I find its about having a balance between activity and rest, it's about having small goals that are achievable and also having those me/myself and i days can be great as well as if your like me you have to do a few activities one day and the next day u feel a little pooped, having those days when you have to care about stuff/worry or you only worry about things you really enjoy helps. I.e on my days off from life. I get cracking on my blog, writing my story and my minds attention is on those activities.
I am not thinking about having to go to town and problems I face on daily basis.
I also find that vaping no nicotine helps me to at times when i am stressed and gives me something to do with my hands rather than eat although i don't smoke. I also find avoiding too positive people, i.e people that deliberately go out of their way to make you feel like shit. I like being with positive people however if they come over as braggy it can really be really horrible for my mental health.
I also find its about finding what help you, for example avoiding the art group and music although doesn't solve the problem of having no friends to me its like i am getting away from the girl thats horrible there and there's this other woman who talks to monotone that I end up wanting to leave anyway as she's so boring. She talks as if she's reading the most boring article in a newspaper. So instead i've been on my mac doing my blog, story or doing studying.