...what helps you?
I find that watching movies and silly tv shows helps, but so does talking to other people. Like posting in the forums. I'm doing both at the same time and its really helping.
I think it does wonders when you don't feel like you've been left to deal with it all alone.
Quote from: LordKAT on October 22, 2014, 02:36:30 AM
I think it does wonders when you don't feel like you've been left to deal with it all alone.
Yeah I meant to add that there. It's a given! I felt so much better when I posted about my worries and got my first reply. Sometimes it does good just to be heard. to know someone knows and doesn't think it's completely meaningless.
Right now also this cake and ice cream.
Enjoy the cake and ice cream. Celebrate your birth of your new life.
You now have enough postings to PM people. If you need anything I will be here a while. It is 4:05 am though and I have to admit the eyes are a little tired, but if you need someone I am here. :)
When I am the most troubled, or frightened. When emptiness begins to overwhelm me there are three things that will almost always bring me back.
First is exercise. Going for a run or a long walk with my dogs seems to calm and bring focus to my world. That I am with two four legged friends who completely get me with no more expectation than a rub down brings me peace.
Second is service. There are parts of my life that are very hard right now, and sometimes I am overwhelmed. So I have providing help and service to my community programmed into my schedule. To recognize that I am one of the fortunate ones. I am warm, dry, fed, and loved helps me get out of self and into self awareness and gratitude.
Finally is contact with other people. There are people in my life that I can call if I need to at any time of the day or night. More importantly there are people in my life who I can call when I don't need to, but just want to, and who will always pick up and let me know that I am cared for. There are forums here where I can read or write a wall of text. Vectors that enable both learning and teaching.
For me being connected and the act of connecting are the warp and weft of the fabric that I call myself. Even in cyberspace those connections have power. And when they move from the abstract world of pixels to the concrete world I live in I cannot help but rejoice.
Annnd, ice cream helps too. ;)
Julie
Quote from: Jessica Merriman on October 22, 2014, 04:00:08 AM
You now have enough postings to PM people. If you need anything I will be here a while. It is 4:05 am though and I have to admit the eyes are a little tired, but if you need someone I am here. :)
Thank you. I don't know when this was(iI had to shower and get cleaned) but I'm sure by now you're asleep. I'm feeling tired too so I think I'll take a nap...
I remind myself that I'm stronger than this and don't want to be an f-ing coward. That just works for me though. If I am unable to get over my fear right away, I don't give up and I remind myself that I'm not going to let my fear get in my way forever and I keep trying.
food.
unfortunate, but typically I go straight to the food.
Quote from: GnomeKid on October 22, 2014, 10:57:06 PM
food.
unfortunate, but typically I go straight to the food.
Don't worry, we all do that sometimes.
For me it's always sweets.