[theadhdgoblin]

I now understand what having frayed nerves feels like and anyone whose used this phrase before including me probably doesn’t know but now I know here’s a visual representation where I am the cat and the metronome is life.

Like this cat I flinch at even small predictable sounds have but the flinch feels like a nerve zap. Anywhere from my middle chest neck and the base of my head.

I can’t even watch this without involuntarily reacting to the sound exactly how the cat does.

I don’t know how to calm it down.

Can you get nerve fatigue?

Anyone know what this is or how to fix it?

[tarmvatska]

List of 100 distractions.

I wrote all of these for myself, but steal them if you want.

Find a new series to binge on YouTube or Netflix

Make a new playlist

Listen to loud music

Use stim toys

Sleep

Tidy your room

Go on a walk

Draw

Clear out your wardrobe

Paint on your walls

Try new makeup looks

Scroll on tktok

Play minecraft

Make more patches for your clothes

Add things to your amazon wishlist

Play/cuddle with your pets

Make/modify your clothes

Meet with a friend

Write poems

Put together new outfits

Make your bed/change the bed sheets

Take a really hot or cold shower/bath

Arrange your candles, incense and oils

Go on a bike ride

Sort your Pinterest boards into sections

Go on a drive

Read a book/listen to an audiobook

Make a list of places nearby that you want to visit

Learn a new instrument (mine are bass, ukulele, piano, guitar)

Get in the shower or bath fully clothed

Watch things from your childhood

Make a Pinterest board with outfits you want

Paint you nails

Bleach and dye your hair

Draw on your hands, arms and legs

Burn things

Do photography

Write a book (fanfic if you prefer)

Hold ice cubes on your stomach and thighs for as long as you can stand

Check in on fandoms you used to be in. See what’s happening and how things have changed

Listen to music you haven’t listened to in a while

Find pictures to print and put them on your walls

Buy new art supplies

Add new movies to your watchlist

Find someone new to talk to, maybe make a new friend

Get in contact with an old friend

Clean your tattoos/piercings

Look for more tattoo designs

Play The Sims

Sort through and throw out old art supplies

Rearrange your room

Vacuume the house

Polish everything

Smell things that make you happy (lavender, mango hand cream)

Write a letter about things you want to tell someone. Now burn it

Make your own alphabet and learn it until you’re fluent

Talk to your stuffed animals about your feelings

Curl or straighten your hair

Listen to a new band or genre/style of music

Watch bootleg musicals on YouTube

Find something new to hyperfixate on

Take online quizzes

Make an aesthetically pleasing video

Romanticise your life in writing

Draw the tattoos you want on yourself

Make characters on picrew

Drink tea/coffee/hot chocolate

Go skating

Masturbate

Watch Beetlejuice

Continue your book of shadows

Buy new jewellery

Cry. It sucks but sometimes you just gotta cry. That’s okay <3

Watch Jimmy Carr

Start a new journal

Decorate the front of your sketchbook

Declutter your phone

Smoke or vape. Whatever you choose

Learn about occult and witchcraft

Make a bullet journal

Sit on your windowsill with headphones on. It’s very calming

Meditate

Declutter your house/bedroom

Mess with people Omegle

Paint

Message/call/FaceTime a friend

Play among us

Make your room feel pretty and aesthetically pleasing

Rewatch your comfort shows

Write down everything you’re thinking, no matter how interesting

Go and buy yourself a new blanket

Take aesthetic pictures of yourself

Play the switch

Start naming random objects in your room

Reorganise you drawers/desk

Look at the most expensive houses in your area on rightmove (or some other housing website)

Go shopping for clothes (irl or online)

Make a bracelet

Bake/cook something

Clear out your social medias.

[horrorprincezz-deactivated20240]

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[justapeiceofshit]

[iamquietlydrowning]

[depresslife22]

[0nly-an-illusi0n]

[arieefineart]

Not enough/Too much by Ariee

[fightingborderline]

I feel like I am not enough and too much at the same time

[yuukihiro-deactivated20211225]

¿Te sientes constantemente vacío por dentro?

Do you constantly feel empty inside?

Photos by Dead by inside.

[villette1853]

soft in the middle, shelby eileen // 14 lines from love letters or suicide notes, david “doc” luben

[teenbeachmovie3]

moon song, phoebe bridgers

[niceaf]

I think ur a contra // Vampire Weekend

[uncomfortablenight]

Wainting for season 4

[broken--heartbroken]

“I shut myself away from everyone when I feel like things are beginning to get too much for me.”

— A.M.// overwhelming is not my thing (via tullipsink)

[theplaygroundoflove]

[broken--heartbroken]

“I miss what we used to have”

— (via hurting-inside-smiling-outside)