You just reminded me that my therapist sent me a mood wheel, too. I ended up ignoring it because it was color coded lol.

But in that same packet she sent me some grounding techniques to try, and that’s actually been really useful for me to pull out of a meltdown. Box breathing is my favorite one, but seriously there’s so many to try

Maybe stop trying to use words. Use colors or textures, make a little posterboard and work through what looks or feels right in her head. Meaning, if dark blue means she’s scared, or if green means she’s frustrated that’s okay. Don’t just go with red= angry if that didn’t feels right for her. Let her use as many colors or textures as she needs to get her point across.

It’s also really important to include what she wants from you on this board. Like, just shut up for an hour, or hold her, or go to the store and get her favorite soda. This is just to help her build trust that she can have some control in an uncomfortable situation. Right now she might not really have that, and may be why she’s landed on avoidance

Use it while physically together, but also take a picture so a screenshot can be shared with little edits over what she’s associated with her feelings.

When I’m overstimulated by emotions I have an internal meltdown that can graduate to external if I’m being pushed. I absolutely can’t think of words in that state, and often I’m afraid to even express myself in those moments.

I absolutely hate my side-by-side. Can’t fit a frozen pizza, the veggie drawers can barely hold a few days worth of vegetables. Had to move my water pitcher to a shelf because the door shelves are so small, but that also meant taking a shelf out of the fridge.

I’m getting the same style you have, and I’m super excited lol

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Maybe. I think I stopped watching after the social credit episode in the first season. Maybe I’ll check it out again if I ever have another reason to get Hulu.

Thanks ^^

The Orville.

I’m sorry! I’m a trekkie so I really wanted to love it. I can’t stand Seth McFarlane, though, and apparently it isn’t just his animated shows like Family Guy or American Dad that I hate.

I play Stardew Valley sometimes, but it’s not as fun as the pc version.

I’ve had Backpack Brawl for a while, and Balatro too. Most other games I don’t play for longer than a month or so. I did play Super Snail for a long time because I liked my clubmates, but the bird update killed it for me lol

My grandparents had a cat named Pussy. My grandma was so upset when I told her what that was slang for

I can’t believe it’s not soup

I have a friend with six cats, and a mice problem. I had actually never seen a mouse indoors until I was visiting them one day lol

That would be iconic!

He is incapable of that though

I don’t think Trump has ever had that body shape. It’s weird that he both signed it and put “his” likeness on it when he isn’t the kind of famous person that people normally want either of those things from

Rheumatoid arthritis can cause toes to curl into claws. There’s another autoimmune disorder that does this too, but I can’t remember which. Lupus maybe? Which would be fitting by name alone

I wear combat boots made for first responders (Haix). They are about 3-4 times the cost of yours, but they are made in Europe. Anyway, I’ve had my oldest pair for over six years, and I put at least 10 miles on them on a day. The only upkeep they’ve needed so far is some conditioner. I have a ton of boots, but these are by far my favorites

I’ve worn them in the Arizona desert during summer, and in winter where I live (gets to -30F and colder)

This is why I set the bottle in the bathroom sink after having this thought. Its hard to ignore something so out of place and in the way