these are little ways in which you can make your life easier when you have these disorders
at a certain point I had to embrace to reality, I am prone to bouts of depression, and sometimes I will do things that I don't want to do, because of my anxiety or depression.
save money for a monthly hair and nail visit
I personally, like to get my hair done once a week at a salon. the reality is, when you have depression you're not going to do your hair. but looking like shit all the time isn't fun either. if you can afford it, doing this small thing for yourself and signing up for this service will really help you out. (you just pay a one time annual fee at certain places, they have it like a program).
a personal nutritionist/dietition + functional medicine doctor and endocrinologist
sometimes your depression may be largely due to physiological molecular imbalances in the body which effect the brains ability to make serotonin, or may be causing you fatigue.
a doctor like this can help you get all your levels right, figure out your allergies and help you feel better everyday.
break up your self care into small tasks, and used an agenda
if I don't write it in the agenda, it's not happening. my best bet, is to just do the task right when I'm thinking about it- but if I don't have that luxury. schedule it.
at an *exact* time.
using a physical planner helps because you can see everything, and you remember it better because you wrote it down.
example, I just decided for myself, Sunday is the day I do laundry.
keeping it to once a week helps me because if it's anymore clothes than that- it's overwhelming and hard, and I won't do it. lol
schedule in whatever routine is going to help you best, like a program you're making for your friend- or if you are your own therapist.
think, "what does this person need to do right now"
but keep it simple- because reality is, you'll only do half of them on a good week. and that's ok.
face wipes and moisturize, while doing other things
for some reason, I hate going and looking in the mirror and just washing my face.
but if I'm sitting at my desk or driving, I will use face wipes, chapstick, put on moisturizer whatever. hand cream. because I'm bored.
so a little life hack is to keep things kind of things in your desk and in your car or your bag whatever.
headphones.
always keep headphones with you and a phone charger, so you can listen to calming meditation in case you are having a panic attack or the situation you're in is just too overwhelming.
the calm app has great guided meditations so you don't even have to think about it, just turn the talking lady on and she does it all for you.
plastic dishes.
reality is, I never want to do dishes- so I will literally avoid eating so I don't have to do them
it's more painless to go and make something to eat if you know you can just throw it away, so even though its terrible for the environment- just as a backup when you are too depressed to do dishes and you know it- the plastic is there for you so you at least eat something.
bowls, plates, silverware, and cups.
acrylics and micellar water
so I have a tendency to just pick incessantly to the point I will bleed. it's not a good look.
you can either clip your nails down to nubs if you don't want acrylics or, yeah I just get acrylics pretty much solely for this main reason.
I can't pick at anything. my skin is so much clearer when I have nails that bar me from completely ruining my face.
also whenever you want to pick, instead, just rub the area with whatever you want, a wipe, some micellar water whatever.
it's kind of satisfying the urge but doing something healthy instead that actually will help.
you can also use micellar water to take a quick cat bath if you just feel disgusting.
magnesium, tea, sleep hygiene and melatonin extra strength
the disorder gets so much worse if you're not sleeping consistently every night. it's really important you try to get sleep every night.
magnesium helps calm the nervous system so I take it at night, 20mg, as a natural supplement. cures restless leg.
google other sleep hygiene habits... tea, a candle, ASMR help me as well
to just... be still. and go the fuck to sleep. for the restless.
the calm app also helps with this a lot. meditation. deep breathing.
and a sleep playlist on Spotify I like... https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWZd79rJ6a7lp?si=pNTZB13KR4uanXijfT4XvA
these are just some things that are so small but have made such a huge difference, if you have any other suggestions feel free to add I'm curious to see
