Feeling a bit down tonight. How do you guys like to lighten up?

  • EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    8 months ago

    I just played the whole thing…

    …I’m gonna be honest. That was hard. But…it helped.

    …I thank you. :)

     


    Edit: By the way, mine is a common housecat, but one with grungy hair and a scaredy-cat disposition. ;)

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      8 months ago

      Do remember- it really is trying to help. Negative self talk really is a useful social animal trait that’s just going a bit haywire, so figure out what its trying to do and be nice to it.

      Also, pain can be experienced first as emotional distress, especially if its pain you’ve lived with for a long time, and its just hurting extra bad.

      Sometimes its easier to do self-care when you picture it as outside of yourself.
      So when you’re really feeling like shit, try acknowledging its concerns, rational or irrational, and then tell your little red cat its doing a good job and its safe to take a nap.

      It isn’t a magic fix, but its an actual process to go through. And that feels better than just stewing.

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        8 months ago

        That makes a lot of sense. I never considered personification of anxiety as a therapeutic tool.

        Thank you. :)

        P.S. By the way, that really was a well-done game, clearly made with attention and love. Very good. :)