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Neoma

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10. You have to do small kindnesses for yourself when you're sick.

Tue Jul 16, 2013, 11:16 AM

Jul 2013

If I'm lonely I go to the library. If I feel dumb and I don't feel like reading, I watch a documentary. If I'm mopey I listen to music.

I go to what I call boot camp yoga for exercise, and I drink hot tea when I'm anxious. I draw when I feel OCD... If I feel restless I walk.

It's good to write out plans of how to handle things when you're in certain moods. (If you're on a roller coaster with bipolar anyways.) You're in more control when you do that. Even if you still feel like shit, at least you're trying.

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What's the smallest thing that has made a difference? [View all] Locut0s Jul 2013 OP

A kind word from someone. It could be anyone. Tobin S. Jul 2013 #1

Yes, people fail to recognize this in the real world. Which is why places like DU... Locut0s Jul 2013 #2

I'm doing well in school. Tobin S. Jul 2013 #5

The pure joy of my pups when I come home from work... 2theleft Jul 2013 #3

Nice to hear 2theleft!... Locut0s Jul 2013 #4

Listening to music. Obsessively. Denninmi Jul 2013 #6

Music therapy... Locut0s Jul 2013 #7

When O'Malley jumps into my lap; when Charley appears for butt pats Bertha Venation Jul 2013 #8

Focusing one day at a time easttexaslefty Jul 2013 #9

You have to do small kindnesses for yourself when you're sick. Neoma Jul 2013 #10

i don't live on coffee ,cigaretts and donuts anymore olddots Jul 2013 #11