Tips for Disabled Regressors
Since I know theres a lot of disabled regressors out there, i thought itd be nice to create one of these posts for us. Here are some thing you can do help you regress through chronic pain and illness.
🖍 watching things on the TV is going to be your best friend as a disabled regressor. Find shows that help you feel small and watch them. You can cuddle up with lots of blankets and pillows and snacks on your couch, dim to the lights a little, and pretend youre in a movie theatre!
🖍 decorate your spoonie gear! Put rhinestones on your pillbox, put stickers on your mobility aids, whatever you want! Make everything pretty!
🖍 play with toy cars on the floor! Its fun to roll them across the room! I use to love Hotwheels when I was a kid!
🖍 make block cities, and then knock them down! Create roadways from your Hotwheels!
🖍 sing to your stuffies, or even have a whole concert with them
🖍use your regression journal to make an entry about how youre feeling right now. Use crayons and markers, stickers, doodles, whatever you want to express how youre feeling physically and mentally on paper.
🖍 use character creator apps (like the Pastel Girl and Monster Girl apps) to make a character who looks like how you feel
🍭 avoid candy! I know its super yummy but candy will seriously dehydrate you! So for every couple pieces of candy you eat, you should drink about a cup of water. In general though, try to avoid candy!
🍭 salty snacks: pretzels, Goldfish, Ritz Crackers, saltines, nuts
🍭 sweet snacks: grapes, granola bars, fruit cups, yogurt
🍭 yummy drinks: 100% fruit juice, gatorade, apple cider, sweet tea, [strawberry/chocolate/regular] milk
🍭 low-effort meals: bakeable goods (fries, tater tots, chicken patties or breasts, burgers, casserole, etc) or microwaveable goods (burritos, microwave meals, ramen, SpaghettiOs, ravioli, etc)
🌸 take a long, hot bath with your bath toys if you have them (if you can safely get up out of a tub)
🌸 take a long, hot shower - if you can plug the drain you can take a bath with the shower on and pretend youre a mermaid in the rain
🌸 rub yourself down with baby lotion
🌸 take pain meds if youre in pain!!!
🌸 put on clean clothes that help you feel small
🌸 wrap yourself up in blankets and take a nap with all your stuffies
🌸 or just lay down on the couch in a darkened living room for twenty minutes to rest your eyes (with your stuffies)
🌸 step outside. You dont have to go anywhere, you dont need to talk a 30 minute or even a five minute walk. Just stand in your doorway and experience the outdoors for a moment. Breathe in the air, look around at the scenery, feel the wind and the sun, the rain or snow. Listen for the calls of birds, for the sounds of the roadway, for the pit-a-pat of the rain. You are now practicing mindfulness. Do this as often as you can.
Hope this helps any spoonies who are struggling to relax and regress because of their pain.
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