Day 18: Listen to nature sounds for 10 minutes
I’m a day late posting this. I listened to rain sounds for 10 minutes last night while trying to read. Psychosis makes reading hard, and the rain sounds helped a bit. It helps drown out the noise in my head, and reading is a bit less hard.
I like listening to ocean sounds while falling asleep as well.
2 reactions Day 7: Write a letter to your future self
I wrote my letter this morning. It was harder than I was expecting. It ended up being more like a letter to myself, than a letter to future me, but it made me a bit more pumped to do things to feel better or improve my life a bit. I'm going to make future me proud!
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Day Three: Listen to your favourite music for 15 minutes.
I listened to Dido today. It still makes me happy, and I still can't believe how beautiful some things in this world are. Her voice is gorgeous.
#52 SmallThings #selfcare #challenge
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Day Two: Unplug from (unnecessary) electronics for one hour
Day Two was hard! I did my hour and I didn’t know what I was going to do. It made me realise how much of a comfort thing my phone is, and how lost I am without it. It also made me realise that I rely on my phone and other devices to help manage my psychosis. I found an hour without my devices or computer, hard because of my psychosis. I must use devices for distractions and to calm me down more than I thought.
So with my hour without devices, I focussed on housework and attempting to walk the dog. I was going to have a nice walk with the dog and not look at my phone at all except for the time, and then come back and do some housework until the hour ran out. But in the end I had to have a shorter walk than I was planning because of Storm Burt and the torrential rain and massive puddles. But I didn’t let this stop me, I continued with my hour and did some housework. My bathroom was fire and now it’s clean, and I had a break from devices at the same time.
Time away from devices is self-care because it makes you focus more on the world around you, and it helps look after your eyes. It also gives you room to think and time to catch up on things.
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There are times where I feel like I make some really #baddecisions and it becomes a major #challenge for me to handle #BipolarDisorder symptoms. I thought about how things have been, and how I have struggled.
My husband has been supportive of me since 2009, but when he said the other day that he felt more like a #Caregiver than a husband, I felt #sick inside. I became very #emotional and wondered why I could not shake the feelings off. I felt hurt, because through sickness and #Health we are supposed to be a support for one another.
Lately I have reached a peak of my sexuality, and my husband is disinterested. I have thought about finding a #Boyfriend or a #Girlfriend to spend intimate time with. I felt terrible about it. My husband told me that it was OK to do it, as long as he didn't know about it and not bring them to my home.
It made me wonder... Does he even really care? Or does he care so much about my feelings that he would rather me be #satisfied than #deprived ? I do not know.
What are your #Thoughts about this one?
#Bipolar #MentalHealth #feelingconfused #Anxiety #Depression #INeedAnswers
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I have been disabled since 2003. An AVM ruptured in the back of my brain. I was 32 at the time and I'm 51 now. Long ago, I accepted what happened to me and everything I have to deal with for the rest of my life. It's not fun, but I can joke about my disabilities at this point in my life and I have learned how to incorporate them into my life. I found new interests and things I enjoy to keep my mental health positive.
Aging creates new challenges on top of what I already deal with. I was diagnosed with sleep apnea couple years ago, I had skin cancer, memory issues, and all the preventative medical exams someone my age needs.
I went and saw an ENT doctor because there is now an implant available to use instead of the machine and mask I have to wear every night. The doctor implied that I am borderline sleep apnea so he gave me some equipment to do a home sleep apnea test. I had to wear the rig in the picture. I was told that the best results come from sleeping on my back. This is extremely difficult for me, I sleep on my stomach to avoid having my head spin from laying in this position.
I took the doctor's advice and tried sleeping on my back. That didn't work out to well for me. I woke up 3 or 4 times during the night. I believe I stopped breathing because I woke up catching my breath and inhaling a lot of air. That doesn't happen when I sleep on my stomach. It scared the crap out of me and I finished the 3 night test on my stomach.
It really affirmed why I sleep on my stomach. My brain does not regulate some of the autonomic functions like breathing correctly.
I can't say what things I will have to deal with as I get older and I can't say that I will enjoy them, especially with the things I already deal with in my disability.
I will deal with any challenge as I always do. I accept the challenge and conquer it.
#avm #Disability #challenge #MentalHealth #Trauma #Aging #autonomicfunctions
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I just learned that in students who are dealing with a low amount of challenge become apathetic but when skill is not applied they become anxious.
I'm apathetic. Day after day. I have reasons to live and I practice gratitude daily but I often lack motivation because I'm not being challenged and can't develop skill.
Does anyone else experience or are currently experiencing being stuck?
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Ooooopss, forgot to post my own weekly Monday #challenge yesterday, lol!!
I want each of you to do 1 thing nice for someone today. Whether it’s a stranger, or someone you know, do/say something that would make them happy and smile. Once it’s done, come back here and let us know what you did to make someone happy today. I’ll go first, check the comments!
It’s a proven fact that when you do something for someone else that makes them happy, it makes you happy too!
Quote:
“The greatest happiness in the world is to make others happy” -Luther Burbank
#Depression
#MajorDepressiveDisorder
#Anxiety
#BipolarDisorder
#MajorDepression
#MoodDisorders
#ADHD
#AbusiveRelationship
#Addiction
#BorderlinePersonalityDisorder
#PTSD
#Relationships
#MentalHealth
#DistractMe
#Insomnia
Ooooopss, forgot to post my own weekly Monday #challenge yesterday, lol!!
I want each of you to do 1 thing nice for someone today. Whether it’s a stranger, or someone you know, do/say something that would make them happy and smile. Once it’s done, come back here and let us know what you did to make someone happy today. I’ll go first, check the comments!
It’s a proven fact that when you do something for someone else that makes them happy, it makes you happy too!
Quote:
“The greatest happiness in the world is to make others happy” -Luther Burbank
#Depression
#MajorDepressiveDisorder
#Anxiety
#BipolarDisorder
#MajorDepression
#MoodDisorders
#ADHD
#AbusiveRelationship
#Addiction
#BorderlinePersonalityDisorder
#PTSD
#Relationships
#MentalHealth
#DistractMe
#Insomnia
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