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BOOKS, WALKING, MUSIC, HOBBIES

i have OCD and anxiety and have been loving living alone for 2 years! but i also have a tendency to ruminate a lot. music is one of the biggest helpers—i have a speaker and will have music playing when i’m doing tasks like cleaning and dishes. having a good book you can get immersed in is great too because you (or at least i do this lol) forget ur in real life. and if you’re living in a walkable neighborhood go try out local coffee shops and stores! great places to meet people

@nacrene

May 24, 2025

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GOing for a walk is kind of like scrolling in real life

This was a truly horrid thought I had the other day when I was walking over the river while marveling at the water, the city lights, cars, and people. Scrolling and walking do have similarities and realizing this was valuable to me. Scrolling simulates visual stimuli moving across our field of vision as we navigate a digital landscape. Taking a walk outside, making dinner, talking to a friend in person, or even just wandering around my apartment have all worked to minimize scrolling urges for me. They all also tend to involve the movement of my visual field with constant new stimuli. Its also important to note that none of these tasks require intensive demands to focus attention. If I want to doom scroll I probably want to relax my brain from concentrated attention while engaging in a repetitive task. Just walking around my apartment is better than scrolling and often more realistic than reading. Finding ways to relax and procrastinate without using screens may seem counter-intuitive but I think it gives me more freedom. Plus I have never regretted going on a walk.

@inducedhysteria

Dec 13, 2024

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i am self destructive and this is what helps

- ice dives: if you find yourself ruminating or feeling impulsive or anything of that nature, fill a bowl with cold water and ice, take a deep breath, put your face in the water for 30 seconds and repeat until you feel a little calmer. It activates a dive response so all your energy goes into slowing your heart rate - soothe with smell or taste, - not for everyone but I love love love love looooove sauna’s - moving my body in anyway can help - hot yoga, spin, jumping jacks in my living room - alternative rebellion - get a tattoo! Get a piercing a piece of advice I find really helpful too is: don’t move if your next move will make the situation worse

@ariannalexandra

Mar 6, 2025

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time theft

nobody at your bullshit email job is going to perish if you are away from your computer for fifteen minutes. don’t clock out. get paid to be in the sun. relish in every moment that you have no Slack messages to answer and do something that counteracts the soul-crushing pain of staring at a screen all day. whether you rest your eyes, read a chapter of a book, walk around your block - whatever it is, steal time because your employer probably isn’t paying you well enough to merit staring into the Outlook abyss for eight hours.

@ellego0ds

Jan 30, 2024

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physical media!!!!!!

BONUS FEATURES! NO WORRYING ABOUT IF YOU’RE PAYING FOR THE RIGHT STREAMING SERVICE! WILL NEVER BE RETROACTIVELY ALTERED! it’s beautiful

@ellego0ds

Jan 27, 2024

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believing in god

the divine is real and edgy atheism is out

@ellego0ds

Jan 29, 2024