I haven't shared this app with anyone in my real life yet but it's an interesting thought exercise to see whether I'd want to share it with a certain person. How do I think they'd feel about the atmosphere here? How would they add to it? Would I feel like they are using my account to support or dismiss beliefs they already have about me? Judge me? Do I want to welcome them into this friendly safe space or do they make it feel less safe?
to stay present / build connection and trust with myself / gently but firmly nudge myself away from dissociative confusion bonus:
"if this is heaven, how would i act?"
Such a fun experiment today to deal with runaway nervous thoughts:
Choose a thought that has contributed to your anxiety. Gather evidence in support of your thought (verifiable facts only), and against your thought. Compare the evidence and determine whether your thought is accurate or not. Use Socratic questioning. Question the thoughts that contribute to your anxiety. Ask yourself:
- “Is my thought based on facts or feelings?”
- “How would my best friend see this situation?”
- “How likely is it that my fear will come true?”
- “What’s most likely to happen?”
- “If my fear comes true, will it still matter in a week? A month? A year?” https://www.therapistaid.com/therapy-worksheet/coping-skills-anxiety
It's so lawless. You’ll see the weirdest things and no one will care. People are so unabashedly human here. Dead expressions, exhaustion, boredom. You’ll get a coffee, someone else will get a bloody mary, the time is irrelevant. Your priorities will be tested, everything costs at least three times as much as it should, it won’t matter. I love liminal spaces.
