tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576170691178435057.post5134062642816497959..comments2023-10-23T22:03:55.915+01:00Comments on Candycan and Co...: Things that might help in a crisisCandycanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11829509163881070649noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576170691178435057.post-58363755374505922982011-12-21T21:20:23.581+00:002011-12-21T21:20:23.581+00:00Playing with play-doh helps us - having something ...Playing with play-doh helps us - having something that we can change is soothing. The tactile sensation, the smell, even the taste if we lick it - involving as much sensory input as possible helps when we're stressed.Meronymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12236547756894952486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576170691178435057.post-24502102247779982652010-12-20T11:42:52.584+00:002010-12-20T11:42:52.584+00:00I recently discovered a new tool to help me when I...I recently discovered a new tool to help me when I'm feeling anxious or need to ground myself. I was sorting stuff at work and lifted out a poster that had been laminated and was rolled up. As I was carrying it I put a hand at either end and pressed the rolled ends into the palms of my hands. It wasn't really painfull but the sharpness of the rolled up plastic edge was a very real feeling and I found it easing a strange kind of anxiety that had been with me that day.<br />Next time I was laminating stuff I kept a few strips of left overs from cutting out cards and rolled them up like a poster and cellotaped them. I am planning to keep them as something to use in therapy to press on my palms when I'm weirding out.Candycanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11829509163881070649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576170691178435057.post-1260556215225588422010-12-20T11:38:55.251+00:002010-12-20T11:38:55.251+00:00I love it when people comment on my blog. It is ni...I love it when people comment on my blog. It is nice to know people read some of my posts and I'm really interested to hear other peoples reflections and experiences. <br />The stone idea sounds like it wouldn't be the kind of pain I'd like (thinking back to yesterday when I trod on a popper of my husbands tunic for work and the cursing that followed) but then I have been known to walk around all day with a stone in my shoe just because I somehow don't deserve to have comfortable feet. Lol.Candycanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11829509163881070649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576170691178435057.post-90320768119922610232010-12-20T07:19:52.507+00:002010-12-20T07:19:52.507+00:00Sometimes putting a small and slightly jagged ston...Sometimes putting a small and slightly jagged stone in the heal of my shoe helps me. It doesn't break the skin and so...<br /><br />Don't do this if you have diabetes.<br /><br />And I hope you don't mind that a totally stranger has showed up here and just randomly started leaving comments all over the place. I'm not known for being especially organised these days.Ethereal Highwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120557764517618673noreply@blogger.com