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Tonight's topic was - we're all in this together: Taking good care of yourself and your friends (especially when things seem difficult)
It was about ways to self care, when things get difficult.
How do you self care, what do you do to calm things down??
I colour, listen to music, speak to people in the same situation as me, speak to admins on support groups on Facebook and write right here on my blog.
Other ways of self care is to look after you, it's not selfish, it's needed. If you don't look after you, no one else is going to do it for you.
I learnt that the hard way.
Self care ideas:
Retail therapy.
Eating.
Sleeping.
Showering
Play games
Turning your phone off, even if it's just for an hour.
Challenging your negative thinking - this helps me a lot.
Using the app called Headspace
Rearrange your room, make it look fresh.
Make a self soothe box for times like this
Find a new hobby
Have a Netflix marathon - my choice was the new series of Big Bang Theory.
Colour
Watch uplifting youtubers, I love Zoella, she suffers with mental health too.
Discover what stresses you out
Listen to a podcast.
Declutter
Learn about your diagnosis
Learn the basics of a new language
Tackle 3 important tasks - mine would be: sleep, shower and eat.
Read a magazine or a book
Play an instrument
Take a day off and just look after you.
Jigsaw puzzles
Make a Spotify playlist based on your mood.
Start a journal - which is what this blog essentially is.
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