SAFA Toolbox

20/02/2023

Have you checked in with yourself today? ⬇️

Where are you feeling closer to today?
☀️Pleasant feelings,
🌦Mixed feelings
Or,
🌧Unpleasant feelings?

Body check in:
🧍🏻In my body,
👀Observing my body,
Or,
👻Out of body.

Mentally:
⏪Past
⏰Present
Or
⏩Future

Comment your combination of emojis.

Here are mine: 🌦👻⏩

16/02/2023

16/02/2023

Barrow Raiders have kindly selected SAFA Cumbria as one of their chosen charities for this event.

🖥️ Please get your FREE tickets here: https://www.barrowrlfc.com/events/

☑️ Remember to select SAFA Cumbria as your chosen charity when ordering a ticket.

✨ Please only order a ticket if you intend to go to the event✨

16/02/2023

Sometimes I just can’t get up,
Sometimes I just can’t sit down,
Sometimes all I can do is sleep,
Sometimes I can’t sleep at all.
Sometimes all I can do is eat,
Sometimes i just can’t stomach it.

Anxiety is a confusing condition that makes us fear the world and it’s weight. The one that makes you want to curl up in a ball but also feel incredibly guilty to do so.

What are your anxiety symptoms?

14/02/2023

How are you being lovely to yourself today?

I went out for lunch, cos I cba cooking dinner today and it was delicious.

Hope you’re all having a great self love day 💜

10/02/2023

This week is Children’s Mental Health Week

Are you wondering how you can support your children with their mental health ?

💻 Head over to our toolbox for lots of FREE resources on all things mental health and well-being including how to support people with mental health challenges https://toolbox.safa-selfharm.com/supporting-people-with-mental-health-challenges/ 💻

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09/02/2023

What do you need to hear today? (Honest answers only💜)

Take care out there. I’m proud of all the necessary but hard steps your taking to a better life.

Progress is not linear.
Progress happens slowly.
Progress creeps.
Progress makes tomorrow easier.

You’re making progress everyday.
✨

08/02/2023

Comment what do you need today?

For me, honesty, compassion and freedom were needed today.

Tune into yourself in our stories ✨ check it out ✨

07/02/2023

If Google did therapy 🗣

our inner critic and our thoughts can be crippling, painful and tiring but the reasons behind might show us why we should give them less weight.

The inner critics opinions were never ours. Remember to question that voice:
🗣ask “what evidence do I have to support that?”

⏩ Swipe for the body check in… where are you at today?

23/01/2023

You’re doing great! ☄️🗣

23/01/2023

What does your inner critic translate to? 💭

17/01/2023

sleep difficulties ⏩ mental health difficulties ⏩ sleep difficulties 🫠

What are your tips when you struggle to fall asleep 😴

3 things that help me:
✨writing anything rolling around in your head down - no rules, just get it on paper preferably also in your notes app
✨box breathing - breath in for 4, hold for 4, out for 4, hold for 4. If you have any heart or lung conditions, skip the hold.
✨reading always knocks me out

What are yours?

16/01/2023

I wish Google translate had this feature ⏩

Although our inner critic thoughts aren’t facts, they tell us something about what we have been taught by our upbringing, and the world around us.

In the new age spiritual movement, we our told:

‘just change your beliefs/thoughts and become a success.’

‘Just shift your mindset’

This oversimplification doesn’t show the struggle of changing years of teaching, reiterating and surviving.

Just remember you are not alone. unlearning is a very difficult process especially if the teaching is charged with deep emotion.

Let’s talk openly about what our inner critic is lying to us about but also why it’s there.

13/01/2023

Have you ever exploded after avoiding your feelings?

I honestly thought this was normal practice when feeling your feelings.

It’s what my parents did, my grandparents and I definitely still do it.

But, if you have the space to feel what comes up, closer to the trigger moment (I’ve noticed) the less resentful you become. And as a result fewer explosions.

If you fear what you may say to people when feeling a feeling. ✨ Remember: feeling and expressing an emotion are different things. ✨
I can feel angry and then express that anger (in the form of a boundary) in separate moments.

This doesn’t mean you have to have worked through all of the emotion before you speak with anyone. But taking time away, prevents us from saying things we don’t mean or others saying things they don’t mean in return.

If you’re struggling, remember to reach out to those who are nearest and dearest (therapists included). 🫶🏻 let’s talk about mental health!

12/01/2023

Thanks to .e.l.e.n.m.a.r.i.e

05/01/2023

Relatable? 🫠

We procrastinate the uncomfortable feeling not the work itself.

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Uncomfortable feelings may include:
Overwhelm
Frustration
Burnout
Embarrassment
Judgement
Boredom
Guilt
Shame
Uncertainty

For me it’s uncertainty and judgement that I want to avoid. And it’s my perfectionism that wants to avoid those feelings but prevents me from starting.

✨Tip 1: try to identify what feeling you’re trying to avoid ✨

02/01/2023

Perfectionism is a trauma response.

And, my impatience over grieving a friendship (I thought it wouldn’t take long which suppressed the feelings, making it harder to heal)

Do you ever feel like even the easy things are hard?

#2022