I sometimes write shit about them too in a data base (like a summary of all literature).
If I don't feel like leaving my house, I put on headphones & listen to music or Youtube while walking around/running around. One day I will acquire a boxing sack or a treadmill for my home, because I hate the gym and the fags/women there. When I am feeling extra-down I fap, watch TV and LDAR.
Each day I go to shower before sleeping, this feels like washing the dirt from the day away & enables me to think clearly. I then occasionally do a stretching exercise or lifting before sitting down to watch Forensic Files, Shark/snake documentaries or other programmes until I fall asleep; in the summer nights I go in black clothes & with a flashlight around the streets & woods before that. I then awake in the morning and start my day with a coffee and a yoghurt.
This enables me to live a peaceful & stress-free life. When I have my own surroundings I will maybe buy reptiles and/or fish and will definetely engage in taxidermy/osteology, fishing & weapon collection (all things not allowed by my parents). I will also join the Right-wing populist party here. Maybe I will get a GF eventually, maybe not - I don't care about it at this point and am at peace with my life.