Getting through this time
Nov. 6th, 2024 08:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
blimixHey, everyone.
This week is going to be hard to get through. I want to remind you of two things:
1. We're here for each other. We may not feel like we have a country. Or a world. But we have our community. We help each other, and we need each other.
2. Your job today is to get through today. If you're trying to figure out how to survive the next four years and/or how to fix a broken system, you aren't going to come up with the solution yourself today. That's not because those are unsolvable. It's because those are long term problems. Give yourself a realistic goal. Today, get through today.
I wrote two resources a while back that might be helpful.
Dealing with depression and/or burnout:
https://blimix.dreamwidth.org/180153.html
The tension of, "It's an emergency and I have to do something but I can't" can sometimes be relieved by "completing the stress cycle":
https://blimix.dreamwidth.org/168525.html
Those methods might work, or they might be premature. You may need some time simply to express yourself with someone who feels safe. Whatever it is, doing something is more psychologically helpful than doing nothing.
While I would love for you to talk with someone, have a good cry, do some deep breathing, and ask for what you need... If all you can do to get through the day is bottle it up and play video games to distract yourself, then go ahead.
I'm looking forward to whatever time I can get with the people who make me feel safe. Try to reach out for the same.
This week is going to be hard to get through. I want to remind you of two things:
1. We're here for each other. We may not feel like we have a country. Or a world. But we have our community. We help each other, and we need each other.
2. Your job today is to get through today. If you're trying to figure out how to survive the next four years and/or how to fix a broken system, you aren't going to come up with the solution yourself today. That's not because those are unsolvable. It's because those are long term problems. Give yourself a realistic goal. Today, get through today.
I wrote two resources a while back that might be helpful.
Dealing with depression and/or burnout:
https://blimix.dreamwidth.org/180153.html
The tension of, "It's an emergency and I have to do something but I can't" can sometimes be relieved by "completing the stress cycle":
https://blimix.dreamwidth.org/168525.html
Those methods might work, or they might be premature. You may need some time simply to express yourself with someone who feels safe. Whatever it is, doing something is more psychologically helpful than doing nothing.
While I would love for you to talk with someone, have a good cry, do some deep breathing, and ask for what you need... If all you can do to get through the day is bottle it up and play video games to distract yourself, then go ahead.
I'm looking forward to whatever time I can get with the people who make me feel safe. Try to reach out for the same.
