"mastressalita;14994116" wrote:
Hey there Kindness Bench!
I've been under some high stress lately, and my daily chronic migraine has been as furious as ever. I find it is so hard to really get people to understand just how much time having a chronic pain condition takes away from things like playing Sims, writing, and getting reading in. I feel like some people think I'm ignoring them just because I haven't fit their story into my reading cycles yet, or I'm letting folks down by my slow update schedule... but the truth of the matter is, I'm doing as much as I can given the amount of spoons I've got (the majority of which go towards the fulltime job... no FT job, no health insurance to fight the pain-beast, so...) I find anymore I feel like I'm an ouraboros... it's very frustrating.
Crazy as it is, I find it very soothing to color. I realize that's just taking away yet more time that could be dedicated to something else, but I kinda like to just take out colored pencils and a nice coloring book and work away while I listen to a podcast or a Sim LP in the background. Does anyone else have tried and true "wind down" techniques? (Or recommendations of some great coloring books... I'm looking to expand, heh!)
Hi, @mastressalita ! Big hugs to you.
Do you know that you're one of my heroes?
(Oh... that's a line from a song, isn't it? Doh! It's true, though!)
I am always amazed at how much you get done--I don't know anyone who does more or gives more here at the Sims community of writers than you do. And it seems so selfless. I'm guessing that you get joy from it, for I never hear you complain or grumble and you seem (from my outside perspective) to have boundless energy for what you do.
I also know and keep myself aware that you have chronic migraine. So, I like to imagine you sitting quietly in dark rooms, resting and finding comfort.
Coloring is wonderful! What a great activity. And when an activity soothes us, helps us to keep the stress down, and brings us comfort, it's not "taking away" from anything... it's GIVING TO us so that we have more full reserves. :) <3
My favorite rejuvenations are time in the garden--just sitting, not even "gardening"--walks (when it's not 105), and playing the cello. Sometimes (like right now when I'm trying to learn a few pieces that feel too hard to me) playing cello feels like oh! Work! So hard... but I always feel relaxed afterwards (even if I feel like I've lifted weights), and even just playing open strings helps me to relax and chill as those vibrations course through my body.
