A Recipe To Battle Anxiety with Self-Love
Having trouble with your anxiety as of late? Those negative thoughts rolling in with the constant fear of going outside? This Self Love Recipe will help you combat these issues to succeed in a new mindset!
Ingredients
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1 weighted blanket
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2 ½ cups of your favorite movies
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1 tablespoon of a new journal
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3 tablespoons of something sweet. If you don’t prefer something sweet, try to have your comfort meal on standby.
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2 pinches of moments of reality
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1 phone
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4 cups of long deep breaths
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1 hot shower
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1 ½ cups of a good old nap
Directions
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STEP ONE: Wrap yourself up into a weighted blanket to camp yourself down. On a day like this having a weighted blanket will help form a space of comfort of reassurance when there is no one else there to give it.
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STEP TWO: Take out a piece of paper or any form of note taking and begin to write words of affirmations to combat the negative condensations you give to yourself. The journal will help with this, jotting down your thoughts and feelings will help you along the way. This serves as an outlet to regulate your emotions and give you a chance to give yourself grace. Not everything needs to be discussed with others, give yourself privacy.
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STEP THREE: Declutter your life. Get rid of everything you’re holding onto that you don’t need nor want. This can be clothes, photos, schoolwork, or possibly random items. Sometimes items hold onto unwanted memories holding you back. Now this is completely optional, but it would be good to delete social media or limit yourself as much as possible to limit comparing yourself.
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STEP FOUR: Take a deep breath. Roll your shoulders back. Reflect. Everything is going to be alright.
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STEP FIVE: Take a long hot shower then get comfortable within your safe space. This can be your room or simply your bed or any place in the house that has a TV or any transportable device. Wrap yourself in the weighted blanket from before and some covers and take a long nap. Sometimes that’s all we need to defeat our anxiety is to simply rest. And after doing a lot of self-care for the day and trying to rewire your mindset it’s necessary.
