Cause and Infection
CAUSE.AND.INFECTION
I’m not tryin to fool ya4/9/2020 Even though I would like to. I think that you’re really fit. You’re fit, but my god don’t you know it~ I can’t remember who did that song. I know it was a British band. I remember hearing my brother listen to them. Okay! So, bein fit. Healthy. HeaaaaaLthy. Yes. What is that? Omg I am standing in line to get into Trader Joes and I hear White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane playing somewhere, but I can’t tell where. It surely can’t be coming from inside 0o0 No it wasnt. But hey while inside I got me some tasty fruits, veggies, dark chocolate, tea, and proteins. Why? Because when I eat breads, carbs, alcohol, super processed things, sugar, and the such, seem to fuck me up more than other people. I have a delicate chemical ecosystem that is thrown out of whack by the unhealthy things. Mental health, emotional health, physical health. Health health. All those lovely interconnected parts of wellness. Gotta take mental breaks and process the events of our lives, gotta listen and not react to how we are feeling, gotta get that cardio to make sure the chemicals keep running through our bodies and dont stagnate and fuck up everything. And most importantly gotta get the sleep and eat the food to maintain the energy to keep these healthy functions functional. EeeeEEEeeeEeeveeything impacts one another. When your depressed you dont wana eat or get out of bed and exercise and sometimes lie awake all night thinking how poo the world is, but really those are the things you gotta do to make yourself not feel blah anymore. Its so hard to do these healthy thing when mental health is suffering. Then sometimes thats when medication comes in. I know the idea of relying on medication to be a functional human being suck donkey meat; which is why I don’t generally endorse medication. But! I do find medication can be helpful for slowing the brain down so you can have time to process life experiences and make sense of what is going on with you, your body, and the world around you. I don't think I could have made it to where I am today without the help of medication. Albeit it took forever and I tried all of them and more than half of them didn't do anything for me and I gained an unhealthy amount of weight. Finding a medication that works with your body is key. Also finding a psychiatrist that will work with you instead of throwing drugs at you is also very important. I don’t take meds anymore. I found a lifestyle routine of exercising three times a week, carry a 50 oz water bottle with me everywhere, minimize stressors in my life, sleeping 7.5 hours a night, meditate or take a nap for 18 minutes when I come home from work, drinking alcohol once a week, eating more veg and protein, taking a shit ton of vitamins, and socializing regularly that works for me. If something throws off my lifestyle routine the unhelpful mental processes come back. Then I turn into a nightmarish hellfiend. Rawr 😈 Exercise! It gets rid of poo brain toxins, makes your internal organs feel better(if you do it good), and helps you sleep betteeeeeerrr. Sleep! Gets rid of poo brain toxins, helps repair your body, and in my opinion is quite enjoyable. Sooo these poster things I find on pinterest are what I use to reinforce my point and validate my own practices. I generally heard these things about eating, exercising, and routines throughout my life, especially from my parents, but never did them. I was probably 23 when I decided I can’t take it anymore Imma just try the dumb things they are always pushing at me. Oh shit, turns out they work. Whoops. Thanks parents. So as far as emotional health is concerned the maintenance on that isn't quite like physical or mental. The only real thing I can thing of for emotional is meditation. Sitting or laying in a position where all your muscles are relaxed and just observing your feelings both emotional and physical. Observing thoughts and how they make you feel and not reacting. I guess reading and reflecting like when I read The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck. Selfcare things too like stream of conscious making music or doodling or creating. Those activities where you can unplug and observe yourself. So its a bit more abstract, but every bit as important as exercising and eating right and sleeping. Oh! Oh! And creating boundaries! After having observed the emotions creating some sort of -yes I will have more of this in my life or -no I will have less of this in my life. Yeaaaah, but that is like a tie in to the mental. Mmmm boundaries my arch-nemesis. Some day I shall tame and master thee. You beautiful bucking bronco that I strive to achieve competence at maintaining. I HAVE OATS AND APPLES COME BAAACK I found all these poster things on pinterest. If you wana look at my my pinterest is linked on my about me. I save these pins in the Sanity Makers board.
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