My dog can always make me smile. I’ve taken up knitting and I like watching standup. Not necessarily the best coping mechanism, but often I just need to sleep and I have found that I wake up having processed it all quite a bit 🤷🏻‍♀️

Writing songs about what I’m feeling helps me process everything I’m going through!

Usually I turn to sleeping because at my writs end I’m exhausted. ✋

Kayaking, hiking, playing video games, talking to friends help me remain calm and centered also. There are days where its too much, centering on 5 things around you that you can smell, see , or touch helps also. Be specific, meaning 5 colors, textures, etc

music helps a lot, sometimes i just need to get away from everybody, including my boyfriend, and just be left alone for a bit to breathe and collect myself. i've tried picking up watching tv shows and movies again, and it's helped me a lot. just turning on one or two episodes of my favorite show helps me so much sometimes. and i always have a couple mobile games on my phone for on the go if i need to just do something to come back down to earth and not feel like i'm about to yell at everybody