I’m Fine*

*mildly distressed

[sunshinesanctuary]

Alright, so I officially don’t care about anything but Good Omens anymore

I’ll be in dissociative pretend/ fiction/fandom land if you need me

[cuntvert]

The thing that I love about ineffable husbands is it’s just such a tender ship; even the angst is tender. And the fandom has just embraced that with open arms. The fanfic is tender. The fanart is tender. The various headcanons are tender. God, I love everybody in this bar. 

[oasissuggestion]

Do you have any tips for what to do when you're feeling very stressed/anxious? How do you relax?

I do ! I don’t get as anxious and stressed as I use to but I still do sometimes but in the past i did a lot of things, a lot of these things are probably really generic though

Watched my favorite youtubers or found new youtubers to watch

Rewatched my old favorite shows / animes / reread stories i really loved

Played with my pets ( if you have no pets a virtual pet can help ! )

Listened to HAPPY music,specifically feel good music, some people like listening to sad music but it doesn’t always help,listening to upbeat music helps ! Maybe music without lyrics is good too, like video game music.

Draw if you like drawing ! 

Write if you like writing !

Take a shower or bath, relax in them ! you deserve it

Play a video game you like that won’t make you angry or stressed

talk to someone ! you don’t always need a solution but just talking and having someone validate your concerns helps and sometimes people can offer nice help !

if you are able to take an hour nap maybe ? i know it’s a typical thing to take naps to ESCAPE depression and stress instead of deal with it but sometimes you just need some rest and you do deserve rest just so long as you don’t use it to get away from those things rather then to help with completing those things

write down what you need to do that might be stressing you and make a plan ! try to rationalize it all as best you can, when you are anxious it will blow things up a lot so trying to rationalize your thoughts will help bring you down from that anxiety high 

hope any of this helps ! it’s very in general things but sometimes having someone tell you a solution can help a lot

[brutus--rex-deactivated20240429]

Things that help me cope with anxiety

Hot baths

Steamy tea or cocoa

Cuddling cats

Watching Disney movies

Listening to Harry Potter audiobooks

Falling asleep to calming music or ambient noise ASMR

Curling up in warm, fluffy blankets

Drawing pretty girls and boys in a sketchbook

Coloring books!!

Being open and expressing my worries to good friends and close family, who reassure and comfort me.

Playing Animal Crossing

[adamthegirl]

[cmonxlegend]

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I was going through old files earlier, and found this audio I forgot to post. It helps with my anxiety, so I thought I’d share it, in case anyone else needed it. Full transcript under the cut, and never forget that you’re enough. [xx] ❤

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[toastyglow]

Hello! I'm very sorry to bother you but I read your post on intrusive thoughts and wanted to ask your opinion. I very often get flashes of situations where I harm myself (by accident or on purpose) but never other people. What happens is that I am thinking about woodworking, for example, and I picture and kind of experience what would happen if I sawed my finger off. My mind kind of blacks out and my response is often to cover my eyes. Are these thoughts considered intrusive? What can I do?

yes, that’s absolutely a kind of intrusive thought!  if this is really distressing for you, the basic gist of what I’ve learned from the book I like so much is:

-they’re entirely natural (which is why everyone has them)-they don’t mean anything, and thoughts don’t have any bearing on the real world-they do not represent things you actually want to do.-also: when you are immersed in an anxious state, your brain gets very focused on Needing To Do Something Right Now, which is part of what makes the thought feel like an impulse.-(although of course these kinds of thoughts are SO widely varied that they’re not always based on picturing yourself doing something, and can sometimes be just an image or a feeling)

steps for handling it in the moment:1. identify it as an intrusive thought2. recognize that it’s just a thought (not reality, no bearing ON reality)3. accept it (this one is hard, and takes a little mental adjustment)4. just kind of float on the feelings you’re having (again, requires mindfulness and a recognition that your brain is just gonna do its own thing)5. let time pass (because if you don’t give it attention, a fear response only lasts so long)6. continue with what you were doing as soon as you can.

anyway, having said all that, again, I got it from a book and am not a trained professional, so YMMV!  if it’s severely affecting your everyday life, please do seek professional help.  again, having these thoughts is normal!   becoming overly conscious, fighting against them, and getting super anxious about it, not so much.  but you’re not alone either way. <3 

[rollerskatinglizard]

Quick Self-Care/Relaxation Tricks

1) Are you breathing shallowly? Breathe slow and deep (try a count of four seconds in, six seconds out) three times in a row to lower your stress hormones, coax your body out of fight-or-flight, and think more clearly

2) Unclench your teeth and relax your jaw

3) Widen your angle of view to use your peripheral vision! Tunnel vision/only taking in what’s right in front of you tells your body that there’s a predator or imminent danger, and most of us spend all day like that. Widening your awareness as often as possible to what’s on either side of your direct focus is grounding and relaxing

4) Are your shoulders hunched? Is your head jutting forward on your neck? Correct your posture any time you think about it - better sometimes than not at all, right?

5) Are you still breathing slow, or had you gone back to shallow breaths already? I had!

Calm breathing and peripheral vision, you got this! I believe in you! <3 <3 <3

[gentle-reminder]

gentle reminder

suffering from panic or anxiety attacks does not mean you are weak

[pointlesdinosaur]

who is she

[pointlesdinosaur]

[tastefullyoffensive]

(via vnevah)

[pointlesdinosaur]

My brother threatened to stab me and my mom thinks I should just forget that?

[pointlesdinosaur]

Does anyone else’s parents refuse to ask the other a question for you? Like I’ll ask my mom can you ask my stepdad something (cause they’re in the same house/room) and she’ll be like why don’t you ask him? Like?? I’m not home he’s right there just ask please?? I’m 18 help??

[pointlesdinosaur]

Consent is important

[sixredflowers]

When you hear that Zuckerberg lost ~17 million because fb shares went down 20%

[sixredflowers]

When they tell you to use “strongly dislike” instead of “hate”

Me: I hate that.