#MarchMadness #MarchMadnessReadathon #DailyChallenge
Today we pose a #DailyQuestion as opposed to a #DailyChallenge.
What do you do to de-stress, unwind & decompress. We know that most of us read for these purposes & more but, what else do you do? Crafts? Outings? Binge watching? Exercise etc…
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Bookwormjillk I go for a walk or sing along with the radio. 1y
AnnR I watch Travels by Narrowboat or The Mindful Narrowboat vlogs, among a few others that I personally find relaxing on YouTube. 1y
AmyG Meditation 1y
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dabbe I meditate by listening to rain, ocean, or snowstorm sounds on my Sonos. Or I mix up my own at this website: https://asoftmurmur.com/ 1y
Crazeedi Read, cook, or sleep! 1y
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Andrew65 Mainly read or watch cricket. If particularly bad I might go for a walk. 1y
LiseWorks Trail walk in the woods 1y
CaitZ I'll either go for a walk or take a nap. 1y
MaGoose Read, go walking. Once in a while, I'll binge watch one of the Star Trek series or the Sleepy Hollow series. 1y
TheSpineView @Andrew65 Do you even have to ask me this question!?! Even though you know this already, I ride my horses. I am a USEF member and actively compete in 3 day eventing. 1y
CoffeeNBooks Read, watch/listen to the birds that visit the bird feeder and birdbath in my yard, cook, watch tv, or snuggle with my cats. 1y
OriginalCyn620 I‘ll watch a favorite movie or tv series, listen to some favorite music, or play some Candy Crush. If it‘s particularly bad, I‘ll eat some junk food! 1y
DieAReader Thank you all so much for all the coping skills, mechanisms & ideas💙💕 Mine were always 🚬, writing, reading & music. When the words deserted me, many years ago now, the books saved me. I‘m being told by my healthcare providers that they are no longer enough. I need new hobbies and coping skills. I‘m just very, very overwhelmed & therefore I‘m profusely apologizing for not being a more active participant during the #DailyChallenges 1y
DieAReader (Continued) Sometimes an emoji is all I have in me, hence the comments from me🤷🏻♀️😢 have been short as well late. Thank you all for reading my blurb & for being the best damned Littens ever💙 1y
ravenlee I make things out of yarn - crochet and knit. Specifically, I make a lot of things that are easy and repetitive, like scarves and baby blankets. Most of the time I don‘t even follow a pattern, so there‘s less frustration involved. 1y
Cupcake12 Just to sit next to my fur babies and hold them tight can help to de-stress. Love going out for a scenic walk too. 1y
JanuarieTimewalker13 I creative journal. It brings me so much peace using all different art supplies such as brush pens, watercolors, washi tape, ephemera, stickers, etc. it‘s so much fun and it‘s really my meditation. Start with EmiLou arts…she hasn‘t done much recently, but if you go back 2-3 years, there‘s tons of material on YT. A walk definitely helps me too, but when I‘m in a funk, it‘s hard to get out the door. 1y
ElizaMarie Log bubble baths, face mask, hair mask, wine, cheese, just relax and take it easy! 1y
Eggs 💗💗💗I cuddle my grands and/or talk with them & ask questions!! They are so full of life, it gives me back my enthusiasm. I also walk a couple miles/day @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES (edited) 1y
DieAReader @Eggs 💕🥰💙 1y
slategreyskies For me, whether I‘m feeling down in a general sense or whether I‘m in crisis, the approach is much the same. I use my coping skills. I had to make a list of them years ago during therapy. They also gave me a list of common coping skills to get me started, most of which have been in the responses above, plus many others. They told me that, if I was ever in a bad spot, to pick something on my list and do that thing. Then, if I was still down, ⬇️ 1y
slategreyskies I should choose another thing off the list. If I couldn‘t choose where to start, just start at the top of the list and work my way through the coping skills. If I got to the end of the list and still wasn‘t feeling well, I should start at the top and go through them again. That advice has been life changing. It‘s helped me take care of me when things were brutally hard, and it‘s helped me to not give up. Make your own list specific to you. ⬇️ 1y
slategreyskies Include on it everything you can think of. Big things, little things (especially little things). Everything from taking a bath to listening to music to texting a friend to going for a drive to watching tv to… you get the picture. Over the years, being kind to myself when I wasn‘t feeling like me has helped me so much. And now that my son is sick and has been since fall, I use my coping skills a lot to keep me going. Just keep going. Don‘t give up. 1y
Eggs @DieAReader 🥰🤗🥰 1y
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Hang out with my dog, yoga, or sing in the car, though to be fair, I don't get stressed too easily. 1y
Velvetfur I love reading other people's ideas, as I don't know how to cope when overwhelmed and tend to get very angry and make angry noises and burst into tears..... Like I did in work on Friday morning ☹️ @DieAReader I'm sending you love and solidarity, and @slategreyskies thank you so much for sharing your coping techniques, it's so inspiring, I really appreciate it 💜 1y
Velvetfur Also @slategreyskies sorry to hear your son is sick, sending love to the family (ran out of space in my previous comment) xxx 1y
DieAReader @slategreyskies 💕Thank you do much for sharing your techniques. @Velvetfur 💙Love & solidarity to you too hun🙂🥰 1y
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