Lived Experience Forum

[nashy]

@Snowie going barefoot outside, I hear this again and again but do not do it enough. Flick the jandals off when I am down at the beach, but have grass and trees outside my place and never bother to do it there. You have inspired me to have a barefoot lunchbreak   Sounds like you have had a pretty rough week @Snowie I am glad you're still trying That's pretty epic that you still lean on the strategies in the darker moments.

[nashy]

Thanks for such a lovely and thorough list  @YouAreNotAlone Wonderful.

[nashy]

"Post fires I felt that sometimes allowing feelings and tears to come was self care... not putting pressure on myself to hold it together all the time." - Whoa, so so important. @frog Well done and thank you heaps for that reminder. A nice little cry in the garden is a soft and lovely thing to give ourselves

[YouAreNotAlone]

Absolutely, @frog. You just need to let yourself feel the things you're feeling . . . unfortunately I think facing our feelings is the only way to overcome them; even if it's uncomfortable.

[Maggie]

@YouAreNotAlone @nashy @frog @Shaz51 @Snowie  and everyone. I sat outside with a coffee a few days ago. I watched and listened to the birds. Momentarily, it was peaceful. 🐦🐧🐤🌸🌸

[Snowie]

Sounds lovely @Maggie 

Hope you can get more of those moments in there.

[Maggie]

Thanks @Snowie , I can’t get out of my pit at the moment, so any break helps.

I hope you are ok enough, I’m not keeping up with everything.

[Snowie]

You don't need to keep up with everything hun, just concentrate on yourself @Maggie 

[Fizz]

My main go to for self care is being outside feeling the sun on me, the breeze and more recently the rain (because it has started again after years of drought  
I have two special places on my property where I sit and think things through; write in my journal or just watch and observe what goes on around me - birds in teh trees, bees buzzing around the flowers etc - always find it calming, soothing and restful and very helpful to returning to an equilibrium.

Other go tos include writing; listening to music and reading 

[AZZ]

Gosh what a beautiful place to sit @Fizz . I find connecting with nature a great way to calm my mind and reflect too. I've taken up hiking over the past few years which I love. Sometimes the quiet brings up difficult thoughts, but it gives me a the space to work through through them and I always feel better for it.