Tag: brain stuff

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dinosaurjam:

geardrops:

izfierce:

foxtalbotnegatives:

apiphile:

Have you ever thought “Man, I feel impossibly shitty and I don’t know why”?

Run through this checklist before you do anything else.

  1. What have I eaten in the last 24 hours? Is it enough? If not, go and eat some food, you butt.
  2. Am I hydrated? If not, put some fluids in your body, fool.
  3. Have I slept an acceptable amount in the last 24 hours and preceeding few days? If not, do your utmost to have a nap. You need a reset, bro.
  4. Have I been outside/partaken in whatever form of exercise I am capable of? You’re stagnating, homie.
  5. Have I communicated with anyone? At all? About anything? In the last 24 hours? Sup, you’re not actually a lone wolf, and even if you’re just shouting BUTTLUMPS at someone over the intertubes, it’s better than shouting it at yourself inside your own head.

So basically: eat, drink, sleep, walk, and talk. If you still feel like emotional ass after that, start looking for more involved explanations.

This shit is no joke.

All of these are extremely important.

Adding: 6. Have I communicated too much? Am I overstimulated? Do I need some quiet time? Go stare at a blank wall in utter silence for a bit.

I try to go through this kind of checklist whenever I feel funky. It really helps.

fthgurdy:

kimbureh:

you know I once googled how very organized housewives kept their homes super clean. And one thing they suggested was, if a task can be done in less than 2 minutes, do it right away.

And I have to think about this very often when depression tells me to delay doing things, if it tells me something is too much work right now etc.

If I can do it in less than 2 minutes I can do it no matter how exhausting it seems.

That’s what I tell myself. And it works!

I get more done and after 2 minutes I usually realize the pain doing this thing is not so horrible as my brain suggested. And then I keep going and expand the task and get real work done, holy shit

That’s…. actually brilliant. Two minutes is so short, it’s relatively an easy amount of time to FORCE yourself to work on something, even when you’re just completely deflated.

What works really really well for me is to compound annoying tasks that don’t require much thought with something actually pleasant. It took a long time to find the actual pleasant thing, but with audiobooks I can actually end up looking for chores to do because I want to continue listening to the book, and it doesn’t combine well with anything except the most mindless work.

That’s how I cleaned my bathroom top to bottom two weeks ago, after barely being able to pick up empty loo rolls from the floor for…well, months.

feralphoenix:

steakplissken:

plaidcushion:

livebloggingmydescentintomadness:

ineffablewitch:

southern-wilde:

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This is kind of random but I just got really stressed out and want to talk about something I feel is important.

If you have depression or any other mental illness/condition that affects your daily life and can make it hard to function, please try to at least brush your teeth. Bare minimum. When even that’s too much I sometimes will just swish around some mouthwash when I piss or something. Anything.

Depression really fucked up my mouth and now it hurts to eat/drink most things and my dental bills are high because of how neglectful I got during particularly bad episodes when I was younger. Teeth can’t repair or replace themselves, so take care of them as best you can. If not just for the health aspect of it, keeping up your dental hygiene could save you from a lot of financial stress in the future.

ok that’s all take care toodles

FUCKING THIS ^^^^

I honestly just stopped caring at one point and my teeth are quite literally dying in my mouth. 

Every other day part of some tooth is breaking off in my mouth, and eating is so fucking painful. 

Not to mention that just BREATHING causes pain to shoot through my gums to the point that sometimes I’m in tears. 

Please, PLEASE, force yourself to brush your teeth. I wish I would have. 

I recently had to have three cavities removed and a root canal because of this. Please. Please take care of your teeth.

If you can’t force yourself to get out of bed and go to the bathroom, they make mini disposable toothbrushes with toothpaste, like Colgate Wisp. Keep them next to your bed and use them. 

Extremely this; three of my teeth just crumbled recently because brushing my teeth was something that fell by the wayside when i was too depressed to even get out of bed most days! Its really hard but believe me, the feeling of your own tooth falling to pieces in your mouth is infinitely worse

I got nine cavities in my mouth and paid out the ass for it. But i learned things:

A cheap-ass basic tube of toothpaste has virtually the same amount of fluoride as a fancy one. Unless ordered by your dentist or needed for other reasons, you can skip expensive pastes and use a more affordable brand

Same with toothbrushes. Unless you need special angles or find them really helpful, you can buy a cheap brush.

If cavities are small enough, they can be reversed with care. Like when you feel a zit coming on and treat it before it becomes an issue. It does take a lot of diligence though.

Drinking water after consuming soda and sugar is a good idea, as it washes the abrasives out and reintroduces fluoride to your mouth. Even just a mouthful or two helps.

Flossing once a week is better than never at all. Yes, you will bleed, but that’s because your gums were irritated by all the crap you just removed.

When you do brush, make sure to hit your gum line and get all that gunk. Get the back and sides too. 2 min total is ideal, but do your best.

a tip my dentist shared with me is that you do not want to brush your teeth for about half an hour after you eat because that is when your enamel is weakest! as the above poster says, rinse your mouth out with water instead. if your tap water is safe to drink, it should have fluoride in it even if it’s on the acidic side, which will help.

they also make these things called xylitol mints that help prevent tooth decay which you can take after meals too!

mexicancassianandor:

horreurscopes:

something that has really worked for me in terms of self improvement is trying to form a single habit at a time. i’ve self-sabotaged countless of times trying to turn my life around in a single night, like, writing down a schedule where i’m going to wake up early, do yoga, cook my own food, work six hours and then write for another two, etc, etc, and like, that does help form a coherent picture of what you want your life to look like, it helps visualizing the path before you, but it just like… the Disorders get in the way, and even with a quote unquote healthy brain it’s not something anyone can just achieve overnight. so like, for example, last year i started forming the habit of reading for half an hour before i go to bed instead of scrolling my phone, and this year i added journaling, too. i just started forming the habit of not scrolling tumblr as soon as i wake up and i’m saving a lot of time in my mornings.

and like, it wasn’t something that i immediately got used to, i was so upset the first time i forgot to write about my day or sometimes i end up googling useless stuff instead of reading a book, but now it seems more natural than not to do these things.

i think my point is, and maybe this is obvious but it truly has been a reality check and a revelation for me, is that focusing on a single, small thing is so much more helpful than beating yourself over not being able to suddenly become a healthy person with healthy habits. forming habits takes time, adopting healthy routines takes time, and trying to do it all at once is incredibly discouraging, but little things add up.

I first read about a technique like this in a Rookie article, How to Structure Your Days If You’re Depressed. After reading it I decided I wanted to try it, and made it my goal to wash my face every day before bed. It wasn’t easy at first, and I still miss some days, but I can already tell it’s helping me and I feel more capable and more in control of my life. Plus my face looks a lot better, so I’m starting to feel more self-confident. Anyways basically I just mean to say that this is really solid advice I wish I’d known about earlier and I hope if you’re reading this and have trouble structuring your days that you give it a shot!