Im in that wonderful state with my anxiety where I feel fine, everything is on the bounce but the idea of a phone call even with a friend or family feels like a marathon with a 50lb pack on in terms of difficulty, and leaving the house feels like I'm going on some forever journey beyond the stars.
Yeah I'm great, so long as I get to exist in my bubble and engage in only specific forms of mass communication like shouting into the void... Great... yeah!
@NiveusLepus patience and kindness with yourself
(that is the combined counsel of myself, bunny netsuke and stick critter!)
@KarenSohne I'm working on being patient because I can either be paitent with myself or in the same state but deeply frustrated. So I'm trying patience!
@KarenSohne Its kind of cringe to say but I hold myself to much higher standards, and I think thats because that's the only thing I really have power over is myself, and even that is imperfect.
@NiveusLepus Many of us recoil from giving ourselves grace, it is so hard to do, to relinquish the striving, even for a little while or over small things
@NiveusLepus so much easier to be kind and patient with nearly anyone else, than with my own self