Thanks for writing about this! :) I used to spend more time with loving kindness meditation and explicitly being nice to myself, and your words motivate me to do this more again. I really like the idea about taking walks without input. A pretty influential part of me protests strongly about the articles and audiobooks I could be listening away in that time, but I think I would do well to internalize that spending time like this is well spend.
but I think I would do well to internalize that spending time like this is well spend.
You can test it maybe! It might not be better but it might be really beneficial. Sometimes people need to escape into distractions, and sometimes it’s nice to be with our pain, especially when we have the tools to comfort ourselves. Good luck!
Thanks for writing about this! :) I used to spend more time with loving kindness meditation and explicitly being nice to myself, and your words motivate me to do this more again. I really like the idea about taking walks without input. A pretty influential part of me protests strongly about the articles and audiobooks I could be listening away in that time, but I think I would do well to internalize that spending time like this is well spend.
Yay!
You can test it maybe! It might not be better but it might be really beneficial. Sometimes people need to escape into distractions, and sometimes it’s nice to be with our pain, especially when we have the tools to comfort ourselves. Good luck!