Comfort - What Works For You?

[Lucille]

Hi Loves,

I'm wondering what tactics/tips you use when you need to find comfort. Something that helps you feel calm or safe or just generally warm and fuzzy. Whether it's a bubble bath or doing crafts... I'm just looking for some new ideas :barefoot:

 

[Sandra]

Being a hermit with no one around to bother me.

 

[SimplyComplex]

Not baths :cautious: bathtub trauma here :sick:

being covered with lots of blankets in my bed
meditating
journaling in the community area at my church
spending time with *good* friends
Listening to music on my ipod loud while reading or journaling at a coffee shop

I like to burn scented candles. I used to like shoe shopping but it does nothing for me now.

 

[Rick A.]

Living in the wilderness surrounded by my 'critters' ... as I do here in Alaska.
May peace be with you, always ~

 

[Sandra]

Alaska is great. I took a trip there in 1983.

 

[Rick A.]

Indeed Alaska is .... one word sums it up .... magical.

 

[alleycat]

Calling my friends and asking them to just randomly talk to me, laying in bed, hot showers, music, movies/tv, crocheting, baking, reading, throwing knives, shooting, candles, walks, playing with my dog, etc etc etc.

 

[olaja]

When it is really bad, I nest under the covers. Sometimes I listen to sacred music. Or, I pray rosaries. It depends on how functional I am. When I was at my worst, I lit candles in a cathedral near where I live. There happened to be a Shrine of Saint Jude there. (patron saint of desperate and hopeless cases.)

Sometimes I chant mantras or listen to audio recordings of other people chanting.

I also have the habit of reading autobiographies and biographies to see how people have made it through their lives. Writing also helps me.

 

[KP the nut]

I like a hug from my H
I like to sit hugging my dogs. if the dogs are unco-operative I have a teddy to hug.
I will do breathing and grounding
I will smell essential lemon oil.
I will light scented candles
I will do a visualisation exercise which my T recorded for me.
I will write in my grateful for book and read my affirmation book.

 

[simplekindofgirl]

Hugging my kids or my pets is a good fix, even for a short while.
Cooking and baking. Painting and drawing. Playing the piano or the sax. Playing a video game. Reading and writing. Working.

And on my worst days- Running. It worked for Forest...

 

[Rick A.]

Celtic music or the 'Moody Blues' is my fix ... and watching my 'critters' visiting my SHIRE. Just the sound of a helicopter or a 'fast mover' (war plane) can ruin the rest of my day. Hope they stay away. Peace ~

 

[Sterre]

I am really struggeling with this question.

I dont know precisly what I need or do to comfort myself.

I eat chocolate or licourish to comfort myself. I'll buy luxury foods or fruit eventough I cant afford it, just to comfort myself.
I allow myself to procrastinate on difficult things, some days to comfort myself.

Thats it basically.
Hmmm.... confrontational question, but a very good one!