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Oct 2, 2021

realizing that: - i conflate self-care with coping mechanisms but simultaneously - i think of coping mechanisms as "not healthy enough to count as self-care" and this is in and of itself probably unhealthy

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@sunofdopamine

· Oct 2, 2021

What do you do for self care? What does restful self care look like to you?

QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

@QiaochuYuan

Oct 2, 2021

coping mechanisms are good. it’s right there in the name: they help you cope. the name of the game is to trade up for better and better ones, that help you cope with more stuff while having fewer costs

in the wilderless

@the_wilderless

Oct 2, 2021

I feel like im on a never ending midwit meme rollercoaster about coping mechanisms. -don’t cope, you gotta feel it -coping helps you handle the feeling so you can feel it in your own time -coping mechanisms can create a habit of shielding yourself from things you need to…

in the wilderless

@the_wilderless

Oct 2, 2021

…feel the intensity of in order for them to work on you how they must -dismissing coping mechanisms reflexively can lead to emotional injuries that stunt you long-term cuz you were trying to be macho about it short-term -perfect balance of (non-/)application is impossible, so—

QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

@QiaochuYuan

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@goblinodds

at some point you can just bypass the concept and consider your judgment of specific things you do on their own terms

7:09 AM · Oct 2, 2021Twitter for iPad

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Yeah most of this comes up during and following noticing emotional reactions—especially if it starts feeling energetically like I deflated something that my system didn’t want deflated.