go get em tiger
knock em dead champ
etc
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I appreciate it. My mental ilnesss has just flared up recently
Facing the day can look like whatever you need it to to get to Tuesday. Getting up, taking care of your body by feeding it, drinking water, and practicing good hygiene can be enough. Caring for your mental health with compassion and understanding is also very important.
Doing what you need to do to keep yourself safe and comfortable is the top priority right now. Having a medical condition is not your fault, and it's nothing you should feel any shame about. You're not feeling well, and that means you need to give yourself the space and grace to heal and feel better. However you need to achieve this, as long as you aren't harming yourself or others, is perfectly valid.
Please try to be kind to yourself and focus on healthy coping mechanisms. You have an appointment coming soon, and help is just a few days away. If you need emergency care in the meantime, that's okay, too. You've got this. It takes strength to get this far, and you can do this, too. Please take care.
Do you do breathing stuff?
Lately I've been digging bee breath, or bhramari pranayama. Basically, just hum/buzz on slow exhales. Sometimes other breathing techniques, like box breathing, leave my mind too open to wild thoughts and distractions getting in. Bee breath is just enough extra for me to focus on so I can keep the other thoughts at bay. Playing around with different pitches and buzziness is kinda fun too.
You can do it! I believe in you!!
It hurts less to die fighting than it does to die hiding.
If people are after you, the worst thing you can do is cower. Like, being at the edge of death is the most important time to stand up and get moving. It literally hurts less to die on your feet.
Chilling and doing nothing is for safe times. If your life is dangerous, the ultimate “fuck you” to those coming to hurt you is to stand up.
The above is true, and it’s the best thing to remember if you need the courage to move. You move forward because dopamine is a painkiller, and you only get dopamine if you stand up and put one foot in front of the other.
Try just doing one thing. One thing you don’t want to. Just a single thing. Set the bar low enough that it isn’t so scary. And if you can get past that try setting it just a little higher.
It'll be fine. Things have a tendency of working themselves out.
And if someone hates you for it, that's on them and not you.
Also, let us know how it went!
You're not alone, a lot of people struggle they just hide it well.