emotional wrangling
The last few days have been terrible, emotionally. The rest of my life is fine. I'm starting to pick up on my wife's complaining as a sign that I need to take better emotional care of myself.
What do you fellas do when you're feeling terrible? Do you have a thought routine that you go through? Meditations? A playlist?
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@Elmkast I've had a series of small setbacks, which is not unusual and hasn't affected me like this in the past. But this time it makes me feel like there's nothing going right, and what I'm doing isn't doing any good, and I basically just feel like I'm neglecting something (maybe myself?).
It's like one of those times when Brain is trying to talk Heart into brushing off a harsh comment or setback but Heart just refuses to listen.
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@Elmkast It doesn't feel like anything needs changing in my life, and I already have plans for things that I do want to change, so this feels more like I just need a little emotional management. I'm not keen on using counter drugs for that, wondering how other people manage.
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@kureshii Ah ok. Thanks for clarifying.
Emotional management for me often just means cleaning. Menial errands too. Unexciting answer I know but it's the truth 😆
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@kureshii Also collectively referring to the instance as "fellas" is an indicator that we need more woman here 😩 😂
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@Elmkast idk what's a good pronoun to use for plural 2nd person :/ "Y'all"?
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@kureshii I have a post on this topic tomorrow. Tl;dr is that I either have to cease motion altogether (watch it to to death, as they say in mindfulness) or get moving (take a walk, cycle, fling a kettlebell around).
Essentially, breathe or move.
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@msweet looking forward to it :) sounds like the idea is not to "seek balance" but to allow things to develop to a conclusion at either extreme?
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@kureshii I push my energy into something I needed to, but pushed off due to laziness (cleaning something, accounting, etc.). Taking a break at the gym helps. Also, I tell myself that whenever I'm in an emotional state, I usually forget about it after a few months and barely think about it.
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@steve I need some reminding about the 5-year view 🙂 but yes, some maintenance downtime is also due.
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@kureshii What is making you feel terrible? That's where I start with myself. It's not always possible to know, maybe it's a combination of factors, but trying to figure it out is a good start