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mrissa ([personal profile] mrissa) wrote in [personal profile] gaudior 2020-04-04 01:45 pm (UTC)

#1: do you hesitate before suggesting exercise because so many people have such complicated history with it? I have found that having my chest muscles well stretched and not knotty keeps me from some bad somatic anxiety spirals, and regular exercise also helps with that, and I'm not the only one I know who has had some form of exercise result in great mental health benefits. So I thought, they know what they're doing, so what could reason would they hesitate to suggest it as an item in the toolbox? and what I came up with was: people's experience of having exercise pressed upon them (as opposed to wandering off and doing it on their own) is SO INCREDIBLY FRAUGHT. Is that why? Or is it something else?

#9: I find this one useful when I have awakened in the middle of the night and have a tiny little thought that maybe I should drink some water and go to the bathroom. "Nooooo" thinks a part of my brain "so cozy lying stillllll" but if I listen to that part, then I am still lying still NOT SLEEPING 20 minutes later and have to go to the bathroom more urgently and drink water more urgently, whereas if I get up and do it, I can get back to sleep. Mileage, of course, varies.

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