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

[ms spock]

I am getting an ice pack for my neck.

 

[Lost in the Woods]

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

 

[GrayOwl]

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....

 

[Dynamic]

I can take my time.

 

[Ecdysis]

I need to get back to this.

Thank you for the many reminders and examples.

 

[Dark.Green.Feathers]

just rinsing my face

 

[Ecdysis]

I need to get back to this.

Thank you for the many reminders and examples.

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.

 

[Dark.Green.Feathers]

"cat showers", I don't know if there's another name for them, but just washing/rinsing the essentials. Get in, wash crotch and butt, maybe anywhere else if I feel up to it, get out. Soap ideal but optional, still makes a difference without.

It's low-commitment, sometimes I do it with my shirt still on. Helps me stay sane, because I don't like feeling dirty and/or sweaty. Bridges the gap until I have the energy to do a full one.

Also can tie-in changing underwear/clothes if that's something you struggle with.


Having only getting my legs wet as the goal makes all the difference for how difficult it feels to shower.
Psychologically it helps me to have a "different kind of shower", since I struggle to do things in halves, and get put off if I know I can't do something "properly"/to the full. Makes it so I don't have to wait till I feel in need/able to wash my hair, for anything else to be washed.