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thepeacefulgarden · 8 months
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xxstrawberryfeelsxx · 11 months
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breelynnxoxoxo · 1 month
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WOULD YOU LIKE SOME? ☕️☕️☕️
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theoddsideofme · 8 months
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thoselovelythings · 2 years
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stimsandwhims · 4 months
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Fatigue just sucks. I'm working with a not yet diagnosed fatigue issue, and I've been working with my doctor for over a year to try to figure out what exactly it is, both of us trying to find an exact reason, instead of labelling it as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
But there's possibly nothing else left that it could be. My case is mild in terms of that disorder, technically, if it's that. It still ruins a lot of what I really could be doing with my life.
But, it also impacts things that I do to stim. If it's a really bad fatigue day physically, I'm not going to be able to use movement stims even if I want to - so I'll be chewing things a lot, I'll be messing with my hair, I'll be picking at my skin, and I'll be vocally stimming constantly.
If the fatigue is cognitive... I've found that I stim in more of a dissociative way. I'm not really conscious of it, might notice later what I was doing, but its so far out of my awareness because of how little energy I have to manage my brain. It's good, in a way, but it also means I end up wearing myself out physically by accident, or accidentally doing stims that are unsafe.
So.... I'm trying to start to pay attention to the stims I CAN do, on PURPOSE, when I'm fatigued.
I CAN ensure that I have something with a minky or velvet texture around.
I CAN keep a chewy candy around (Tootsie Rolls in my case are the least sensory ick - I struggle with sweets).
I CAN put only my toe on the ground when sitting, if it's just cognitive fatigue. (This naturally causes my body to stim with Shaky Leg™)
I CAN use essential oils in my diffuser with intention to feel a little better. (Or candle - I just choose the essential oil that matches the energy I need my body to take on. If people want, I can share about how I figured out which ones for what. I believe it depends on the person.)
I CAN make a list of all my tasks I need to complete, both easy, medium, and hard, and I CAN choose to only do one of them in a day. I CAN choose to feel good about doing any of them at all when my fatigue is bad in any department.
I CAN not judge myself for getting nothing done. I CAN be accepting and positive for letting myself rest. I CAN encourage myself to rest even though I want to do things, because it has consistently allowed me to do more later.
I CAN invest (yes, it is investing) in clothes and comfort items that improve my mental health, and physical health in result of that. For example, I bought myself pajamas for the first time in about 15+ years to wear at home.
I CAN allow myself to not get mad at my inability to cook when my fatigue is more severe. I CAN allow myself to restrain my urge to cook a LOT when my energy finally starts to catch back up, which allows me to last longer before the next flare.
I CAN love on myself, even if my body and brain seem to really have it out for me to make things just Hard.
And you can too. 💚
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introvertedx10 · 1 year
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callunavulgaris · 10 months
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An old, experimental piece that I found in my drafts folder. 
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liquidgirl13 · 6 months
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Guided Mindfulness Meditation - You are POWERFUL - Mental Strength and C...
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The 15 minutes of this meditation flew by and left me feeling like I'm on a cloud. Don't worry if you feel restless while listening. It takes practice to become completely in this state. Don't give up. Be patient with yourself. You deserve to be relaxed and centered. Be well!
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amyriadfthings · 3 months
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what he said
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thepeacefulgarden · 6 months
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xxstrawberryfeelsxx · 6 months
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✨new art project✨
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elzythedonkey · 4 months
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jmal0 · 9 months
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…𝓜𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝓥𝒊𝒃𝒆𝒔 𝓦/🐇 & 🐾
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littlewiseeyes · 10 days
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Remind yourself who TF you are when you find yourself lacking.
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beenjen · 1 year
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Day 1 on the Jen cares about Jen train -
Started the morning at 6 am…. Up and at em getting the kids ready for school. I make it easy on myself and have their bags and lunches packed the night before and lay out their clothes as well.
C took Jamis and I take Lilith a little later on Mondays so we can have a leisure morning getting ready. I dropped her off at 8:30 and made the 9 am yoga. It is was a great class. Sweat my arse off and it felt really good.
I stopped by co-op and picked up the plants I needed for the garden, replacement lavender as mine died this past winter in a below zero freeze we had and headed back across town to drop J’s lunch at school - getting back in the swing of things is hard and C forgot it lol
Then I came home and planted -
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The garden is in!!! I picked up these raised beds a couple years ago on clearance…. We put them together, finally, in March and filled them with dirt from my dads.
I planted all kinds of things…. Brussel sprouts, pole beans, okra, tomatoes, carrots, cantaloupe, watermelon, strawberries, a variety of sweet peppers, poblanos, egg plant, zucchini, spaghetti squash…. I think there’s more but I can’t remember.
We are hosting a baby shower for some friends of ours this coming weekend so I have been systemically cleaning parts of the house I sometimes ignore - cough, cough, the kids rooms, cough. I did J’s yesterday and L’s today. I haven’t gone through their closets, or clothes to change out for the seasons, but I changed their sheets, picked up all the toys so you can see the floor and finished up all the laundry. It’s not that it takes a super long time, it just takes time, which I seem in short supply of.
Then I went to my orthodontist appointment for my Invisalign. Guys!!!!! They took off all my attachments and buttons, et al today - it feels so good to have smooth teeth again. I can’t describe it unless you know about it first hand, it’s just so nice. They are making me a retainer, which I’ll wear for 6 months during the day and another for night sleeping. Finito. It was SUPPOSED to be 12-18 months and it’s been 27. It was getting long in the tooth, pun intended. Here’s to hoping no more snags… she even ground down some uneven spots and it seems unreal to have straight and even teeth. Happy camper over here!
It took much longer that anticipated and I had to leave before finishing x-rays to head BACK across town again to pick up Lilith for her ballet class. She has another week of class then season ending performance next weekend. I take the time she’s in her lesson to walk the neighborhood there as they don’t let you in for practice. I typically can get in 2 miles, which I did today, and that always feels good.
I was able to do all the things on my to do list. Go to a yoga, get in a walk, drink my water and we even had family dinner together tonight.
Feeing accomplished and hopeful for heading back into work. They caused some stress my first week off requiring things so urgently it supposedly couldn’t wait until I returned tomorrow, and I verified with the team nothing else was needed, fingers crossed I don’t walk in to a hot mess in the morning.
No hot messes for us team xx
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