The Jubilation Station

Learning to cope with my anxiety and to love myself. Hope I can help you do the same.

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[thejubilationstation]

A model

[ptsdconfessions]

Clean your room - or at least your desk/bed/floor. It will help your head to feel clear too.

Open your curtains & windows - fresh air and natural light can do wonders in my experience. Plus, it helps regulate your sleep, appetite, and mood.

Take a shower or have a bath - especially important if you haven’t had one in a while. This will help you feel refreshed.

Put on clean clothes - and put the clothes you were wearing in the wash.

If you tend to spend all your time in your room, get out of it for a bit - do something in the kitchen or lounge, or go for a walk (even if it’s just around the block)

Stretch - there are plenty of stretching and yoga videos on you tube. Look some up and give them a go.

Drink a glass of water - and keep one near you too. I’m sure you already know this, but staying hydrated is important.

Get the hard/important tasks out of the way while you have the energy - when we have mental illness, running out of energy early in the day is very normal. Try to get all the most important things done first.

Have some comfort food, but make sure you eat healthy too - it’s alright to eat something you like, but have some fruit and vegetables too. If you don’t like plain fruit, consider making a smoothie instead.

Set some goals - it doesn’t matter how small or big they are (eg. have 3 meals today, go for a walk in the afternoon), whether they are daily or weekly, but achieving goals can make you feel as though you have accomplished something.

And finally, remember that it is okay to have bad days - bad days don’t mean you’ve lost all progress in your recovery, and they don’t make you worthless or a bad person. Don’t give up just because you’ve had a bad day/week/etc. It’s okay to have days that don’t go so great. Stay strong xx

[adifferentwordforeverything]

“What ever happened to mental hygiene?” he asked rhetorically. “It doesn’t exist—and never did. When you went through high school, you were never taught how to deal with stress, how to deal with trauma, how to deal with tension and anxiety—with the whole list of mood impairments. There’s no preventive maintenance. We know how to prevent cavities. But we don’t teach children how to be resilient, how to cope with stress on a daily basis.”

— William J. Broad, The Science of Yoga: The Myths and the Rewards

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stop saying yes to the shit you hate

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stop saying ‘its fine’ to the shit that aint

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Stop saying ‘don’t worry about it’ to the shit that makes you uncomfortable

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positive affirmation 🌙

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Yogi Turtle’s self-love reminders

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[thejubilationstation]

Progress

You might think you’ve made no progress in the past couple of days weeks months or even years BUT

think about how much more comfortable you are at your job than you were when you started. Think about how you did that thing that was really scary at the time and you made it through it. Think about the nights you thought you would never fall asleep but you eventually did! Think about how your posture is a lil better or you eat a little better or you cleaned your room or you picked up that sock that was on the floor for forever or you started using a little bit less plastic or you completed a small goal.

We’re all making progress literally all the time and we we don’t even realize it!! We’re doing great!! Proud of us!!

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You are wonderful and important and meant to be here

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reminders to myself:

- i am not a burden

- i am allowed to make mistakes

- i am not worthless

- i have purpose

- i am loved even if it doesn’t always feel like it

- i have a future

- i am not a bad person

- i am trying my best and that matters

- i deserve to love myself

[athenastudying-deactivated20220]

destroy the idea that intermediate goals aren’t important. maybe you can’t play the entire piano piece yet, but you can play the right hand and that’s good. maybe you haven’t figured out your major yet, but your minor or your field and that’s progress. maybe you can’t hold a full conversation in your target language yet, but you can ask for directions and that’s fine. setting high goals is good, but don’t diminish the small goals you achieve on your way there. they are just as important.

[cheruib]

oh haven’t you heard???? things will get better and you will be okay

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