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Elif Yalvac · 4w
What’s your “favourite” coping strategy for when you need to sit with uncertainty or sit with something that affects your mood, like an ongoing problem reaching its peak level?
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@nprofile1q... I see a lot of specific examples of this same basic strategy: I keep busy. For me, it doesn't matter too much what that means, other than it has to really, really engage either my brain, my body, or both.

So TV/phone/podcasts/etc. don't really help, but gardening, cooking, music-making, walking in the woods, etc. do. Reading is 50/50.

Also, being around my mom sometimes really helps for reasons that I don't fully comprehend.
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Elif Yalvac · 4w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqnr946s0l46xyylp50hghlqyu5adptdmvv7wrwkmn2wm7h0gdddxsydnekg Yes, the brain-or-body-engaged distinction is so real. Checking the screen doesn’t really touch it, but hands-on making or a proper walk does. Funny how the body knows the difference...