Bad Days - Tumblr Posts
days when you feel like you don't even have time to breathe<<<<<
When you have a lot of intensely bad days in a short period -
turn off the news
stay off of Facebook/any other social media with content that might upset you
focus on right now
clean up your living space
make sure you’re taking your meds
drink water
don’t drink alcohol
if you need a nap, let yourself nap
make yourself at least start your laundry
take a long shower/bath and do things that focus on making you feel good and clean (floss, brush your teeth, wash your hair, exfoliate, shave, etc.)
pick up a project you put down a while ago, do some art therapy, exercise, or meditate if that’s your thing
Da boys when they have a bad day:
Blue boy Leo here would just remain calm but never shows much on how moody he can get.
Normally he would water his banzai plants, meditate, make calming tea, or read a book to calm his bad days.
When he's asked if he's okay, he would just sigh and say: "Don't worry about me. I'll be fine." It can worry his friends and family at some points but they would understand when he needs some space to calm his nerves and not disturb him.
When he's finally at ease from his bad day, he would just lay back on the couch and no longer would worry about it and move on from it.
Bad day or not, he is always the calm leader who knows how to strategies his own bad days.
Big red Raph is always the moodiest. He would grunt, growl, and basically say nothing when having his own bad days.
When bumping into him, he would just have his arms crossed and still say nothing.
He would sometimes hear punk rock music, or punch a pillow, or punch his punching bag at the gym to help ease his most worst times. It depends how bad it is.
Despite his anger problems, Donnie would give Raph a stress relief ball, but they're the shape of a woman's tits. To be honest, it actually helped more than what he usually does. He would thank Donnie and be like: "Thanks bro. I've always wanted to squeeze a human woman's titties!....but not in the shape of a ball!" At least he can finally be at ease with it.....in the meantime until he can feel the real thing. 🤣😅
Oh boy. The smarty purple Donnie.....where do I begin with him? Well first off, when he has a bad day, the first thing that is noticeable would be his eye twitching. Weird right?...it is.
He would lock himself in his lab and hear the song "careless whisper" at full blast to try to calm himself down.
When he snaps on the other hand, is when his brothers want to go to a drive through to get some food other than pizza. Starbucks, Mcdonalds, Taco bell, KFC, Dunkin Donuts, burger king, you name it! When finally at the drive through, They would not stop talking having a hard time choosing what they want to get no matter where they go to. Donnie's blood would boil, his mouth and eye would twitch, and that is when he would make Leo sit in the back of the van, and yell out the orders for them like: "Burger!, Kid's meal!, Salad!, Large fries!, vanilla and chocolate Milkshakes!, extra BBQ sauce!, ice tea!, NOW SHUT THE FUCK UP!" That of course would have his brothers stare in complete shock and stay silent throughout the entire way home, even after they got their meals.
Poor Donnie never would catch a break during those bad days, but at least he would get over it after a nap and working on his stuff in peace with no interruptions at all. Just how he wanted it to be at least.
Mikey...oh...the orange sweet baby. How can this adorable green bean have a bad day? Well its mostly when he gets rejected by human girls he becomes friends with, and being made fun of.
During his bad days, he would be in his room just playing the drums aggressively not caring at all.
He is always quiet and never speak to anyone for a few days.
As for watching TV, uh....he just watches static sitting on the couch like a rag doll. His brothers and April and Casey would approach him asking what he is watching. His only response would be: "My favorite show..." kinda strange, but it's normal for him.
He would eat non stop and not even caring if he gains weight from it either.
Later on he would calm down and move on from the bad days and would go back to his happy self. But to do that would be to do fun stuff with him. At least he'll have someone in his life to cheer him up.
Reminder:
Even if your mental illness or disability is recorded as "high functioning", you will still have bad days where you struggle with them or they get the best of you
And that is okay and very valid!
ok but genuinely actually here’s a helpful tip for people struggling to gauge how bad their physical symptoms are: ask yourself if you would be concerned if someone else told you they were experiencing the same thing. if the answer is yes then yeah. you should apply that same care and concern for yourself. you’re a person too, if it would be a cause for concern for a friend, it should be for you too.
isn’t it just wild how we can just… choose to live life through a lens of love? like isn’t it absolutely bonkers that we can just…….. make love a priority? that we can just orient ourselves around unabashed and wholehearted love? that we can pour love into art and people and life and just…. that can be how it is?
Reading a book while emotionally unstable is a recipe for non-stop waterfalls.
Everyday is a bad day to live. Everyday is just a way of edging closer towards death. I give up. I am toxic. I am dysfunctional. I am unloved. I am unlovable. It's just a series of one bad day after the next. May be it's ok. Its ok.
Clean your room - or at least your desk/bed/floor. It will help your head to feel clear too.
Open your curtains & windows - fresh air and natural light can do wonders in my experience. Plus, it helps regulate your sleep, appetite, and mood.
Take a shower or have a bath - especially important if you haven’t had one in a while. This will help you feel refreshed.
Put on clean clothes - and put the clothes you were wearing in the wash.
If you tend to spend all your time in your room, get out of it for a bit - do something in the kitchen or lounge, or go for a walk (even if it’s just around the block)
Stretch - there are plenty of stretching and yoga videos on you tube. Look some up and give them a go.
Drink a glass of water - and keep one near you too. I’m sure you already know this, but staying hydrated is important.
Get the hard/important tasks out of the way while you have the energy - when we have mental illness, running out of energy early in the day is very normal. Try to get all the most important things done first.
Have some comfort food, but make sure you eat healthy too - it’s alright to eat something you like, but have some fruit and vegetables too. If you don’t like plain fruit, consider making a smoothie instead.
Set some goals - it doesn’t matter how small or big they are (eg. have 3 meals today, go for a walk in the afternoon), whether they are daily or weekly, but achieving goals can make you feel as though you have accomplished something.
And finally, remember that it is okay to have bad days - bad days don’t mean you’ve lost all progress in your recovery, and they don’t make you worthless or a bad person. Don’t give up just because you’ve had a bad day/week/etc. It’s okay to have days that don’t go so great. Stay strong xx
Clean your room - or at least your desk/bed/floor. It will help your head to feel clear too.
Open your curtains & windows - fresh air and natural light can do wonders in my experience. Plus, it helps regulate your sleep, appetite, and mood.
Take a shower or have a bath - especially important if you haven’t had one in a while. This will help you feel refreshed.
Put on clean clothes - and put the clothes you were wearing in the wash.
If you tend to spend all your time in your room, get out of it for a bit - do something in the kitchen or lounge, or go for a walk (even if it’s just around the block)
Stretch - there are plenty of stretching and yoga videos on you tube. Look some up and give them a go.
Drink a glass of water - and keep one near you too. I’m sure you already know this, but staying hydrated is important.
Get the hard/important tasks out of the way while you have the energy - when we have mental illness, running out of energy early in the day is very normal. Try to get all the most important things done first.
Have some comfort food, but make sure you eat healthy too - it’s alright to eat something you like, but have some fruit and vegetables too. If you don’t like plain fruit, consider making a smoothie instead.
Set some goals - it doesn’t matter how small or big they are (eg. have 3 meals today, go for a walk in the afternoon), whether they are daily or weekly, but achieving goals can make you feel as though you have accomplished something.
And finally, remember that it is okay to have bad days - bad days don’t mean you’ve lost all progress in your recovery, and they don’t make you worthless or a bad person. Don’t give up just because you’ve had a bad day/week/etc. It’s okay to have days that don’t go so great. Stay strong xx