Honestly, I just allow myself a session of hardcore escapism—usually that includes turning off all notifications on my devices, pouring some whisky and playing video games for a few hours—and I tell myself that once I’m done playing, I’ll really sit with the problem and think about it seriously, even writing down some plans if I have to. An...... reply
Ngl, as a person who is still anxious and guilty of sumt for more than a decade (until now), I js read, watch, and play games.. But worse case scenario, when I feel like I js need proper punishment or consequence, I would cry it out, then SH.
Somehow, my brain gets rewired and it's "back to normal" again.
It's actually also because when I SH, The...... reply
self blaming, then self isolation, then self harm. literally every time and it somehow works for me. the next day im like mentally fine but not physically. reply
I do this when there is something scary I have to do ( go to unknown place, do something I haven't done before, talk to stranger do the lmao) I wish I could say I get up and I fix the thing, but in reality I normally procrastinate ( take 100 naps, read 5 new series of manga, watch my favorite show over again) and over analyze/think until the origin...... reply