I Illustrated 13 Positive Habits In A Simple Way To Help You With Your New Year’s Resolutions

Then I'll be worrying about people hearing me.. Edit: also says note them in ur mind, I stand corrected

I have ocd, I've learnt that my excessive counting actually helps distract my mind from depressive thoughts. Give it a try. The trick is to not count things that are impossible to keep up with, like lines on the road but rather count the windows or sides of objects to start with.

I will try this out. My typically method for dealing with anxiety is panicking or quietly mumbling words of terror to myself. It hasn't worked, but I keep trying.

I do this a lot. Not necessarily because I am anxious, but because I am a "fidgit". I fidget with things.

Holding ice or putting it on your skin actually creates a burning feeling, but without doing any harm :)

But... what if you don't like hugs?

all the viruses and bacilli you can ingest...

I find it very unpleasant to sleep with socks

Yeah nah.... can't do that here in Australia

Opinions vary on this one. Some folks say yes some say no. I think it's a comfort thing. Try it-if it works for you great. I do this to get sleepy but end of removing them in the middle of the night because I'm too warm

napping makes me sick

Carrying around anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.

no, i don't think i will

Except if you're certain types of neurodivergent, where caffeine does not work the same on your type of brain. I can drink coffee and it relaxes me, then go to sleep just fine.

haha...definitely didn't have a venti mocha at 6pm..

I so want to add a comma. Unless the only birds I'm allowed to listen to are those with "lower depression and anxiety" as their backing singers.

But not at 4 a.m. when you're trying to sleep.

I can't walk so I don't know if this would be helpful 😅

Scrolling BoredPanda at 2:00 AM also helps. Yes. Very much yes.

*me who has an anxiety disorder that gets worse at night and I don't even keep my phone in my room*

It's free too.

I actually posted on Pinterest that a bed is so much comfier when it's all mushed up than made and I had a "like" by Judge Judy too! To be fair, my husband does his side of the bed - military style too. Our children never blinked an eye on this discrepancy.