I was having a plenty shitty day, dropped right back in a bad mental place, and then out of left field I find out my dog’s toe needs to be cut off and possibly just be put down. He’s 13, so it’s not like it’s strange or anything, but I’m just such a fucking baby sometimes it disgusts me. I’ve been just barely able to keep my thoughts off of how much everything in my life seems like it will only ever get worse and I can feel the wild spasms of mania on the edges of my mind. I absolutely dread the moment I have to slip into bed and be alone with my thoughts. Over the years, I’ve always had issues. This isn’t anywhere near the worst I’ve been. This isn’t even the first time I’ve been afraid of my own thoughts. Somehow, though, it just feels different this time. I guess I’ve just gotten more fragile. No surprises there, I guess. I’m just so tired of myself and everything else at this point.
I personally like camping videos. A channel called Tahta Rikzy Origma has some chill ones in some southeast Asian country, always in very dense and green forests; another one called Kusk Bushcraft has vídeos of camping in forests in Canada. Both help me a lot to sleep when I’m stressed out.
Noise machine with rain sounds and cozy youtube videos playing on the phone.
I fall asleep to this
https://archive.org/details/fellowship-of-the-ring-2023-version
I listen to lore videos about slop like Warhammer. This channels videos are great sleep content too.
I put on something really mind numbing and calm to warch. I guess that podcasts could be used as well.
