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random mental health recovery tips cause why not

 Keeping a diary of ur mood, energy levels etc (whatever it is that you would like to improve) and ALSO looking at how it coincides with ur menstural cycle if you have one, and also any events in ur life THIS WAY you can track patterns of ur mood and notice what helps and what doesnt etc

create/ designate safe spaces if you can- for example if you go to work and need to be alone and safe where will you go? designate spaces eg the toilet or outside. for example at school i have designated this very empty outdoor space for me thats always empty and has fresh air. in my old school I had designated a specific toilet that felt calming to me idk ADDITIONALLY if you have your own room or any spaces that are completely your own then do what you can to make that space feel calming and safe to you- if not find other areas that you can go to when you need a safe space and need to be calm and alone- for me I have a lot of outdoor spaces like isolated parts of parks and whatnot

panic ritual: this one is a random one but it helps me a lot- i have a list of 3-5 activities to do whenever I panic like a little ritual. this deffo doesnt work if ur having a panic attack but if ur just worrying and overthinking and feeling anxious its a good way to get ur mind off of things and get you doing something else. for example for me if i am at home i do some skincare and then i get some fruit or veg and chop them into tiny pieces which calms me down a lot and then i sit down and watch a comfort tv show or movie while I eat the tiny fruits- or I make a hot choc depends what I have in the fridge.

setting small goals in random stuff: for example setting goals in things outside of your paid work or academics- things that you are not at all required to be good at, for example fitness goals (such as run a 5k) or musical instrument goals like learning a new song on guitar or learning a new language for fun of picking up a new hobby like painting or knitting.- this generally increases ur confidence and makes you feel more capable when you achieve these goals but even if you dont achieve them, they dont matter a lot to your career so its not vital that you achieve them

protein- i never eat enough protein or even know how much of it i should eat so after some research you should basically eat your weight in kg multiplies by 0.75 and that should be how many grams you should eat daily- for example if you weigh 50kg you should eat roughly around 37.5g of protein per day. it gives you energy and stuff so its cool i guesss ALTHOUGH IF YOU DONT FEEL COMFY TRACKING THAT PLEASE DONT, THIS IS JUST A SUGGESTION ROUGHLY PLS DONT COUNT MACROS IF YOU DONT FEEL COMFY WITH IT

actually communicate with your loved ones and support systems, it can be scary but it is always so so helpful

THAT IS ALL I HAVE TODAY WOOHOO lets hope i follow my fucking advice for once and fix my mental health

Not to sound like a broken record with this, but how is it possible that this is the life that we need to follow in order to cover the most basic of our necessities? Food? Shelter? Hygiene?

How is it possible that I have to torture myself for five days a week only to be demolished the only two days that I actually get for rest, and not being able to complete any of the things I want to do? The things that keep me still slightly sane?

And on top of that, whatever free time we've got during the week goes to trying to be a functional adults most of the time: grocery shopping, cleaning, cooking, trying to interact with people (but failing, 'cause tired).

I think I get especially haunted by these thoughts during winter because I just... Can't even seem to enjoy the day at all. I wake up with a dark sky, it's dark when I finish my hours. EIGHT HOURS. It's not fucking fair. Who told typicals this is the way they should live? Who told them this lie?

And why did everyone agree with this?

I will never shut up about this, nobody should ever shut up about this, we are not supposed to live like this. We should not have to live like this. We cannot always have our basic needs behind a paywall. We cannot be working full time jobs and still not being able to afford to live.

What the fuck is this?

Mind // Slip

Probably my favourite of the three; more OC stuff as a vehicle for exploring my feelings, digital paintings from last year. This one was definitely about my anxiety and depression and trauma response brain soup, where everything felt very smeared and brain foggy/groggy. I'm grateful that I don't feel this way that often anymore. It holds a bunch of 'modern au' OC vibes, which still follow the themes of the Rotherim(fantasy) canon, but with the addition of thick rubbery thigh-highs! More on that to come since the modern stuff has been more of my focus of late but in the meantime I wanted to populate the blogggg (which will in fact be just a lot of Ethiras probably?)

Overheard in the ER:

“I don’t have psychological problems. How can I have psychological problems when I have telepathic powers? The higher beings I work with would know if I had psychological problems.”

You need failures in life To be proud of who you’ve become. You need times of doubt  From yourself and even others  In order to look back and realize  How much you’ve grown. -- meridianbymidnight 

practise disappearing

emotional processing is so funny because sometimes you’ll be violently sobbing on your bedroom floor over something that happened 4 years ago and then you’ll just. get up and make coffee. and go to the grocery store. and take all this fundamental sadness for a walk. and ponder the cosmic experiences of humanity while eating a sandwich. and that’s healing.

i don't know who needs to hear this, but guilt, self-hatred and shame are not sustainable sources of growth and healing. you can't hate yourself into feeling better, or being better. you can't repeatedly punish yourself for your flawed humanity and expect wholesome results.

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Juniper's getting my life together goals

Make a longterm dearm goal board on pintrist

Make my bed every morning

Sweep and dust and vacuum

Read a book a week

Watch a film once a week

Get homework done within 2 days of it getting assigned

Be more consistent with my spirituality

Clean bathroom once a week

Start hanging up my clothes more

Go thrifting more

Donate old clothes

Clean Windows/window sell

something my therapist told me that personally has been rather helpful is that coping skills are not to make us feel better. they are to create space between u and ur feelings. they r to help u cope and do what u need to do. they are not meant to resolve ur negative feelings. if they do, that's a bonus. but if they don't, that's ok. learning that honestly helped so much. i'm such a perfectionist that i can't even cope if it's not gonna be perfect and this like took a weight off my shoulders. if i use a coping skill and don't feel better, that's ok. i am simply trying to distance myself from my emotion. i felt like i wasn't coping correctly before i learned this. like maybe i was doing something wrong or there was just something wrong with me.

me going into hibernation when it's time to recharge my social battery