- ice dives: if you find yourself ruminating or feeling impulsive or anything of that nature, fill a bowl with cold water and ice, take a deep breath, put your face in the water for 30 seconds and repeat until you feel a little calmer. It activates a dive response so all your energy goes into slowing your heart rate
- soothe with smell or taste,
- not for everyone but I love love love love looooove sauna’s
- moving my body in anyway can help - hot yoga, spin, jumping jacks in my living room
- alternative rebellion - get a tattoo! Get a piercing
a piece of advice I find really helpful too is: don’t move if your next move will make the situation worse
Mar 6, 2025
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*smell / taste - I light palo santo or sage and just sit with it and try to focus on the smells
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i like to ask myself “have i eaten within the last 4 hrs? have i drank enough water? am i overwhelmed by my environment?” and making sure those things are taken care of helps a lot with my own irritability that i didn’t realize was there.
taking a short 5 min. walk does a lot for ur mood, especially in the sunlight (as cliche and overused that advice is). and if i have no more energy and all else fails, i force myself to take a nap. when i can’t sleep, i do breathing exercises, and that helps me feel more calm too.
i hope that helps a little bit!! i feel ur struggle and i believe in u 🫶🐛 good luck
Mar 6, 2025
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here are some things you can do that might help
-clean ur space
-journal (brain dump)
-meditate
-move ur body
-take an everything hot shower
-change into comfy clothes
-eat a warm, comforting, nutritious meal
when i notice i'm in a rut i like to do these things to feel better and then slowly start getting into my routine again
Jan 12, 2025
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something about this video gets me thru the times when i don’t know what to do with myself: https://youtu.be/kXAv8RXmsrc?si=sEzFGI9QbGNpDZq_
jim carrey’s advice:
1. eat everything you see
2. if you start to spiral downward, turn the television on
3. change the pattern
4. have someone you know come up and smack you in the head
5. punch yourself in the leg
6. smoke. smoke as much as you possibly can.
i interpret these as:
1. just eat. nourish your body.
2. get out of your own head (tv is great, i use video games for this)
3. change. the. pattern.
4. and 5. stim!! and/or release your emotions! (don’t actually cause harm to yourself or others)
6. allow yourself to use whatever coping tools you have (if you already smoke, smoke. if you don’t, don’t start.)
idk how else to explain it, but for me, it works. hope this helps 🩷
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