Good Morning!

@MissGremlin

Makes two of us, with school holidays too and already losing bits of my usual activities

@avant-garde @MissGremlin I am right there with you in this.

@avant-garde yes school holidays isn't helping the situation. Its a stressful time for me and now knowing that this space is going to be limited is really upsetting me.

@NightFury yes cos you and I also chat after these times when we are having a rough time.

@MissGremlin we do!

@MissGremlin @NightFury

We have a couple of days to plan.

What skills can we use to cope through this.

I mean we can still post, it just won't appear until morning.

We could do hourly updates of how we're feeling if we're awake.

It is 6 hours each night.

Each hour is therefore 16.66%

I know this helps me

Is there any "special" self soothing things we can do?

@avant-garde I appreciate the problem solving...

Check ins in the morning, maybe?

We could use the grounding exercise posted in the Wednesday thread?...we can post it, but it won't appear until in the morning

@NightFury

Oh I like that idea!

@MissGremlin

@avant-garde @NightFury i like all of these ideas. I like the idea of the posts each hour or when we are awake just to update how we are going or sending thoughts/hugs to one another. The grounding exercise is also a good idea and that one the other day i found helpful. Definitely check in's in the morning aswell I reckon.

As for self care things to get through that's where it's struggle to think and actually implement anything.

@MissGremlin @NightFury

I've discovered that Woolworths sell shower steamers (like bath bombs but for the shower) and used one yesterday.

I also like my roll on essential oils, I have one by my bed for my 5 senses grounding exercise, I find it really calming.