advice i think we should tell children is that when adults say stuff like ‘now that i’m an adult i get really excited about stuff like coffee tables and bathrooms and rugs etc’ they don’t mean ‘and now i don’t care about blorbo and squimbus from my childhood tv shows anymore’ bc your average adult still loves all the same pop culture stuff they always did; they just have a greater appreciation for the mundane as well. growing up just means you can enjoy life twice as much now. you can get really excited about a new stuffed animal AND about a new kitchen sponge. peace and love
Obsessed with characters who portray themselves as worse than they are. Who are lying to everyone including themselves about it. People generally assume if someone's lying about themselves they're trying to look better but sometimes they're trying to look worse. They attribute agency to where they had none, add intend to accidents, try to convince everyone that this is something they did instead of something that happened to them.
It's hard to smile lately, it seems like troubles and worries are blowing in different directions, all at once. So this is me sharing what has helped me during these past few weeks.
Pause, this will give yourself time to think.
I paused then breathed in & out, I closed my eyes and visualized a scenery. I was walking in a flower field, touching the petals and feeling the cold of fresh air. I smiled, and somehow I felt eased. And the ideas started to come easily into my mind, about how I could help myself out of the anxiety. Gratefulness started to kick in then I realized, this too shall pass.
Write and let it all out.
I began to write in my Journal, no flowery words and no censored words because I blurt them all out with my pen and noticed that the heavy pressure on my writing gradually lightened as my emotions started to stabilize. Ending my Journal with the list I am grateful for helps me to remind myself that there is good in everything.
P.S. We all have our own battles and techniques to cope with them, and this is mine :) and there are sooo many ways to shake it off, so if you want to share yours feel free to post it in the comment section.