DON'T DISREGARD YOUR EMOTIONS

You know those really dramatic thoughts that crawl into your brain at 10 PM? (It's most probably later for you. Could be earlier. Could be consistently. For me 8 PM is the uncomfortable hour, and 10 PM is when I suddenly need to write it all down.)
Those thoughts are scary and overwhelming and really important to observe and listen to. I think that humans spend a lot of their time pushing their deep thoughts even deeper because they're really quite tricky to know how to hold and get along with.

I haven't mastered the whole control thing quite yet.

Things that help (A collection of suggestions from myself, and from some other wonderful humans that like to make me feel better)

- Write all your thoughts down in a book. For me, when I write things down, they're taken out of my head and put somewhere else. It's kind of like clearing up (but for your brain...) Shove everything down on paper- you can keep it, or you can proceed to scribble all over it and crunch it up into a little ball to throw into the bin in the morning. Whatever works for you. Mum always had a handy newspaper on hand to dramatically rip up in the bathroom. She said that it always made her feel better.

- Observe your emotions but don't let them drown you. Crying is totally healthy, but try not to do what I do and bottle everything up for ages before exploding into a crying fit that makes you feel as though you'd quite happily fall into a little hole and stay there for the rest of your life. (Also, the headaches are banging. Does anyone literally feel allergic to crying?)
Watch your emotions, flow along with them, think about them logically, continually remind yourself that everything is temporary. Don't do anything stupid, just watch, embrace and breathe (A LOT.)

- Get outside even though you don't want to. (I'm rubbish at this). Throw on some clothes, take a stroll into the garden or down the road. Try and connect with something green- I think that nature helps because sometimes there just seem to be too many humans around.

- Eat some good food. Healthy? Not healthy? Whatever you want. Don't feel guilty. Treat yourself to something amazing. Treat your insides and your brain and feel warm. Just be really super duper kind to yourself.

I think that people should work on being kind to themselves. If you look at how far you've come, it's probably really quite impressive.


Thanks to all the amazing human beans that wrote me gorgeous words and made me feel SO much better. Sharing helps- bear that in mind too :)

LOVES
S xxx