Discussion What makes you feel comfy?

[Liseli]

I'm looking for new tactics to good self regulate or just to feel more comfortable
I personally like to eat instant ramen. Its not healthy but it cheers me up

 

[Jadeith]

Food.... yes, food still has something to offer in terms of comfort. Unfortunately less and less dishes and snacks can do that. Used to love some good quality sushi. Now? Would still eat it but 'wow" effect is gone. Smoked fish? The same. There's this guy in the village near my place who makes best smoked fish in the area. Used to order loads of those for every birthday, nameday, Christmas or without occasion at all. Last summer i ate one. Just one fish. No more drive to get them. And his recipes didn't change. I did.
What still holds some level of comfort for me are walks in the forests. Preferably alone. Greater chance for some animal encounters. Got me a camcorder with decent zoom capability and i try to record some nature. Yea.... that still brings some peace of mind. A consolation of sorts. Helps focus on sth else than darkness inside.

 

[NearlyIrrelevantCake]

I collect stuffed animals and pretty much always have at least one with me. Being around them relaxes me, makes me feel comfortable.

Laying in bed typing on my laptop right now, there's at least a dozen just around on my bed as well as in a plushie hammock hanging on the wall nearby. One bear is always leaning against my laptop, Elle; she can hold onto things I need to remember--a medication bottle or my face cream, for example. When I leave home, I bring one or two along in my messenger bag. Helps with anxiety, if I'm feeling anxious I can just reach in and pet them.

Being under a blanket helps me even more, it's like a hug. It's too warm for my favorite heavy blanket still, but my light, thin cooling blanket still helps. Just have to have something covering me up.

 

[shampoo sniffer]

Nothing brings comfort right now, apart from sleeping.

Being under a blanket helps me even more, it's like a hug. It's too warm for my favorite heavy blanket still, but my light, thin cooling blanket still helps. Just have to have something covering me up.

Did you try a weighted blanket? I ordered one for myself to see if it might help with my anxiety.

 

[FuneralCry]

Nothing, I feel really uncomfortable with existing, in fact I find it really painful and torturous to exist, all I want is to be gone, I was never meant for any of this and I never should had suffered at all, to me existence feels like a mistake, I find it so terrible to be burdened with this existence with no limit as to how much one can be tortured, I'd just never wish to be conscious of anything at all, for me existence itself is the problem and the only peace for me could lie in eternal dreamless sleep.

 

[NearlyIrrelevantCake]

Did you try a weighted blanket? I ordered one for myself to see if it might help with my anxiety.

I've looked around, but can't afford the ones that I've seen. The big blanket I use in Winter is pretty heavy, though.

 

[Liseli]

Really

Nothing, I feel really uncomfortable with existing, in fact I find it really painful and torturous to exist, all I want is to be gone, I was never meant for any of this and I never should had suffered at all, to me existence feels like a mistake, I find it so terrible to be burdened with this existence with no limit as to how much one can be tortured, I'd just never wish to be conscious of anything at all, for me existence itself is the problem and the only peace for me could lie in eternal dreamless sleep.

Really nothing left you like?

 

[Quietist]

Watching EOM Reacts on Youtube.

 

[Lions303]

Music is a big one for me, having a means of escape

 

[westerly_merlin]

Watching old movies or listening to audiobooks covered by a fleecy blanket.

I swear I am regressing to a child again

 

[FoxSauce]

Hmm a balnket , my bed, AC , socks and those really oversized shirts

Thats heaven for me

 

[MyShadow]

I just put on a super comfy sweatshirt and sweatpants for the first time in months. I am so happy that summer is finally over and the warm cozy clothes come out soon.

 

[NamelessEntity]

A good book and a cuddle with a cat

 

[mysticatedwine]

Watching old movies or listening to audiobooks covered by a fleecy blanket.

I swear I am regressing to a child again

that's good. if we're on sasu it means that we have it hard, we deserve to regress every once in a while

 

[leviant123]

I just put on a super comfy sweatshirt and sweatpants for the first time in months. I am so happy that summer is finally over and the warm cozy clothes come out soon.

comfy clothes are the best

even better with a blanket with it

 

[heywey]

Old movies and TV. Watching something I know every line of.

Also my guitar. Sometimes I just keep it on my lap without even playing. It's been with me through a lot.

 

[Pluto]

 

[Forever Sleep]

Telling myself I can just relax. That I don't need to do this or that chore. Not always that effective because, I know I still should and often, I really need to.

I love food. Especially sweet, stodgy foods but then, I hate being fat. My tea making ability tends to vary because sometimes, tea is hugely comforting.

I pretty much always have something on in the background to distract me. I have a couple of comfort films from childhood if things are really bad. Songs too.

This forum actually too. It's such a relief/ almost a necessity to have somewhere to dump all these feelings/ thoughts and to feel some sense of community.

Most of my time is spent trying to coax myself through with comfort and distraction now though.

 

[GotTheTickets]

I'm looking for new tactics to good self regulate or just to feel more comfortable
I personally like to eat instant ramen. Its not healthy but it cheers me up

Try to Google: "Buldak ramen".
Its so spicy that it hurts Helps not thinking about stuff tho...

 

[traumer]

i like drawing even though im shit at it :DD also undressing completely and rolling myself in a soft blanket works too or i just go to my bathtub , fill it with cold water and just chill

 

[princexhhn]

I create a little nest with pillows and plushies and blankets, then i curl up inside

 

[ShipSeeksHarbour]

I used to find comfort in a cozy heated blanket, tasty chocolate, watching shows I like, and so on. Now it feels like distracting myself from my monotonous purposeless existence.

I think I need to find that mild discomfort, to move on with things, so I can start actually living again.

I need help to do that. I find basic things too distressing to be able to leave my comfort zone. I have a little bit more help now but still not enough. Hopefully I will find more purpose and progress next week.

 

[Unsure and Useless]

After a warm shower, a cup of warm tea with water properly heated to fit the type of tea I'm drinking, a weighted blanket, a soft bed, dim lighting, music, solitude with no interruptions, and a phone with a browser on a reading site or a downloaded book are usually things that calm me down. It's super specific, but just doing one of these things can be calming on its own. Doing all of them is like if my day is really shitty

 

[Grimlock]

Getting soaked in rain, the feeling of wearing wet clothes in general. It's nice being outside when there is heavy rain and no one else is outside.

 

[Irisse]

A warm blanket on a cold winter day, autumn in general, warm coffee, cats.

 

[NaturalBornNEET]

Thinking of CTB

 

[AntsInARow]

Riding in a car or bus, there's usually nothing to do except vibe.

 

[LeBroom]

Back when I had more energy I used to go outside with my camera and take pictures, usually wildlife, but also still life if I needed something with less downtime. Listening to music or for animals to come out - it was calming.
And when I actually got something in front of the lens, there's something comforting about how we share the earth with creatures that are just as scared as us. The curiosity in their eyes when they spot me or something else in the distance, feeling the cold breeze, editing the pics while enjoying a warm blanket once I'm back home... sigh, I wish I could still do that.
These days I tend to try getting myself to feel cozy, maybe lighting a candle and drinking some warm coffee.