mumstheword
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So I just thought it would be an interesting and possibly helpful thread to name our most effective and relieving activities, in our recovery, so far.
I've been battling this a very long time, my official diagnosis is now c-ptsd although it took a long time to get that, but I was battling symptoms and trying to survive it long before I got any professional help.
It doesn't have to be a hierarchy of recovery-oriented practices just a list of helpful activities If you have more or less than 10, that's ok, just as many as you feel like discussing and if it's more that 10 maybe post a following post covering more, down the track.
Ok, here goes ...
Reading; researching and learning about people, beliefs, trials and how people make sense of them, psychology and cultural exploration, you know just to satiate my burning desire for answers and distraction from my hellish symptomatic mind and circumstances. Lots and lots of reading, since I learnt to read.:giggle:
Drama ; learning I could act differently to how I felt was freeing and since delving into drama in school I used what I learnt, to fake as much normal and functional as I possibly could.
Music; Learning to actively participate in music was the next step along after immersing myself in the wonderful soothing and distracting qualities of music. It helps our brains/nervous system enormously.:headphone::whistling:
Yoga; I'm finding now, I need trauma sensitive yoga but since living in an ashram as a child for a short time, yoga has been a go-to recovery tool that brings me back into my body, time and time again, in a strengthening way. It also helps to develop relaxing and regenerating breathing practices, especially during stress and pain.
Writing; School was a safer place for me than home and I enjoyed escaping into fantasy via the written word since I was a little girl. As a troubled teen, I began to write poetry and then, when I had the opportunity to sing professionally, I began to write and perform my own songs. It's amazing how writing through an excruciating emotional experience can relieve the intensity. On top of that, I find the sense of accomplishment satisfying.:rolleyes:
Walking; At one stage, I was homeless, in exreme pain, sleep was very hard and scanty and I was really jumping out of my skin. I was kind of well enough to walk the streets a great deal though. Very soothing and helpful for my nervous system.
Comic relief; humour, silliness, playfulness and laughter.:roflmao:
TRE -Trauma Release Exercises. When talking wasn't really helping because the people I had to talk to, well, it wasn't helping much at the time, with the intensity in my body, ok, so releasing the contracted, held in stress and trauma via "tremouring" helped.
NIA; Non Impact Aerobics, an eclectic blend of dance, martial arts, yoga, aerobics and movements arts, check it out, its awesome. Great body/brain training :joyful:.
Group and individual talk therapy; I probably don't need to explain. Helpful communication.:):p:hug:
I'm happy to elaborate on anything. Hoping this thread catches on, so we can offer each other more options and hope.:playful:
I've been battling this a very long time, my official diagnosis is now c-ptsd although it took a long time to get that, but I was battling symptoms and trying to survive it long before I got any professional help.
It doesn't have to be a hierarchy of recovery-oriented practices just a list of helpful activities If you have more or less than 10, that's ok, just as many as you feel like discussing and if it's more that 10 maybe post a following post covering more, down the track.
Ok, here goes ...
Reading; researching and learning about people, beliefs, trials and how people make sense of them, psychology and cultural exploration, you know just to satiate my burning desire for answers and distraction from my hellish symptomatic mind and circumstances. Lots and lots of reading, since I learnt to read.:giggle:
Drama ; learning I could act differently to how I felt was freeing and since delving into drama in school I used what I learnt, to fake as much normal and functional as I possibly could.
Music; Learning to actively participate in music was the next step along after immersing myself in the wonderful soothing and distracting qualities of music. It helps our brains/nervous system enormously.:headphone::whistling:
Yoga; I'm finding now, I need trauma sensitive yoga but since living in an ashram as a child for a short time, yoga has been a go-to recovery tool that brings me back into my body, time and time again, in a strengthening way. It also helps to develop relaxing and regenerating breathing practices, especially during stress and pain.
Writing; School was a safer place for me than home and I enjoyed escaping into fantasy via the written word since I was a little girl. As a troubled teen, I began to write poetry and then, when I had the opportunity to sing professionally, I began to write and perform my own songs. It's amazing how writing through an excruciating emotional experience can relieve the intensity. On top of that, I find the sense of accomplishment satisfying.:rolleyes:
Walking; At one stage, I was homeless, in exreme pain, sleep was very hard and scanty and I was really jumping out of my skin. I was kind of well enough to walk the streets a great deal though. Very soothing and helpful for my nervous system.
Comic relief; humour, silliness, playfulness and laughter.:roflmao:
TRE -Trauma Release Exercises. When talking wasn't really helping because the people I had to talk to, well, it wasn't helping much at the time, with the intensity in my body, ok, so releasing the contracted, held in stress and trauma via "tremouring" helped.
NIA; Non Impact Aerobics, an eclectic blend of dance, martial arts, yoga, aerobics and movements arts, check it out, its awesome. Great body/brain training :joyful:.
Group and individual talk therapy; I probably don't need to explain. Helpful communication.:):p:hug:
I'm happy to elaborate on anything. Hoping this thread catches on, so we can offer each other more options and hope.:playful:
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