I have a lot of thoughts about the stuff you posted here --- and thank you for sharing it and letting me know how you're doing --- but I only have time for a brief response, so.
In general the sense of "not feeling super connected" is familiar and for me, at least, that can be a depressive/dissociative thing (intertwined or separately, thanks brain). The changing of the seasons is screwing with a bunch of people and I don't know if that's a factor for you but it might be? I dunno if you have a whole lot to say --- that's like. way outside my scope of knowledge --- but I like the things you do say, if it helps. It's #relatable.
Foot worship (giving) and electro wand (receiving)
electric stuff is super cool and it's cool that you are having fun with it!
at what point does self-care tip over into pampering/babying oneself/shielding oneself from reality?
I think there's a point at which some things are both and that's part of what makes it so hard to balance. Reality is terrible!!!!! You need to shield yourself from it sometimes. But if you're in a bunker all the time, that's too much shielding. (At least it would be for me, and I would question it for other people but like. I'm not their life coach.) Unfortunately that's totally not an answer to the question. :P
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Date: 2017-10-04 05:19 pm (UTC)In general the sense of "not feeling super connected" is familiar and for me, at least, that can be a depressive/dissociative thing (intertwined or separately, thanks brain). The changing of the seasons is screwing with a bunch of people and I don't know if that's a factor for you but it might be? I dunno if you have a whole lot to say --- that's like. way outside my scope of knowledge --- but I like the things you do say, if it helps. It's #relatable.
Foot worship (giving) and electro wand (receiving)
electric stuff is super cool and it's cool that you are having fun with it!
at what point does self-care tip over into pampering/babying oneself/shielding oneself from reality?
I think there's a point at which some things are both and that's part of what makes it so hard to balance. Reality is terrible!!!!! You need to shield yourself from it sometimes. But if you're in a bunker all the time, that's too much shielding. (At least it would be for me, and I would question it for other people but like. I'm not their life coach.) Unfortunately that's totally not an answer to the question. :P