Caregiving

Hey, how was your week? Let’s reflect!

In the comments, share with us:

🌹 A rose = A highlight, success, small win, or something positive that happened.

🥀 A thorn = A challenge you experienced or something you can use more support with.

🌱 A bud = New ideas that have blossomed or something you are looking forward to knowing more about or experiencing.

Take kind care of yourselves this weekend, Mighties.

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When it comes time to sit with yourself and think through whatever is on your mind — both the good and bad — it can be helpful to find a place that helps you center yourself and process your thoughts.

Whether it’s your bedroom, a walk (or roll!) in a nearby park, your local cafe, or a therapist’s office, where do you go when you need a moment to pause and reflect?

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We talk about masking a lot on The Mighty (both the immune-system variety, but also the emotional variety). In the Mighty story below, contributor L.M.B shared this definition, which really hits home: “[Masking] serves as a barrier between myself and the world. It keeps me safe from judgement and harm. What others don’t know won’t hurt me. I already have enough hurt inside, I don’t need any more.”

We’re curious about your experience and frequency of masking — no matter why you do it, how often you do it, or the environment/relationship where it keeps you safest.

📚 P.S. Want to read more on the topic? Read the full story here: The Masks I Wore to Hide From Myself and Others

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Let’s practice reframing a thought today, Mighty friends!

When you reframe or shift a thought, you’re simply changing your perspective in order to understand something in a new and different way.

Let’s try it out using these two steps:

1️⃣ Write down one thing your anxiety tells you.

2️⃣ Now, write down the opposite.

Mighty staffer @xokat reframed this thought:

1️⃣ I feel like I have no purpose.

2️⃣ It’s OK to take a breath and readjust your sails.

Reframe your own thought in the comments below! 👇

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Coping mechanism iv learned to use for my own self improvement 🪷🌍 🗣️trying hard to stick to original japanese art, short poetic phrases in syllables formation’s for my conditions.
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Sometimes the reason we are able to see something more clearly or understand ourselves in a different way is because of something someone else told us in a time of need. So we’re curious, what’s a piece of advice you were given that changed your perspective for the better?

Mighty staffer @xokat says the best advice she’s ever gotten is, “No one has to live in your body but you. Make decisions that serve you at the end of the day, they would do the same.” It really helped her to reframe that internal dialogue about being too “selfish” or having to say no when the health-related consequences are only hers to suffer.

What about you?

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New week, new theme, but same Mightiness, friends!

This week we’re digging into reframing thoughts, which is a common skill taught in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). The technique essentially boils down to taking negative thoughts and replacing them with more helpful ones — it’s not a cure-all, but it can be helpful for those of us that get frequently stuck in thought spirals or rumination.

But first, bringing awareness to our behaviors is a solid first step when learning how to reframe and shift our thoughts and mindset. Do you find that you overthink when you feel worried, anxious, or stressed?

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