Posted by sunny10 on February 4, 2005, at 9:33:06
In reply to Containing emotion, posted by gardenergirl on February 4, 2005, at 8:15:31
I know this is going to sound really trite, but I do different things depending on the weather...
First and favorite is to just put my sneakers on, drive down to the nearest state park (preferable one with a creek, riverbed, some water) and just watch the woodland creatures go about their day. I ask myself what would stress them out. When the realization comes that only fear of death stresses them out (starvation or predators), I put things into perspective by asking myself if the things (never just one, I'm afraid, smile) will lead to the death of myself or my son. I come to realize that they won't; because there are always options.
On a rainy day (okay, honesty; or cold day), I get lost in fiction. Real fiction; not biographies, et cetera, but real life, "calgon take me away" fiction (and, yes, the accompanying bath helps tremendously).
Now, obviously, I am ignoring the feelings on bad weather days (probably why I seem to suffer from SAD!), but I try to do my nice weather activity even when I'm not stressing in order to "balance" things in my mind.
Seeing "life" as Mother Nature intended always centers me...
Put these on your list- they do help...
sunny10
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