At a job I had years ago I requested the day off for my high school graduation (well within the required window) and had gotten the request approved and literally as I’m in the car on the way to the venue my department manager called me and told me that if I couldn’t come in to cover…Â
One thing I’ve been practicing recently is whenever I’m starting to spiral and I feel panic setting in to say out loud ‘STOP’ to myself. Then I ask also out loud ‘is this helpful?’ ‘If this isn’t helpful then why am I doing it?’ And because there’s no actual answer to that last question…Â
I use a 5-4-3-2-1 countdown. 5 things you can touch, 4 things you can see, 3 things you can hear, 2 things you can smell, and 1 thing you can taste. Focusing on my physical senses and redirecting that energy from my ruminating and spiraling thoughts works well a lot of the time. If…Â
Celebrities hopping on trends and monetizing massively off of platforms and careers that disenfranchised groups have worked for success on (looking directly at you Bella Thorne making $1M on onlyfans in 24hours)
The scene in Saw 2 where the girl is thrown into the pit of syringes/needles. I’m a huge horror buff and the Saw franchise is one of my absolute favorites, but wow that scene really threw me for a loop
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