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Originally Posted by brannabruh101
I've been feeling terrible lately, I haven't stepped out my front door in days, I'm avoiding my boyfriend and T because I don't want to socialise, I feel numb and just ugh.
I used to have a couple of things that made me feel better, (reading, writing, playing with my dog, etc), but now whatever I do just doesn't help anymore.
What makes you guys feel a bit better? Someone please share?
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I find doodling without an image in mind helps quite a bit... I just get a piece of paper, and either a pencil or colored pens or crayons or whatever, and start scribbling... Eventually my scribbling starts to make shapes and patterns that I either find myself getting angry at and changing or enjoying and making more... Either way, I tend to get some relief from letting my hands show what I'm feeling. I don't have to show that I'm angry, I just change what I'm doodling to something more soothing, simply by starting with scribbles and changing what I don't like...
One thing I find helps when I don't want to socialize is writing a letter to myself... If I don't want to talk to anyone else, then maybe I am the only one who can make myself feel better... So I write to myself, seal it in an envelope, and come back to it a little later, and read it out of the moment... That usually either helps me realize where I wasn't quite thinking straight, or realize that I need those other people to help me, or a combination of both...
Hopefully this helps