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When I'm having a flair up of either physical pain

When I'm having a flair up of either physical pain or mental symptoms, it's the hardest time to remember to do things I like.🫩

Because I'm so miserable that it feels like I genuinely don't like anything anymore.👎

& the longer I stay stagnant, the easier it is to remain there. Meaning, lying on the couch; despondent. 🛋️

The catch 22 cycle of being too hurt to have the initiative to get help is frustrating as hell. 🔂

I remind the people around me that if I ever fall into that place, I need to get out of the house. 🏡

Because I like being outside & surrounded by new stimuli. I like exploring, driving, walking, & taking photos.🚶‍♀️

It's just hard to get motivated to go out for a drive when I hate everything at the moment. 🤦🏻‍♀️

So I request that people physically drag me outside. Force me!

Because then I end up feeling at least 1% better

And one percent progress allows for the next percent to follow. 📈

I can't get to 100% loading if I'm permanently buffering, or if the program crashes. I don't need to be at 100/perfect, obviously. I just can't get even close if I'm stalled in inertia.

Doing stuff I know I enjoy, or theoretically enjoy, or enjoyed at SOME point makes it harder to feel bad & stay feeling bad.

It's like crowding out your plate with vegetables so I'm full but it's nutritious stuff.🍽️

If I act like my homework is to do things I enjoy, even if it honestly feels like a chore at first, I'll eventually improve my mood.

& if I keep that habit up, even after I'm "better", it will make it harder to slide back down.🛝

Sometimes I can't control it. I can be in the most magical relationship & still get depressed out of nowhere or the most beautiful location & still have pain that makes me unable to walk.

But all I can do is focus on things that feel good & use the energy I get from that to do good in a way that feels connected to a bigger goal that matters to me.

Crowd out your schedule with stuff you like, even if it feels like you're experiencing anhedonia. Worst case is you feel the same. Ideally you reconnect with something that feels good.

🎁 Free 5 day class & challenge on the science of fun at Uncustomary.org/PP

There is a department store for mythical creatures

There is a department store for mythical creatures in Columbia, Maryland & it could be demolished. 👽

It's called DoodleHATCH + I discovered it in 2020, loved it so much I started volunteering, + STILL haven't seen everything inside. 👀

Unicorns 🦄 Guinea pigs 🐖 A giant's bed 🛏️ An intergalactic space station 🛸 Free books 📕 Handmade clothes 🧵 Workshops ✂️

An entire former grocery store filled with things people dreamed up and actually built.

⚠️ Now developer Columbia Concepts is seeking zoning approval to redevelop the Long Reach Village Center.

That puts DoodleHATCH, the Maryland Fashion Institute, a makerspace, local businesses, and a 140-foot community mural at risk. 🚜🥺

🧑‍🎨 Founder Lee Andersen and her nonprofit ManneqART have another vision: preserve these resources and create an 🎨 arts & culture center called The REALM. 👏

They're working toward 5,000 petition signatures and gathering emails of support. ✍️

Lee told me personally that showing this level of public opposition could significantly influence whether the developer gets approval. It's not a guaranteed win, but your voice matters. 📣

✍️ Howard County residents 18+:

Visit 📍DoodleHATCH to sign the petition in person.

💌 Everyone else:

Email Lilou@DoodleHATCH.com to oppose the Columbia Concepts zoning proposal and support The REALM.

Emails support the campaign but aren't the same as petition signatures.

📌⚠️ I've made it ridiculously easy with email templates and instructions at Uncustomary.org/DoodleHatch

🖼️ And if you're nearby, GO VISIT.

Bring your kids, your friends, or your adult self who'd like to push buttons and groom a unicorn.

We need more places like this. And we have a chance to help keep this one. 🌈

#SaveDoodleHATCH #ColumbiaMD #HowardCounty #SupportLocalArt

Imagine having this much range. 🌀🎭 #Wholesome #Wh

Imagine having this much range. 🌀🎭

#Wholesome #Wholesomememes #Cosplay #FunnyScreenshots #FunnyTexts

We need to be reminded of the simple things more o

We need to be reminded of the simple things more often than we need to be taught them. 📌

You know where the moon is. 🌙 Tilt your head up and look. 👀

💫 And keep being the manic pixie dream babe you are because you never know who you're inspiring and reminding to look at the moon just by being your weird self. 🦄

🎵 Lyrics by @biffy_clyro

#manicpixiedreamgirl #beyourownmuse #merrimentmaking #beyou #inspiration

Lisa Frank folders: 🎒 protecting academic integrit

Lisa Frank folders: 🎒 protecting academic integrity and concealing neurological symptoms since circa 1994. 😅

🗒️ I was an extremely enthusiastic student with a surprisingly elaborate system for hiding how much I was struggling.

Which is a pretty good introduction to the rest of my childhood, actually. 🩷🧡💛💚🩵💜

📖 From “Congratulations! Here's More Work!,” an essay in The 1 in 10,000 Girl. Read the full story at the link in my bio.

Happy Stress Awareness Day! 😵‍💫 ☮️ Check out Reli

Happy Stress Awareness Day! 😵‍💫

☮️ Check out Relieve Anxiety 101 for hundreds of resources (for all types of learning!)

#stressawareness #anxietyawareness #anxietyisreal #mentalhealthsupport #feelgood

👩🏻‍⚕️ I went to a gynecologist who asked me a ques

👩🏻‍⚕️ I went to a gynecologist who asked me a question I couldn't answer...

She wanted to know whether what I was feeling was pressure or pain.

I had spent decades dealing with pain, years going to doctors, and felt worse after surgeries that were supposed to make me feel better. 🩺

I assumed it was pressure. 🤷🏻‍♀️ But what if everything I thought was pressure was actually pain and I was just used to this as my new baseline?

That question in that appointment became my inspiration for the opening in my book. ❤️‍🩹 The essay is aptly titled "Pressure Or Pain?" and I start trying to untangble some of the things I've accepted as normal, just because they were a part of my life for so long. And whether I've been doing that with the rest of my life as well. 🤦🏻‍♀️

📖 “Pain or Pleasure” is part of The 1 in 10,000 Girl, my collection of 52 essays about a statistically improbable life.

You can read it now --🔗 in my bio

#InstagramAuthors #AuthorsOfInstagram #ChronicIllness #InvisibleIllnesses #ChronicWarrior

Being a human can be super hard. Let's make it mor

Being a human can be super hard. Let's make it more fun.

🍌🦄🌈 There is SO much stuff inside this merriment museum.

#feelgoodfriday #mentalhealth #havemorefun #stayweird #dopaminehit

🧸 If I had a toy shop, it would look like the Tatt

🧸 If I had a toy shop, it would look like the Tatted Toy Guys shop in 📍 Elizabethtown, PA.

🌈 White shelves, organized by section, bins for digging. Colorful nostalgic explosion.

@thetattedtoyguys

#vintagetoys #90skid #90stoys #90sthrowback #carebear

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