This is beautiful. #selfcare #wordsarepowerful #mentalhealthtoolbox #mentalhealth #peersupport https://www.instagram.com/p/BusIbPUDPKV/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1bqrvuai6bhli

Huge thanks to @livespiffy for this amazing package. I (Sammie) ordered these products to go in my #mentalhealthtoolbox. Some amazing things here to aid with emotional regulation. Soothing and grounding products to really help with intense emotions and dissociation. Mental health tool boxes are a brilliant way to have everything you could need to distract, ground, or soothe at your fingertips when you need it. What do you have in your toolkits? #mentalhealth #mentalillness #grounding #distraction #soothing #depression #bpd #eupd #anxiety #relax #poetsin #Mindfulness #recovery #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthmatters #follow #selfcare #selflove #journaling #selfcaresunday #sunday https://www.instagram.com/p/B3kUOg-lVfj/?igshid=be3s6vmmjqs

What do you do when you feel yourself dipping back down? When you feel overwhelmed by the sadness, the numbness, the intense hollowness. Write a list? ✨ I bought this with the intention of using it when I felt myself sitting in the depression and becoming at one with it, embracing it and letting it take over Letting it run my life looks like piles upon piles of washing A mountain of pots Putting things off Hiding ✨ These things may seem simple to most but when the depressive episodes hit, they hit hard so to climb back up I have to take baby steps and I also have to consider my chronic illness too. So yeah, I write a list for the next day each night until I stop needing to. Of course I’ve had to pick up this pad plenty of times, I didn’t just pick it up once, I keep picking it up. But I would rather catch myself as I’m falling and give myself a fighting chance of feeling as though I can face the next day. ✨ Managing mental illness is challenging, but having tools like this can help keep you above water. So tomorrow, bring it on. ✨ #copingskills #copingtools #mentalillnesstools #mentalhealthtoolbox #bpdblogger #bpd #borderlinepersonalitydisorder #mentalhealthadvocate #mentalhealthwarrior #mentalhealthawareness #mentalillnessawareness #depressiveepisode #bpdepisode #depression #borderlineandsurviving #bpdawareness #cptsd #recoveryisworthit (at Scarborough, North Yorkshire)

I actually woke up before the rest of the house this morning. It’s the first time this has happened in over a week. Instead of heading for a walk (as we are all going for one later) I decided to instead sit in the garden and write some morning pages. The thing about living with a mental illness is you have to constantly adapt and switch the things that help you get back to you! Today is journaling, tomorrow might be a walk but another day but another day may picking up the phone to family or friends. It’s like creating a bit of a mental health toolkit! What is in your mental health tool kit? #mentalhealthtoolbox #mywellnesstoolkit #wellbeingwednesday #mumlife #morningpages #morningmotivation #cuppa #firstmorningcuppa #isolationlife #livingwithmentalillness #mentalhealthawarenessweek #mentalhealthmatters #selfcare #wednesdaymotivation #timetochange #mentalhealthchampion https://www.instagram.com/p/CAZpsfTlwtk/?igshid=hdh94gefjjz7

I got a new set of self-care cards! I love them. They have been a nice tool to reach for when I or a friend needs a pick-me-up. #selfcare #cards #mentalhealthtoolbox #mentalhealth #selfcarecards https://www.instagram.com/p/BxGUonMDiKU/?igshid=xzt4fex99coy

I'll be finishing another book today. There are perks to audiobooks, I don't have to put off life to enjoy a book. I still prefer to focus when I can, but I can have my book when I'm walking, watching the animals in the yard, cleaning, or on the bus to and from this or that. So I have gone through a lot of great books in the last few months. My goal last year was 12, I got distracted and finished 10. So this year I set a goal of 6. After this one I will have finish 7. So I've already finished my reading goal for the year, and I already have my next book ready to go. This year I'm stepping up from last year. #audiobook #book #reading #goals #learning #selfreflection #selfimprovement #selfcare #feelinggood #audible #unfuckyourself #selfdevelopment #blunt #goodbook #mentalhealthtoolbox #mentalhealth #hope https://www.instagram.com/p/BuAPW78jvc1/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=mqvmyw1dc5r8

**NOT SPONSORED** I'm sharing this up because I genuinely like it and I think that it can be an amazing tool. I'm also sharing my actual stats from the last several months. I started using this last May. So this is every month excluding the partial May and today. I can take this to my primary care doctor, my therapist, and anywhere else we're sharing my emotional ups and downs is helpful for my recovery. Even among my peers we use this to help give each other a real perspective of where we are. I can use it to keep track of specific things so that I can look back and see if there are things that trigger downswings or up swings. and I can go back and look at how often a particular thing happens per month. I wanted to share my statistics because I want to be real with you. I am a human being, and I have my struggles. In October I was sick with my migraines, but in October I was happy. November carried a lot of death anniversaries as well as a few new deaths, November was very hard. And with this I hope that some of you 10 find a new tool to help you find a way to track what can help you and what might be hurting you. #mentalhealth #apps #trackers #peersupport #mytruth #truth #mentalhealthtoolbox #notalwayseasy #threevoicespodcast #daylio #dailycheckin https://www.instagram.com/p/BtWZxYOB9HM/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1qcbjc0y0iq1v