I think I need tips.

It's 230 245, I get up at 5, but I've been awake for more than an hour because I keep breaking out into hives. After changing my clothes and checking the bed for bugs and realizing the randomness of the rash placement, I went to Dr Internet, and I think it's just stress.

I had a bad weekend, tomorrow (well, today) is gonna be rough, and the holidays are looking grim - the stress is going to keep coming. I need to handle it better, though, because adding rash-induced sleep deprivation isn't going to help.

I think I need to do a better job of taking care of myself. How are you taking care of yourself? Big things, small things, any things - what is working for you?

  • Huldra [they/them, it/its]
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    1 year ago

    I think it's good to have a mix of things to do when you're stressed that dont all fall within the same kind of mental and/or physical strain.

    For me, I like to take walks, or I like to lift some weights at home while putting on something thats roughly an hour to watch, thats of course if I am not physically tired or sore, and if the weather permits.

    I like to listen to music, just sit down and put on my favorite songs and albums and just listen to them on a loud volume and relax, or get some catharsis out of it. Movies help too, wether its rewatching a favorite or finding new stuff.

    I also love to cook when I have the energy for it, find some new recipe or something slightly above my usual level of effort and ingredients and just spend some extra time on that getting a new technique right.

    Stuff like that.