Good Morning!

[Ant7]

@Maggie good morning how are you today 😊

[soul]

Hi @Ant7 and @Maggie and the others who follow. Hope you all have a beaut day.

[Former-Member]

hello 👋

[Ant7]

@soul @Former-Member good to both of you how are you doing today 😊

[Former-Member]

hello @Ant how are you? i’m just trying to think of ways how to cope and get through today

[BlueBay]

Good morning everyone just passing through. Getting ready for work. Hope you all have a nice day. 😊❤️
BB Xxoo

[Ant7]

@Former-Member I am going ok thanks for asking
I hope you are finding things to help you cope and that keeps you calm ❤️

[Faith-and-Hope]

Morning everyone ..... 👋☕️💕

Hi @Former-Member ....
Have you heard of the “Coping Box” ? It is a box, or bag, or basket ...... whatever works for you, which you oh things into that help to distract you, motivate you, nurture you ..... so when you are feeling really at a loss or shaky it is something toI go to as a pick/me-up.

It may contain -

a written affirmation about things that are meaningful to you as goals to aim towaeds, or help you through

Favourite music

Nice-smellling hand-cream (applying this can help calm spiralling thoughts like a circuit-breaker, both the applying of it and the scent)

Something to eat like chocolate, or biscuits, or favourite tea bags, popcorn, nuts ....,,

Poetry

Art

Personal interest or craft materials of some sort

A crossword puzzle

You tailor the coping box to your own interests and needs. There is a thread here called Coping Box if anyone is interested in adding to it ......

[Former-Member]

Hi @Faith-and-Hope thank you for some more ideas. I had a coping box I could take everywhere, but I somehow let it go. I started looking for things again yesterday and put my colouring in stuff out. I also have a self care plan but let that go too. I thought I could deal with it myself. I don’t want to be a big baby. I didn’t even know where my safety plan was. I can’t. I am tired of fighting myself every day to keep myself safe.

[Faith-and-Hope]

Here is the Coping Box thread if anyone wants to add to it ......

I hear you @Former-Member, as do many others here ...... my struggle is different, but it’s still a get-up-every-day-and-dust-yourself-off-again sort of situation, and will be ongoing.  You are not alone in feeling that way here.  Walking along with others who are struggling similarly can really help.  There is a lot that doesn’t require explanation because there is a knowing ..... and that knowing provides something of a “family” within this community .....

Very glad to have you here ...... 🌷