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every morning i ____________

arfie
arfie

i thought i'd try experimenting with a thread to discuss our "daily wellness rituals." i use quotation marks because that is my personal name for the therapy tools i've incorporated into my daily life to help manage my symptoms and maintain a healthier stability.


testing, 1, 2, 3. . .


every morning i take a personal inventory of my physical and mental health. am i feeling physically fit? if not, what can i do to feel better? are intrusive thoughts distracting my awareness of the here and now? insert awareness here. . . are any other psych symptoms present. i shoot for a gentle inventory. it's okay to be a few fries short of a happy meal, as long as i am mindful in managing the symptoms.


wanna play? what's in your morning?

Lifereallysucks
Lifereallysucks
Getting up
arfie
arfie
that's a mighty fine place to start.
Dani1960
Dani1960
I like this very much. I do something similar. Getting better now. I have a few apps to help me. Hydration walking etc. I also have an app called seer Been using it about 2 years. I document compliance with taking my anti epileptic med. The app also calculates my daily seizure risk one month at time. My smart watch can show stress store heart rate eeg. Number of steps each day. Hour I slept. The watch face is for deep breathing.
GirlinCalif
GirlinCalif
Great thread, arfie!

"Every morning I.....

take my anxiety medication, eat a banana and a blueberry yogurt, take my vitamins. Drink a lot of water. Then get ready for the day, usually leaving about one hour later. I don't want toooo much time to dilly dally around, or my anxiety might start setting in. Better for me if I get dressed and ready, and get out of the house for the day as soon as possible."
Marian2
Marian2
This sounds good as I woke up and have my anxiety sick stomach.
I still need to figure out a way to manage my “wake up” anxiety.
bluesailperch
bluesailperch
Each morning I struggle with accepting my reality from a state of dreams. I wake early, make coffee and start planning out things I've been wanting to get done. I seem to function better when I have a 'to do' list. If not, I will sink into a state of evaluation and self pity, often wasting my day.
rmb
rmb
Every morning I stretch before getting out of bed. And I mean really stretch, with intention. It seems to help get get my head on straight before I even put my feet on the floor.
arfie
arfie
great answers here, guys. maybe even an idea or two to try on those rough mornings where my business as usual is not quite doing the trick.

i hope everybody feels welcome to answer more than once. i believe this is a topic worthy of developing. how i start my day colors the entire day.
Lifereallysucks
Lifereallysucks
No, seriously

Getting up

Not sure what's worse
Going to sleep or getting up
arfie
arfie
i'm serious, too. just getting out of bed really is a mighty fine start. my hyperactive metabolism won't LET me oversleep, but those mornings where cowering under the blankets feels like my only safe option, JUST getting out of bed really is a mighty fine start. a piece of my positive reinforcement therapy is to congratulate myself profusely for the accomplishment.

for my psycho nickel, the going to sleep is far, far worse, especially during the nightmare/terror phases. that pesky hyperactive metabolism provides enough physical energy to make it feel far more sensible to go looking for a fight.
rmb
rmb
I totally agree that how I start my day colors the entire day.

I’m not like a Suzy Sunshiney, rainbows and lollipops kind of person but I think there is something to be said for taking a moment first thing in the morning and consciously feeling gratitude for getting to see another day.

Otherwise, it’s really easy when you first wake up to automatically default to negative thinking once you developed that habit.

But alas, I’m a morning person so that might help.

Great convo starter, Arfie!
arfie
arfie
as much as i like unicorns and rainbows, too much sugar rots the teeth, rmb. personally, i like a balance. too much of anything

i'm a 24/7 gal, myself. every hour of every day has a special charm to my senses. what hours i am awake or asleep depends entirely on where the action is. when i was working night shifts and routinely waking in the afternoon, i still called that first flutter of waking, "morning."

whatever hour i start my day, those first minutes of wakefulness will still color my day.
Lifereallysucks
Lifereallysucks
Depends on how the sleep pattern goes too

Hopefully everyone is doing well
arfie
arfie
solid truth, lifereallysucks. depends on many other variables, as well.
life is a complex web.

i think i'll try using "wake-up" in place of "morning." it accommodates the 24 hour day far more comprehensively. maybe? testing, 1, 2, 3. . .

every wake-up i __________
sing a song to welcome the day. on a stormy day, i greet the day with a stormy song. i sing sad songs on sad days. today is a school day and early enough in the school year that we are still working out the kinks of the new academic year.

i don't know, but i've been told
each new day is made of gold
just make it up as you go along
'cause each day is a brand new song
Lifereallysucks
Lifereallysucks
Every day is a new day
Could be gold, could be fools gold

Control what you can control and be around those that don't invade your business
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