i need this fidget toy more than i have ever needed any other fidget toy
it’s currently in its fundraising phase, it looks like they’ll be ready to sell them in December 2016! image source and more information here at their kickstarter.
If you suffer from Anxiety, Depression, Disassociation, Intrusive thoughts, or any number of things that take you away from a healthy head-space then
this song is for you.
This song is a template for a coping mechanism. This will walk you through a legitimate method of addressing intrusive thoughts and working through them in order to ground yourself. I cannot express how important this is- for people like me who suffer from these moments all the time this song is so important.
Garnet is teaching Stevonnie Mindfulness meditation. Its a practice to help ground a person to the present moment. This is a lifesaver for people with heavy, constantly running, and wandering minds.
With Mindfulness Meditation you are allowing yourself to pull away from your thoughts and to focus on whats going on right then and there. The rhythm of your breathing. The weight of your limbs and the pull of gravity. The tension you may have been holding in spots you didnt know you were. And your thoughts.
Being mindful is not meant to quiet your thoughts.
Sometimes they’re as automatic as your beating heart. Its not meant to get rid of your pain, either. But you’re able to pull away from thoughts and emotions. You can observe them without being a part of them. You can watch them and not relive it.
After all, you cant relive the past and you cant predict the future…all you ever have is the now.
I live with Anxiety and Depression and this is the most effective and most powerful coping skill I have. It doesnt require anything extra [ you just need yourself and a quiet spot ] , you can do it just about anywhere , and, if practiced enough, you can learn to do it on the go. Its great for emergencies.
Garnet was an amazing teacher for this, but the person I learned Mindfulness from is Eckhart Tolle. If you want some more help, I would suggest reading his book, The Power of Now.
We have reached that glorious time of the year, a time when 50% of my conversations with others will include the phrase, “It must be nice.”
Why yes, thank you, it is.
It is nice to have my summers “off.”
It is nice to have a couple of months a year where people call me by my first name.
It is nice to be able to use the bathroom when I have to go.
It is nice not to have stress dreams about other people’s children.
It is nice not to have to repeat everything I say at least three times.
AT THE VERY LEAST. YES. EVERYTHING.
See, here is the deal, people.
During the rest of the year, I wear a specific costume. I do not wear my “real clothes.”
During the rest of the year, I answer to a different name.
During the rest of the year, I plan everything I do and most of what I say ahead of time.
What is that called? That’s called a performance.
Most of the year, I am literally performing most of the day.
And writing the script.
And my audience does not always (or even often) particularly want to be there.
And I am responsible for them remembering most of what they have seen and heard.
And I am responsible for designing ways of assessing how much they have remembered and can apply from everything they have seen and heard.
And I am responsible for grading these assessments.
Except when those assessments come from the state. Then I am responsible for making the audience remember everything and care about proving they remember everything.
Or else.
All of which is not so bad. I chose this job and I love it.
But if that sounds daunting, or overwhelming to anyone else, I just wish they would remember that the next time they want to say in a snooty voice, “Must be nice.”
This large poster takes up a wall near the entrance of the Seoul Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art. I always smile when I see, so I’m glad someone posted it on tumblr.
