I’m fine.
Really, I’m fine.
It doesn’t matter what’s in my head.
It doesn’t matter what happens.
Everything happens for a reason.
I just don’t want to be a burden anymore.
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Good morning bud. It sounds like you feel a little better this morning. Did you get some more sleep?
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Sorry, I was being sarcastic. I slept some. You?
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I slept from about 10:30 or 11pm to around 4:30am so a little less than normal.
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I slept from midnight to 2am then from 4 to 5. Then from 6 to 9.
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Hey @Moon my dude. Do you have any energy today to do something nice for yourself? Perhaps a nice snack, or 20 minutes sitting outside sipping tea?
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It’s taking all my energy to periodically take my dog out. I don’t feel like I can do much of anything. I was supposed to go work today.
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Hey, walking with the dog is great. There are some low stress activities I like to do to calm myself when I feel like I’m spinning out due to lack of sleep. Would you like to hear them?
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Sure 1515151515
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Some things I do to calm down are:
Put an ice pack on the back of your head. This will cool down your brain and reduce activity in your limbic system, where emotions happen.
Do a task with simple, clear steps. I like baking. I follow the recipe, and it’s easy enough that I don’t get frustrated, but it requires enough concentration that I don’t have room to think about other things. Cleaning also helps.
Engage your five senses. This will remind you what is real and what isn’t. Listen to soothing music. Smell something pleasant, like an essential oil. Suck on a hard candy. Look at pictures of things you enjoy. Feel something with an interesting texture, like a piece of Velcro or a stress ball.
Try to levitate something with your mind. You obviously won’t succeed, but it gets you to focus all of your attention on a single point outside your body, instead of on your thoughts. I like to use this on airplanes or in public places, because it doesn’t require you to move at all. It looks like you’re just daydreaming to observers.
Listen to a guided meditation recording
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@Ninjastar has some great advice, with the ice especially! My psychiatrist also recommended me to put an ice pack on my chest to activate my vagus nerve. I thought it was some tik tok hoopla, but apparently there’s some legit science behind it.
Don’t stress about taking a mental health day from work, I did that myself yesterday.
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