What do you find therapeutic?

Chad · 11-28-2019, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Bèsame*

Up early, drinking coffee, listening to the still of the morning. I can hear the train whistle and the rumble as it travels down the track, off in the distance.

I'm about 3 blocks away.

I think that you may have the start of a good country music song there.

Chained Daisy · 11-28-2019, 10:04 AM

Jigsaw puzzles, online jigsaw puzzles to be precise.

I nestled down the other evening on the sofa under a fur throw and a cat, mug of hot chocolate, twinkle lights on, candles lit and whiled away an hour or so with a jigsaw.

I find evenings like this very therapeutic. It crossed my mind how reclusive I have become in middle age. I am content.

homoe · 11-28-2019, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Chad

I think that you may have the start of a good country music song there.

Chad I couldn't agree more, she does!

cinnamongrrl · 04-27-2024, 07:23 PM

Listening to death metal very loudly in my car on my way home…..

The loudness seems to balance my thoughts and make me calmer. Maybe it’s my ADD brain that makes it that way…

Gemme · 06-06-2024, 09:51 PM

I listen to music and tinker about the apartment, do versions of Solitaire on the computer or scroll through TikTok. The last one also keeps me up at night so I try to limit that one.

Chancie · 06-08-2024, 05:17 PM

I find playing in the pool at my local Y very therapeutic. I feel like a mermaid when I’m in the water. Unfortunately my right foot and ankle are healing from tendonitis, and I haven’t been able to enjoy the pool for about two weeks.

Kätzchen · 06-09-2024, 10:02 AM

Spending time with people (friends and family) I love and adore and respect.

Especially with my partner. Spending quality time together with people I care about always gives me peaceful feelings and enriches my life and theirs.

GeorgiaMa'am · 06-09-2024, 05:18 PM

Bubble baths with dim lighting, maybe a few candles, and some music in the background. I lock myself in the bathroom and everyone knows not to knock on the door while I'm in the bathtub.

This is short-term therapy; it won't solve anything, but it does make me feel better for awhile.

11-28-2019, 10:04 AM	#2
Chained Daisy Member How Do You Identify?: OFOS Stone Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She Join Date: May 2017 Location: Usually underneath a cat Posts: 827 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,673 Thanked 1,811 Times in 531 Posts Rep Power: 21474845	Jigsaw puzzles, online jigsaw puzzles to be precise. I nestled down the other evening on the sofa under a fur throw and a cat, mug of hot chocolate, twinkle lights on, candles lit and whiled away an hour or so with a jigsaw. I find evenings like this very therapeutic. It crossed my mind how reclusive I have become in middle age. I am content. __________________ Formerly known as Daisy Chain I am half agony, half hope, Jane Austen

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cinnamongrrl Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: cleverly disguised as a responsible adult* Preferred Pronoun?: wild woman Relationship Status: No, thank you. Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Home in NC..gonna dig in like a tick this time… Posts: 7,665 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 15,246 Thanked 27,604 Times in 6,959 Posts Rep Power: 21474859	Listening to death metal very loudly in my car on my way home….. The loudness seems to balance my thoughts and make me calmer. Maybe it’s my ADD brain that makes it that way… __________________

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Chancie Senior Member How Do You Identify?: queer femme-inist Relationship Status: I'm lucky. Join Date: May 2010 Location: Western Mass Posts: 3,774 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,518 Thanked 14,540 Times in 2,744 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	I find playing in the pool at my local Y very therapeutic. I feel like a mermaid when I’m in the water. Unfortunately my right foot and ankle are healing from tendonitis, and I haven’t been able to enjoy the pool for about two weeks.