Considering doing more inside exercises today instead of my usual morning walk… but then I just get tired thinking about it… #insomnia is #exhausting.
#Menopause and #ruminating contribute.

I was on a panel at an RE teacher training event this evening. As with singing in choirs I feel nervous when preparing but not even a single flutter once I'm in front of an audience.
After is a different matter, my brain replays bits for hours thinking of all the parts I *should* have done better.

If you've become inclined to entertain worst-case scenarios, at least give yourself equal time for best-case scenarios.
#Ruminating #MentalChatter #Worry #Worrying #TuckersBalls

Anxiety: Understanding its Essence, Symptoms, Causes, and Coping Strategies

https://leonardo-tavares.com/articles/anxiety/anxiety-understanding-essence-symptoms-causes-coping-strategies/

When the voices get loud
you plead for them to stop
but when will you realize
that its you who is screaming?
#ruminating #unhingedmissivestomyself

Such a place doesnt even leave reason to wonder how many of us are just making a little place to rot among all the decay, the fact that we rot is as sure as the sun sets and rises.
#ruminating

"What is this"

Watching myself from the window.

What is this?

Supple, stretchy, warm, soft.

Translucent bones?

Pulse, an ever constant rhythm singing to itself,  a clock with hands, never able to put my finger on the time that i desire, just linger, for a little longer: 5 more minutes and ill get up.

What are you up, to?

Thumbing my heel, slipping on the shoe that fits, leaving? Got my keys. Lock the door and never open it, stick to your wit, always on red alert... what's this red on my shirt?

What is this?

Spongy, grainy, cold, dark.

Dirt?
#poetry #ruminating #poem #thoughts #death

I have grown averse to reminiscing, especially with family, actually entirely with family, because I really value my sleep.
#insomnia #ruminating

Do you have regrets? They either stem from actions we took that had negative consequences, or actions we didn't take and missed opportunities. Either way, here's what NOT to do with them according to Kathryn Schulz who gave a fabulous TED talk on this topic.

Descartes said, 'I think, therefore I am.' In light of the Buddha's teaching, you might say, 'I think, therefore I am... not here.' You are lost in your thinking, so you are really not here.
-Thich Nhat Hanh
#buddhism #mindfulness #ruminating

Mind stuck in a loop
Break the cycle and move on
Focus on the now

#mentalhealth #ruminating #breaktherut #haiku #poetry

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/01/well/mind/stop-rumination-worry.html

Descartes said, 'I think, therefore I am.' In light of the Buddha's teaching, you might say, 'I think, therefore I am... not here.' You are lost in your thinking, so you are really not here.
-Thich Nhat Hanh
#buddhism #mindfulness #ruminating

Hello, salut, ahoj, g'day
It's 2023, how bizarre! #NewYear #OldMe #ruminating #hope
I hope that we humans take better care of the land, air, water, and lifeforms that we live among
I hope we are open to learning more about ourselves, individually and collectively, so that we fear less, understand more...
Unlearn our prejudices, accept that we humans are tangles of privilege, trauma, kindness, selfishness...

Yindyamarra is a Wiradjuri word meaning respect, go slow, take responsibility