Okay, I'm gonna be completely honest here but for the past several months, all this news about age verification laws spreading around the world has made me extremely anxious. I'm starting to lose sleep over it and have been doomscrolling news about it just hoping that there will be some sort of turn around like… Continue reading Fears of how Age Verification will Affect Me
Living with autism all my life, nothing stresses me more than upcoming social situations, even with people I know and trust. One day, I was out for a walk with my dad on New Year's Day: we were discussing how far I've come in the additional social challenges I've had to face living with autism.… Continue reading Don’t Say I’m Next at the Altar
I haven't really spoken a lot about my feelings lately, as whenever I start a draft here, my main focus is to review a book or game I just finished. Sometimes it's even to call out inappropriate behaviour I see online from servers, comments, or crybabies who attack something online that they hate instead of… Continue reading I’m Not Good Enough
Self-care is extremely important to me. Too often we spend so much energy trying to please others or feel like we cannot function without a significant other therefore we forget to take care of ourselves. I choose my mental health and I choose me and there are so many convenient ways to manage it right… Continue reading Mental Health Apps I’ve Been Using
There's often something popular that people just love and I've never been able to love it ever since I was a kid. Before you were the legal drinking age, even when before you turned ten it was seen as something cool to drink. So think of it as the kid's version of alcohol. You know… Continue reading It’s a Fizzy World And I Stay Out of It
Relaxing is so important so now you're asking me what my favourite thing to do to relax? Easy answer. Meditation. I do this every day for 5 - 10 minutes. Sometimes in the morning before I climb out of bed or in the evening before lights out. I deal with a lot of anxiety so… Continue reading Time To Unwind
My health has been a rollercoaster the past year both mentally and physically and I know two things are the main culprits. The first one is stress, I was doing fine at the beginning of my current job, and then in late 2022 after I came back from a trip abroad that was on my… Continue reading Back to Basics
I wrote earlier that I always thought that apps that are used to help with stress, anxiety, and teach you how to meditate, should be free. I still stand by that statement, but after giving the plan a chance, I have some change of heart. As you know, Calm is a popular app used for… Continue reading Reevaluating Calm
As a strong believer in the prioritization of self-care, this is totally relevant. I have been searching for a new meditation app ever since MyLife a.k.a. Stop, Breathe, and Think discontinued its service. I relied on it a lot throughout my college years. Technically, I don't need an app to be able to meditate but… Continue reading Meditative Activities Should Not Cost Anything
I often deal with acute anxiety and sometimes even chronic on rare occasions. It is quite stressful and then it reaches a point where my body begins to react physically as well. Then I feel like it's the end of the world. When the college faculty strike ended, I had jaw pain and a headache… Continue reading Stress, Anxiety, and my Body
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