The 1% thread - What can I / you do, to make our situation 1% better right now?

I am getting an ice pack for my neck.

The first thing is to drink some water. Getting outside always helps. Focusing on my breath helps reduce anxiety.

Found a beautiful park and spent 3 hours enjoying nature and beautiful sunshine outdoors when I was supposed to be working. It's what I needed to be alive again. Maybe the job needs to go. Or dramatically change. Way too tense without my outdoor life.
Being outdoors only 1% of my life makes my life 90% incomplete.
Need to rethink my priorities....

I can take my time.

I need to get back to this.

Thank you for the many reminders and examples.

just rinsing my face

Ecdysis said:

I need to get back to this.

Thank you for the many reminders and examples.

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Don't know what to do with this.
I can't feel any of it inside at all.
Like I'm cut off from "things being better" or "things being a bit less worse".
It shocks me to see it put into words like that.
Why do I get into that state? Because facing and preparing for the worst is easier/ safer according to my PTSD?
Ugh...
Can I give myself 1% kindness to believe that things won't turn out in the worst possible way?
That hope and grace apply to my life too?
Can I stop blaming myself for everything that goes wrong?
Can I give myself the grace to see how hard I'm trying?
And to see how painful failing is, when I fail at stuff?
Can I have some faith that my efforts aren't totally in vain?
Can I hold some space for meaning and care and love?
When there is pain and loss, can I try to be connected in it, rather than isolated in it?
Can I accept the blessings alongside the pain and suffering?
Grace. That's what I need right now. 1% will do.