It took days for me to realize that it was allergy season and that was contributing to why I felt like my head was in an underwater vice. How are y'all doing? I feel like my head is in an underwater vice. But hey, my fingers can still type so let's do this!
TWO THINGS I AM GRATEFUL FOR (SPECIFIC)
1. I am grateful for my buddy, Nik. I'm trying to be better about seeking out external validation when I'm stressed, but after a rather frustrating morning earlier this week with another friend, Nik was still happy to listen to me decompress, which allowed me to go onto #2 ...
2. I am grateful for these damn therapy techniques I'm always going on about. First, we started with the box technique and then practiced the safe-place technique. So once I'd decompressed I proactively set to work on defining a boundary with this particular friend who was bothering me.
ONE THING THAT WENT WELL DURING THE DAY
My copy of "Tabletop Role-Playing Therapy" arrived! My therapist told me I was his #1 pick for DMing a therapy game if he can ever get one set up. So far the book is a bit basic, as in it's written for clinicians and not ttrpg players. There is a lot of covering the groundwork lol.
ONE ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL ACTION ITEM FOR THE DAY
I am scheduled to have a sitdown with two of my Numenera players to discuss their characters in the upcoming campaign. This part always fills me with anxiety, kinda like the moments backstage before a show. God, I miss theatre, guys. I really fucking miss theatre.
WHATEVER IS ON MY MIND
When my therapist talked me through the safe-place technique we practiced with my high school theatre, which was quite literally my safe-place when I got thrown out at 16. I've been going over old photos from those days (13 years rushed by, my friends). It was a good theatre. Good memories.
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