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fruitisgood
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a few things that have helped me recently. maybe they will help you ? question mark

The usual spiel, going through it. Big changes. Change. aaa what a freaky foreign term for someone who historically finds comfort in chaos and instability. Yet the word Change is so scary. 

Been trying different things to cope. Take what I learn from the world, or advice from others, and carve it into something unique to me. 

 

Journaling - Me and journalling have a love hate relationship. Sometimes its great, other times I want to throw the whole dang book out the window. Writing in perfect little sentences feels so constrictive. So I open up on what journalling could look like. I take a big canvas, a ripped piece of paper, a torn pizza box lid. I toss my implements out onto the rug and I SCRIBBLE. maniacly all over the page. I draw.. doodle. Words. phrases. Feelings. colours. 

When the hands feel too antsy and the words must flow FASTER, I speak into my little voice recorder. I speak passionately as if Im talking to the world's best listener with atleast a two year streak of excellence.  

 

I made a friend. A big plush bear. He listens. he comforts. He talks. He asks questions. He gives me space to speak and space to breath. 

 

The inner child in me. The small one. They need a parent. A good responsible role model. I feel like an incompetent parent. So I ask what real parents do. I take on board perspective from them. I ask myself what would a good parent do in this situation. I try to be that good parent to the small scared sad one. 

 

Water. Water is life and life giving. Being in water to feel weightless. To drink it. How special it is we have such readily access to it. Water is good. 

 

Comfy clothes that leave you feeling like you're being warmly hugged! Feeling fabulous. Clothes to move in. to play in. 

 

Talk to people! Not the big scary conversations. Not the deep and profound. Just talk. Say hello. Smile. offer some directions, offer a tadbit of fact. Goodness me the energy felt from those micro interactions. Not everyone reciprocates. thats okay.  

 

To learn is to stumble and fail. 

 

one more. If youre feeling big grief over a breakup that didnt go well, and memories associated with certain things you love feel tainted by them? 

Remember this: You did not begin to love the stars when they came along, you have always loved the Stars ♡ 

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Re: a few things that have helped me recently. maybe they will help you ? question mark

love this post, thank you so much for sharing @fruitisgood!! i feel you with journaling, sometimes my hands can't keep up with my thoughts too. i use the notes app on my phone and use the speech-to-text feature sometimes. 

 

talking is one i'm working on incorporating. it's definitely out of my comfort zone, but i feel like it'll be worth doing.

Re: a few things that have helped me recently. maybe they will help you ? question mark

@fruitisgood I'm also a scribble journaller. I set a timer for one hour and write so fast everything that comes into my head without any filtering. It literally looks like scribble with a few swear words written in capitals here and there. I find a lot of emotions come to the surface which are very painful, but I do feel better afterwards. 

 

I also have lots of soft toy friends. We dance together and chat and have cuddles. There is a real comfort to them. 

 

I find it really hard to approach people. I get the sense that I look so visibly uncomfortable when I approach that I make them uncomfortable too. 

 

Yes, my ex tainted a lot of things for me. I took it as a time to rediscover old things from my childhood and also take up new interests. 

Re: a few things that have helped me recently. maybe they will help you ? question mark

@Ruby26 @rav3n 

 

Happy to hear! Speech to text is a bit wonky on my phone. But sometimes the results are pretty funny, especially when Im having anger spells and the words are incomprehensible. 

 

Thats so cute @Ruby26  with the soft toys! Im thinking about adding another big one to the family to cuddle, but im very picky with how they look and feel. Highly reccomend that big brown bear you can get from Ikea though. Very cuddly. 

 

I get that feeling too when around people. I feel like I dont know how to act like a human. Micro interactions feel like far less risk. 

 

Its nice to read that others like doing the chaos journalling too 🙂