I think you’ve got a good list!! HALT is a good acronym for when you’re feeling off: hungry, angry, lonely, or tired.
One thing you missed but alluded to is having a snack! It’s very easy to get hangry. Instead of a sadly portioned, single-use plastic (bah!) container of something, though, make it SUMPTUOUS. Cube some fancy cheese. Have a favorite party cracker on hand. Get the fancy peanut butter or hummus. Get those little baby carrots because life is SHORT. Have a lil wine if you can — why not! People day drink in Europe constantly, and they’re mostly fine. (Conversely, pretend you’re a Boxcar Kid or a poor little Victorian child who’s run away into the woods with naught but a crust of bread, a hunk of cheese, and idk, probably still the wine tbh. Add DRAMA.)
One thing people forget to attend to is sensory needs. Do you need some earplugs or noise-canceling headphones? Are you wearing something with a good texture/temperature and no annoying tags? Do you need to smell something nice, whether it’s baking, the outdoors, or perfume? Would a good art book or Pinterest dive into something aesthetic be pleasing? Do you need to do something with your hands (which, no matter how normal, is stimming)? Just things to think about!
You are realllllly getting my attention with these SUMPTUOUS and DRAMA words!!! you're right, what we need is MORE DRAMA AND ELEGANCE! and you're also correct about the sensory needs part, we need to make ourselves the most comfortable possible for mood-correction!!
I love you so much I can't breathe! Or maybe that's from laughing at this post so hard. These ideas are great! I also like to journal and I agree with Gray that I sometimes need snack. I was just hangry, oops!
But i love youuuuuuuu!!! 💕💕💕 and do you do the thing where you get so hungry that you start refusing snacks that are offered to you? because you're so mad about how hungry you are?
I may be a straight woman so the lesbianism of it all doesn't really apply to me, but I feel like you climbed inside my head and wrote this from my perspective. I have never wanted to be friends with someone more.
For me, doing an old-school "Dear Diary," in which I write down, as specifically as I can, what is SETTING. ME. OFF can really help. It is often so petty and so embarrassing--because I am so rarely set off by, like, man's inhumanity to man, and more often by something like somebody I need to collaborate with being selfish--but just getting it out can dissipate the toxic feelings that are making me crabby.
Hahaha loved these and the glowering-at-queer-kids energy, very relatable. For me, music is my best mood buster - ideally music so catchy that I have to dance to it, thereby tricking myself into moving my body
I think you’ve got a good list!! HALT is a good acronym for when you’re feeling off: hungry, angry, lonely, or tired.
One thing you missed but alluded to is having a snack! It’s very easy to get hangry. Instead of a sadly portioned, single-use plastic (bah!) container of something, though, make it SUMPTUOUS. Cube some fancy cheese. Have a favorite party cracker on hand. Get the fancy peanut butter or hummus. Get those little baby carrots because life is SHORT. Have a lil wine if you can — why not! People day drink in Europe constantly, and they’re mostly fine. (Conversely, pretend you’re a Boxcar Kid or a poor little Victorian child who’s run away into the woods with naught but a crust of bread, a hunk of cheese, and idk, probably still the wine tbh. Add DRAMA.)
One thing people forget to attend to is sensory needs. Do you need some earplugs or noise-canceling headphones? Are you wearing something with a good texture/temperature and no annoying tags? Do you need to smell something nice, whether it’s baking, the outdoors, or perfume? Would a good art book or Pinterest dive into something aesthetic be pleasing? Do you need to do something with your hands (which, no matter how normal, is stimming)? Just things to think about!
You are realllllly getting my attention with these SUMPTUOUS and DRAMA words!!! you're right, what we need is MORE DRAMA AND ELEGANCE! and you're also correct about the sensory needs part, we need to make ourselves the most comfortable possible for mood-correction!!
Um masturbation? AND then a nap! 🤭
oh my god there's a fifth thing to add to the list!!
I too began making granola thanks to Lindy and have never looked back!
Isn't it SO GOOD?? Every time I make it i get FURIOUS thinking about all the times I've bought granola!!
I’m looking at you Purely Elizabeth!
I love you so much I can't breathe! Or maybe that's from laughing at this post so hard. These ideas are great! I also like to journal and I agree with Gray that I sometimes need snack. I was just hangry, oops!
But i love youuuuuuuu!!! 💕💕💕 and do you do the thing where you get so hungry that you start refusing snacks that are offered to you? because you're so mad about how hungry you are?
I may be a straight woman so the lesbianism of it all doesn't really apply to me, but I feel like you climbed inside my head and wrote this from my perspective. I have never wanted to be friends with someone more.
OOPS that's all it takes, we're friends now!! ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
For me, doing an old-school "Dear Diary," in which I write down, as specifically as I can, what is SETTING. ME. OFF can really help. It is often so petty and so embarrassing--because I am so rarely set off by, like, man's inhumanity to man, and more often by something like somebody I need to collaborate with being selfish--but just getting it out can dissipate the toxic feelings that are making me crabby.
June i would pay a lot of money to hear you read from your diary out loud!!!
Oh dang I started listening to the podcast and I was like I READ THAT BOOK AND I LIKED IT!!!
HELL YEAH I'm so happy you liked it!! <3 <3
I’m reading this in the wet world as I avoid responsibilities in the dry world. 🌊🛁🫧
Oooh never get out!! the world doesn't deserve you<3
Hahaha loved these and the glowering-at-queer-kids energy, very relatable. For me, music is my best mood buster - ideally music so catchy that I have to dance to it, thereby tricking myself into moving my body
I love this!! (do you have a trick for when you are in such a bad mood that you refuse to turn on music??)
I wish I did! But I do have one song that I know to put on, so that I don't have to choose when in the depths of a mood funk.