Disclaimer: I am not a psychologist or a health professional. I am a teenager who knows what it is like to suffer through this and who wants to help share some tips and tricks that helped me through the worst phases of my depression.
The most important thing is to talk to someone. Preferably, a responsible adult or a health professional. However, waiting lists for Psychologist, Psychiatrists and or mental health experts tend to be very long. And of course, they can not help you every minute of every day. If you are a teenager, talk to your guardian or parent. These people love you and want to help you through anything. If for whatever reason you do not feel comfortable talking to them, there are Call Centres, your teachers, your close friends. Lots of people are there for you, you just need to spot them.The second most important thing is to avoid temptation. Recognise your weaknesses and stay away from them. Avoid the kitchen, the medicine cabinet, the DIY cupboard, what you think is most dangerous for you.
I realise, however, that if you are have recurring or continuous suicidal thoughts, it isn’t practical or possible to avoid these areas constantly and constantly be in contact with people. These are tips and tricks I find helpful to help combat the thoughts.
- Switch from “Goodbye” to “See You” Then mentally keep note of who you said “See you” too. This is a promise to that person that you will see them again. You can make this into a promise to yourself that you will stay around long enough to see them again.
- Make a List of the People who Care About You Write it down and carry it around with you. Every time you have the smallest suicidal thought, look at this list of people who want you to stay around. Likewise, you can make a list of people you care about, a list of everyone you don’t want to hurt.
- Procrastinate Tell yourself that you’ll wait five minutes, ten minutes, an hour, before you kill yourself. Tell yourself you’ll watch a movie first, or read a book, or scroll a bit further down Tumblr. Yeah. THIS IS ME GIVING YOU PERMISSION TO PROCRASTINATE. The urge does fade with time, and this is my fall back trick.
- Make Lists of Your Favourite Things Ice cream, chocolate, roller coasters, whatever it is. Carry that around, too. These are lists of things you want to experience again, and a promise to yourself you’ll be around to experience them.
- Exercise Exercise makes your brain release endorphins, which are chemicals nicknamed “The happy drug.” Releasing them makes you happy, basically. Also, if you do them outside, you are absorbing sunlight, which also helps release endorphins. Find your favourite sport and get out there and do it. (P.S. Sex also counts and that has its own benefits too)
- Eat Chocolate Remus Lupin knew what he was doing when he gave Harry chocolate. Chocolate releases endorphins, especially Serotonin which is an anti-depressant. YAY chocolate. You only need to eat small amounts for this to work.
- Meditate Sit still, close your eyes, think about happy stuff. It really is that simple. Meditation works best if you’re only feeling lower levels of suicidal thoughts so you actually have the ability to concentrate.
- Use Worksheets I love these. They’re simple, can be carried anywhere, easy to use, etc. Writing things down means you’re thinking about them and subconciously processing them. The 3 Ds, One to Fill Out and carry around, A Safety Plan, Wallet Sized Safety Plan, Commitment to Life Contract, STOPP cards for dealing with situations, Five Pages on Coping With Suicidal Thoughts, MANY, MANY MORE (AN: These are resources made by and used by health professionals and experts)
- Sleep On It Try and sleep. It stops the thoughts, clears your mind and reduces stress.
I CANNOT stress how important it is to seek professional help if you are experiencing suicidal thoughts. These are just tools to use between appointments.
You ARE beautiful. I care. Your friends and family care. You deserve to be here just as much as the next person.
Stay with us.
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Autistic Problem #97: Grocery Shopping
Literally just got home from grocery shopping, ready to have a mental breakdown, and this was the first thing on my dash.
Just curious, how is grocery shopping stressful for autistic people? It seems so innocuous to me, unless the stress is related to shopping/deciding on its own.
I don’t understand how grocery shopping is NOT stressful! Aren’t other people bothered by all the colliding noises, and all the humans milling around in a confined space?
I know that even allistic friends of mine hate the grocery store (but usually for different reasons).
I have big problems with noise (so I wear headphones). But dancing the shopping cart tango (you know, when you’re trying to figure out which way a person is going to go so you don’t crash into them) is always my biggest form of anxiety.
yes, plus lots of people to pay attention to, social skills, sensory issues (especially around Christmas time, oh god the music) and trying to figure out what to buy on the want/need/afford axis.
There are some products at Canadian Tire that look promising, but as it is 11:14pm, I doubt the local store is open. And so I suppose I will have to go to the store when it opens tomorrow.
But does anyone have any suggestions?
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Did I mention there was a lot of squealing and clutching of my heart?
I can’t even with my soul
PRECIOUS BEBBIE
OH MY ADORABLENESS!!!!
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The only thing worse than crocs are these
what about cancer
what about the holocaust
man screw y’all i like to run around barefoot and use my toes to climb like a proper hominid but without the getting sliced to the bone by every random smashed beer bottle i come across part.
hell yeah them’s my phalanges, come and get me.
I want a pair of these as well…. just can’t seem to get the excuse to save up the money though
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The only acceptable crossover here involves Black Widow pepper-spraying her way through the other three canons in order to retrieve all the female characters that have been shat upon by their narratives, and form her own, vastly superior crime-fighting team.
everything about this post is perfect
yes
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Hidden Flag cake!
lookit all those layers sweet jesus get in me
you know what this tastes like? freedom.
being Canadian, I’d prefer the Rainbow layer cake…
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So, multiple times a day I get the same question:
DAMN GURL, HOW YOU SO FIIIIINE???
IDEK YOU GUYS, GOSH.
Um. No, but, you guys ask me a lot about how I do my blends. So uh ……hmm.
The short answer is: I bullshit a lot of it. Seriously. I didn’t grow up in a tea drinking family, and until recently, my interest in tea didn’t extend much beyond ordering Earl Grey with hazelnut at Starbucks and drinking peppermint tea when my stomach hurts. I LIKE tea though, and over the years I’ve tried lots of different sorts. So. When I first started doing the blends, that was my basis of knowledge.
Reblogging this again because I still keep getting requests for tutorials and heeeeere it is!
yeah, I’m finding it difficult to blend because sadly, I don’t have all the tea available on adagio. So I gotta do it all in my head, wait till I have enough money to order it, and then test it out. Really, it’s the cost of shipping that kills (I don’t live in the states, so no free shipping for me)
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