Recent content by River_Witch

I love this! Thanks for sharing; I’ll be sure to try it soon!

THIS. ^^^ Triggering myself on purpose is a strategy I use to get my needs met. I tend to be self-critical about it (“Really, RiverWitch? This is how you want to proceed? Ffs...”), which is not helpful. Right now I am practicing the art of noticing when I’m doing it and checking in on what I...

I am SUCH a rhino about things! Laughing to myself so much picturing the difference between a giant stampeding rhino and a squishy swimming tadpole. Excellent metaphor. This phrase really helped me, today— thank you! 🦏🦏🦏

Oh my god, this. This is my experience. I’ve found myself cowered near a grocery end-cap, unable to manage, at least a half-dozen times. For YEARS, I didn’t know it was hypervigilance running amuck so reading this description today felt wildly validating. Phew. Words are so powerful — thank...

I ask myself this question frequently. I think intuition is more of a felt-sense knowing that is embodied. Confirmation bias tends to be purely cognitive - like it lives only in my mind. A question I can ask myself is: where do I know this? If it’s in my head (and only my head), it’s probably...

I’ve smoked weed just about daily for 16 years. I’m not wild about smoking oil (“doing dabs”) because it’s too strong for me. Smoking oil/“shatter” is akin to free-basing cannabis. To me, as a stoner, that seems wildly unnecessary — but I am limited by only ever living in my body and not yours...

I head into nature when I can’t stand edginess. Sometimes that can be a 3-4 hour hike alone, or a day on the river, but sometimes it’s just driving to a neighborhood park with trees or a body of water and sitting in my car, if that’s all I have energy for that day. Occasionally it’s sitting on...

Aw. Thank you! Feels good already. High five, if you want one.

100%! Here’s what I have observed in me: I feel a compulsive need to spatially/visually bring order (to rooms and desktops and so on) AND to approach chores, errands, and, well, most of life, in a certain order, with the goal of optimal efficiency. As an example, say the car needs to be packed...

Hi all! I've just discovered this forum and reading a thread about recovery filled my heart with so much hope that I created an account. Introducing myself today to add my voice to the chorus: You are not alone. My story: Symptoms started at age 18 as isolation, avoidance, depression. In...