Lets be kind to ourselves (rolling)

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i had an idea recently.

thought it would be nice to have a thread where we promise to do stuff for ourselves that we’d usually deem selfish, frivolous or not worth it e.g. running yourself a nice bath, buying yourself a book you’ve always wanted to read, doing your nails etc., just general reminders to be kinder to ourselves.

i’ve generally having a crap time atm and got some bad news today, i understand that some of you guys are also struggling atm. let’s all make promises to be kind to ourselves!!! :hugging: :coffee: :heart:

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I am going to have this 3rd beer because i had a really shitty day at work
CHEERS

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I’ve had a bottle of coke in the fridge for about 6 months now. guess it came with a pizza, or something.

thought I’d treat myself to a glass of cold coke. it was no better than ok, but at least I tried to be kind to myself

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This is a lovely thread idea and I hope everything is ok (I know that’s a trite thing to say but you know, thinking of you is what I mean :slight_smile: )

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Hey, good thread idea :slight_smile:

I’m going for dinner at this place tomorrow night:

It feels a bit weird going out and having a nice time when we’re going through it as a family but I figure, sod it, we had the reservation booked before we got the bad news. Just because some of life is shit, doesn’t mean it all has to be shit.

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Don’t have time for a proper treat day atm with professional exams and work but when my exams are done I’ll do something relaxing and rewarding.

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At the moment my mind feels like a cracker or something that’ll just snap completely under any pressure whatsoever, my body is like actually heavy/doubled over with sadness, and all I can do to be kind to myself is nothing at all.

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Fuck, man. Hang in there.

Apologies if this is simplistic or whatever but fuck this time of the year, it always makes things seem so much worse when October rolls around.

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Nice thread. Personally I am too good at being frivolous and for myself the kindest thing I could do is to challenge myself/do things I find difficult/do some actual work.

Wonder if this could be a job, head of frivolity.

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I like this thread. I’m going to pop a glass of whiskey later.

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I totally feel this. Feel like I’m drifting because I’m afraid to do things I find difficult at the moment. I’ve not really had this before.

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Hope you’re ok buddy.

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I’ll be honest man, not really. Really not really. Feel a bit guilty venting like this but it’s nicely semi-anonymous or at least folks I don’t really know so it’s convenient. Maybe it’ll pass.

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Mate don’t feel guilty at all - this is totally the place to do it and it’s great that you feel it’s a convenient place to vent. If you ever want to PM or whatever about what’s on your mind I’d be happy for you to vent some more!

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Yeah man, this. It’s almost entirely the point of the place. Vent away.

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Gonna eat some chocolate :chocolate_bar: ice cream right :point_right: now. Will make me feel bad :-1: so not really being kind to myself but fuck it

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Any of you guys want some money or something? Wish I could think of a better way to help you all out.

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started drinking a bit more heavily again to get me through dissertation hell. I’ve come to the conclusion that the more often I’m sober during the week, the more anxious I feel. Anxiety is causing me to not get this done.

I reckon I would have this fucking nightmare of a thing finished if only I wasn’t living at home or working part time/wasting hours travelling to and from work and feeling so exhausted by the time I get back.

I have all the time in the world to complete it, but I really should’ve done it by now. I’ve wasted so much time that I’m even having sleepless nights just thinking about it. Whenever I attempt to work on it, something always goes wrong. Even as I’m typing this, all of a sudden my keyboard seems to be broken, for example.

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I’m sorry to hear you’re having a bad time of it, you’re a good egg.

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I just got a job after being made redundant so I started using the hot tap at home when washing my hands.

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