A prison stay pushes an obsession with water to the brink in our powerful new #longreads essay.

https://longreads.com/2025/04/15/climate-change-water-prison-ocd/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

There are people in other parts of the world who are going to bed not afraid of tomorrow.

My soul envies that more than anything I could ever ask for.

I admit that I often feel paralyzed by the chaos going on right now (in my personal life as well as in the country). So I really appreciated @LynetteMBurrows post Creativity in a Time of Chaos. I found some great insight and a couple of tips that I think will help me. https://lynettemburrows.com/creativity-in-a-time-of-chaos/
#writing #anxiety

Eigentlich wollte ich "nur eben schnell" (Ha, ha.) endlich die Einreichung für einen Upcycling-Workshop mit Patchwork (#EPP, #Slowstitching) für den #CFC24 der @haecksen schreiben und dann nahm mein Gehirn eine komisch Abzweigung und ich überlege, ob ich mich an einen Vortrag (in dem Rahmen noch nie gemacht) mit dem Arbeitstitel "I craft, so I don't kill people" heranwagen soll.
Gäbe es Interesse an sowas? Wäre über meine persönlichen Erfahrungen, Hilfsmittel/Settings/Tipps, um mit Handarbeiten Anxiety im Angesicht der Dystopie, in der wir gerade Leben, runter zu bringen.
Würde mich über euer sehr zeitnahes Feedback freuen, da Einreichungen nur heute noch möglich.

Providing children (and ourselves) with tools to manage anxiety is important.
Our executive director Jen Fischer shares the books and tools that work for her
family at Multicultural Kid Blogs

https://multiculturalkidblogs.com/2024/11/04/managing-anxiety-tools-and-books-that-work-for-my-family/

#Anxiety #MentalHealth #Bookstodon #Parenting #Families @bookstodon @education @edutooters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egemoVK0IKY

#music #musik #musica #musique

#Doechi #Anxiety

#WeAreTheRadio #QueerRadio #tootradio #mastoradio #pouetradio

*Showing Light!*& Love to others will bring you fulfillment!*& Joy!*Amen!*Everything feels better when you pray!*Amen!*Prayer Works!*Amen!*FRIDAY GOOD AFTERNOON "*RELEASE IN PRAYER ALL YOUR WORRIES!*ANXIETIES!*& STRESSES TO GOD*AMEN!" MUSIC SHARE!
#music #Friday #Good #Afternoon #Release #Worries #Anxiety #Stress #Prayer #GOD #Love #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #Believe #Faith #Hope #Peace #Savior #Light

I'm On The Outside (Looking In) https://youtube.com/watch?v=JiEGilk2JUg&si=DlehsOFSp2bpc00k

*Everything feels better when you pray!*Amen!*Prayer Works!*Amen!*FRIDAY GOOD AFTERNOON "*RELEASE IN PRAYER ALL YOUR WORRIES!*ANXIETIES!*& STRESSES TO GOD*AMEN!" MUSIC SHARE!
#music #Friday #Good #Afternoon #Release #Worries #Anxiety #Stress #Prayer #GOD #Love #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #Believe #Faith #Hope #Peace #Savior #Light

Tears on My Pillow https://youtube.com/watch?v=WeAYJBCuuQM&si=G2UXgs1S-s1OQNzq

*Prayer Works!*Amen!*FRIDAY GOOD AFTERNOON "*RELEASE IN PRAYER ALL YOUR WORRIES!*ANXIETIES!*& STRESSES TO GOD*AMEN!" MUSIC SHARE!
#music #Friday #Good #Afternoon #Release #Worries #Anxiety #Stress #Prayer #GOD #Love #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #Believe #Faith #Hope #Peace #Savior #Light

Little Anthony & The Imperials - Going Out Of My Head. https://youtube.com/watch?v=Kq204wG8UfA&si=yB4we28rxlPWs6_M

*FRIDAY GOOD AFTERNOON "*RELEASE IN PRAYER ALL YOUR WORRIES!*ANXIETIES!*& STRESSES TO GOD*AMEN!" MUSIC SHARE!
#music #Friday #Good #Afternoon #Release #Worries #Anxiety #Stress #Prayer #GOD #Love #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #Believe #Faith #Hope #Peace #Savior #Light

Hurt So Bad - Little Anthony & The Imperials.avi https://youtube.com/watch?v=MSF2oLgyV5M&si=gTZWpmrr4xLObFDI

I'm so annoyed with myself.
I did it again. I get into this loop where I start drinking a lot of cocoa because it makes me feel a bit more alert (I'm exhausted all the time) and then I wonder why I'm feeling so incredibly anxious, and soothe myself with more cocoa, so I get more exhausted, so--

Hint: cocoa contains caffeine and I'm sensitive to caffeine. It makes me anxious.

Why do I keep doing this to myself.

At least today (day 2 of no cocoa and no dark chocolate) I feel so much better than I have for weeks. So that's the silver lining, right?

I think I can probably be OK if I have a little bit every now and then, but definitely not several cups a day.

#ActuallyAutistic @actuallyautistic #anxiety

Hell yeah, it's good that #Adolescence on Netflix is getting folks talking about how toxic smartphone use is for kids — that shit’s real and it’s wrecking young people’s mental health. We need to be having these convos.

That said, the “one-take” gimmick? Christ. As an editor, lemme tell you — there’s a reason we cut things. Editing exists to make shit better. Doing every episode in one long, unbroken shot might seem edgy, but after the first ep, it just feels like a flex with no purpose. It starts dragging real fast.

Still, worth a watch. If it gets us talking about #cyberbullying, #anxiety, and how we protect kids from the dopamine drip of their goddamn phones, I’m all for it.

Now go touch some grass and talk to a human, ya screen junkies.

#Poland pushes for united EU response to digital-era #mentalhealth challenges: #Anxiety and depression rates among youth have risen 20% since pre-COVID levels, experts warned at EU conference. https://www.euractiv.com/section/health-consumers/news/poland-pushes-for-united-eu-response-to-digital-era-mental-health-challenges/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=dlvr.it

Want a better night’s sleep? Limit your #DoomScrolling before bed! A growing body of research suggests that how often people use social media before bed – and how engaged they are in it – matters more than how long they are on screens as a whole when it comes to getting restful sleep. Social psychologist and sleep researcher Brian N. Chin, from Trinity College, explains that emotionally stimulating content can lead to greater arousal that delays the onset of sleep. Small behavioral changes, such as avoiding doomscrolling and leaving your phone outside your bedroom at night, can help you get more sleep, he writes. #sleep #sleeping #SocialMedia #PersonalCare #anxiety

https://theconversation.com/social-media-before-bedtime-wreaks-havoc-on-our-sleep-a-sleep-researcher-explains-why-screens-alone-arent-the-main-culprit-251453

I've been fighting off feelings of not being good "at anything" a lot lately.

It's a constant fight of self-talk to stop myself from falling off the deep end.

Do 'normal' people go through this internal dialogue?

How to navigate the #publishing industry if you have social #anxiety.
https://www.sfwa.org/2025/04/01/how-to-navigate-the-publishing-industry-with-social-anxiety/

On not being able to read: doomscrolling and anxiety in pandemic times

#Doomscrolling #anxiety

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0950236X.2022.2056767#abstract