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Our coping toolbox 🧰

Our coping toolbox 🧰

Hey forumites,

This is a post inspired by the wonderful @Shaz51 who created a similar post in the carers forum.

So, what do you when everything feels like too much, you’re worried, feeling down, annoyed or just generally yuck???

While these self-care strategies might not solve everything all at once, but they remind us that there are things we can do to bring us back down to earth when things feel like too much.

And remember, it's a toolbox for a reason. Sometimes a spanner won't do the job, so we need to try a hammer! What that means, is sometimes we need to try a few different strategies to find the right one for a job. And that's ok. So I can't wait to look through here when my usual strategies aren't working.

Tagging out CGs to kick-start the convo!

@Anastasia @AussieRecharger @BPDSurvivor @Faith-and-Hope @HenryX @jem80 @Judi9877 @NatureLover @outlander @Shaz51 @ShiningStar @Snowie @Hams @wellwellwellnez @Zoe7 @Aniela @Boo13 @maddison @pinklollipop15 @Eve7

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hello @LooneyToones , @Judi9877 , @Delicatessen , @Former-Member , @Dimity , @StuF

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Hi @Shaz51 @Former-Member @Delicatessen @Dimity @LooneyToones @hanami @Paperdaisy @tyme @Appleblossom and all forumites here. Thanks for sharing your ideas for the coping toolbox!

@Shaz51 I really enjoyed the images you shared! Great ideas!

As for me, tonight I decided to add a new item to my toolkit in the form of knitting up a ball of soft yarn to make a length so I could touch and feel it to ground myself when things get tough. I used a wool called Teddy from Lincraft that I had in my box and used 5mm knitting needles with 20 stitches to knit the length which was around 50cm in the end to make up the item so I could have it near me if I got stressed or distressed. See below for the photo of the item. I hope you like it!

 

Take care!

Judi9877☺️💐🧶

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Aaachh! Political spectrums can spread in different ways depending on the criteria. @Dimity

@Delicatessen I enjoyed the Mary Shelley biopic on SBS with a peek at her father. He is probably worth a good look.

@Shaz51 @Judi9877

I am happy to keep my cross stitch as a thing of the past.

Coping tools are reading, understanding the world ... at least a bit!

Looking at my old books on Shiatzu and Chakras today.

Find it interesting how attitudes to things change.

 

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I’ve been taking solace in loads of cooking. Went out and bought cod, trout, snapper, prawns and salmon and froze most of it so that I’ve pretty got everything I want is right there when I’m inclined to cook.

Last week I made lentil, corn and potato gumbo that blew me away.

And today I became over the moon when I saw some blood oranges on sale. Sooo, I will just have to make that bundt cake!!

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@Lillah , @Ratchet , @Patchworks

here are some more great ideas from @Dimity , @Judi9877 , @Appleblossom , @Former-Member , @Delicatessen , @amber22

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Thank you ❤️

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Just came in from a sunset walk @Shaz51 . Hope you had a good day.

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lovely @Dimity 😍

hope your weather was a bit cooler today

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Yes very pleasant thanks @Shaz51 . Warming up over the next couple of days. How's your monsoon?

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monsoon is ok now @Dimity , just showers and then sunshine and then rain , ect

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