If you find yourself having an emotional reaction disproportionate to the situation at hand, you might be having an emotional flashback byu/aristhought inCPTSD
The secret is not to find a life where you can have no anxieties so that you can meditate in peace, but to find a place inwards where you can be at peace with your discomfort and sit with it like an old friend byu/aristhought inMeditation
Sometimes the easiest way to start is to pick up the cheapest, most throwaway notebook you can find. The more perfect looking and expensive a journal looks, the harder it is to start with it, and the more you worry about imperfections. byu/aristhought inJournaling
“Think of the life you have lived until now as over and, as a dead man, see what’s left as a bonus and live it according to Nature. Love the hand that fate deals you and play it as your own, for what could be more fitting?” – Marcus Aurelius byu/aristhought inStoicism
“Let us prepare our minds as if we’d come to the very end of life. Let us postpone nothing. Let us balance life’s books each day. The one who puts the finishing touches on their life each day is never short of time.” —Seneca byu/aristhought inStoicism
Self compassion: some thoughts to remember for 2020 byu/aristhought inCPTSD
Why the hope and optimism in Schitt’s Creek matters (from a queer viewer’s perspective) byu/aristhought inSchittsCreek
Private vs performative journalling byu/aristhought inJournaling
You’re allowed to be tired. And you deserve some peace. byu/aristhought inCPTSD
Growing up is minimising. byu/aristhought inStoicism
To those who may doubt the efficacy of deep breathing – it isn’t just in your head, it has physiological properties too. byu/aristhought inMeditation
