over the last 4 months I’ve been going through my own mindfulness journey to combat my anxiety/ trauma. And it’s been great! I would totally recommend apps like headspace or therapy that allows you to feel a level of self-compassion. But you can start by just making silly stupid jokes to yourself, and acknowledging/laughing if they are funny.Also, I just saw someone on here say that things like taking a shower they turn into “a glamorizing spell”, which I thought was pretty whimsical!
I hope this helps and hope you have a great journey in identifying your ✨Whimsy✨
6d ago
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The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown. Its short and active and effective
agree with the others for Meditation
i do a support group that I find tremendously helpful
A big switch came for me when I started changing my thinking from "once i do enough X work or X activities or X skills, then surely i will feel better about myself" towards just trying to be aight with myself right now, accepting that im Good Enough right now. ive been working on all this for years now, and its gotten considerably better! wishing u well! if u ever want to share more feel free to reach out
Apr 9, 2024
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a couple months ago i hurt myself and was in a negative head space and then someone irl recommended listening to these random youtube videos that basically repeat positive affirmations over and over. like “everything is working out for me, i am lucky, etc…” so rather than saying “i‘m in pain” i replaced it with “i will heal.” sometimes it feels like delusional optimism and sometimes it feels silly because it’s almost like having the inner dialogue of someone with a massive ego. but the idea is to try and drown out negative self speak and replace the mindset. the repetition is so constant that it basically drowns out the bad thoughts so when the audio ends you can’t help but feel recalibrated and carry yourself with more confidence and ease, subduing the doubts and anxiety
May 12, 2025
I always forget about it and then remember again and I’m like oh yeah that’s why I’m not normal. You can write this into your journal every day to hold yourself accountable and keep track of your moods.
You can look up safe calm place meditation on YouTube but it’s essentially a visualization technique where you imagine a place where you can be safe and totally at ease and the sensory experience of that—mine was a grassy meadow with a stream of running water and cows mooing nearby. The more you build it up and return to it the more powerful it can become when you need it.
I really enjoy Tara Brach’s body scan meditations and her felt smile meditation too.
These are all for trauma obviously and the TICES log isn’t really relevant, but they could be really helpful for stress too I think because most of them are just basic elements of well being and awareness. I need to get back on this myself in these trying times…
Feb 6, 2025
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4. Expectations are resentments waiting to happen.
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May 29, 2025
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I’m being fully FORCED to use AI on Google Office and it’s SO annoying. I don’t appreciate that after any Google Meets (which SUCKS by the way) that Gemini wants to send me a recap of the meeting. I DON’T WANT GEMINI ANYWHERE NEAR ME! Also, this AI Fiverr GO I keep getting force-fed in my YouTube Ads, that uses individual creators AI to generate content that looks like the content they’d create is absolutely insane and horribly dystopian.
What happened to art? What happened to appreciating the human spirit, and learning from our mistakes? Idk, but I’m tired.
AI could have been a really genius way for expanding our understanding of important issues, but instead it’s used just for people to honestly be lazy, and also creepy.
Weird Note: People falling in love with AI is honestly really tragic. But, as someone who has a grandmother who has repeatedly fallen for scammers due to loneliness, I would rather have her fall in love with AI versus someone who’s trying to get (and has successfully gotten) her bank account information to slowly take money from her and string her along via horribly photoshopped photos and copy & pasted poems found off of google with her name added to seem unique. Just strange to say I’d rather have my grandma fall in love with a robot vs a scammer 😂😂.
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