07/24/2020
Comfort Food: This one comes with a story.
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My mental health has been in a very negative and spirally state for several months, but I have been in regular therapy, and after every appointment, my husband and I go and pick-up Sushi.
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So, I had therapy on Tuesday, some extra body awareness work on Wednesday, which led into doing some cool collaborative art stuff for a social-distancing theatre piece my friends and I are doing. And I felt the best I had felt since quarantine began!
And then Thursday came, and I was hit by three emotional train wrecks of a criticism I didn’t expect, in an area where I thought I had succeeded, triggering a spiral of self doubt, a panic attack after I burnt my food while trying to cool down from said spiral, and to top it off, I had spent 3 hours experimenting with my little sushi painting here before going to put it on a *Safe* shelf, and stumbling so that I tossed it right into the wall just inches away from it’s designated haven.
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After the final incident and several expletives, I started chuckling. My husband helped me meditate and cool down enough for me to say “the heck with this. I’m tired of being crushed!”
And I ate some comfort food, picked up my guitar that had been criticized and went and played for a party of people enjoying a campfire nearby.
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That was my resolve last night, and now my work is to learn to consistently stand up stronger than when I stumbled.
And there is no shame in eating something that boosts your emotional state. For me, it’s Sushi.
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🍣 @ Rosebud, Alberta
