What helps you if you feel out of sorts and a bit shit?

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Looking for ideas to get my inner peace back.

Self care. Spending an hour a couple of times a week having a hot bath with nice products and conditioning my hair makes me feel more self worth and like I'm looking after myself. Makes me feel more at peace iyswim.
Reading also helps me. Getting lost in a story also takes me out of everyday life for an hour before bed and helps me sleep better which is very restorative.
During really bad periods in my life I've used the Calm app and followed some of the short exercises which have also helped me get back some of that inner peace.

I agree with self care. Prioritising yourself and not feeling guilty aboit that.

For me, if I'm feeling out of sorts I find getting out of the house and gentle exercise help me to reset, I like walking or swimming - either alone or with my children

Exercise and fresh air.

Journalling, write it out
Mindfulness meditation
Cooking a nourishing meal
Tidying my house
Talking it through with a friend
Reading
Change of scenery
Gentle yoga
Cycle ride or other exercise
Go somewhere new
Accept I feel shit and curl up with a book and blanket, sleep

Hope you feel better soon OP.

Fresh air. Forcing myself to download an e-book (most libraries are now great for this) putting in my head phones and doing an hour long walk in a loop starting and arriving back at home so I’ve not got a choice but to carry on once I get going.

An early night, take myself off to bed as soon as the kids are settled and read or watch something light and fluffy. Hot water bottle and cup of bedtime tea.

During the day I will go for a long walk.

Exercise in the open air does me the world of good.

Booking a days leave, driving to a different city or town for the day and mooching around the shops, having coffee, having lunch ALL ON MY OWN!!
Makes me feel like me again

Change of scenery - preferably somewhere I can gaze at trees. I don’t always feel like it but it does me the world of good.

As someone said, accepting I feel shit and curling up with a book.

Weeding intensively.

Get outside. Long walk in the open air. I don't believe in a god but I do find the routine of a church service helps so once or twice, when my personal peace has been most at risk, I've gone and sat unobtrusively on a Sunday morning.

Clean sheets on the bed, bath and clean nightie, good book, cup of tea and slice of cake (large) or chocolate bar (again, large).

Alternatively, a good walk in brisk weather.

Going for a long walk. Now it's dark in the evenings I'm not able to do this as much and it's having a notable affect on my mood.

Walking, journal writing, reading (have to force myself to do it but it helps so much), a change of scene, planning something fun, seeing friends.

Connecting to the wider world in some level helps me. Things like
Going out either for a long walk somewhere with lots of trees or a beach or planning a day out somewhere I’ve never been.
Also learning about something interesting. Mental stimulation is important for me to feel balanced.
Doing something for someone else works well too. Send someone a message, a small gift, visit someone with a cake. Or make a small donation to charity to help a worthy cause.

Running or a nice long walk with the dogs somewhere scenic. Sometimes just going to bed and sleeping.

Hope you’re ok.

Watching First Dates on All4. Eating vegan ice cream. A good night’s sleep.

A proper shower/bath. Nice and hot, shave, wash hair, skincare etc. Then a favourite comfort meal and getting in clean new sheets bed early with a film I’ve seen before.

Walking, a long bath, lighting candles and incense, cleaning the house even when I have to force myself to do it, putting my phone away.

take some time for reflection to work out what i am missing and apply appropriate remedy. A good night sleep, time to myself, tome off, company etc. Just noticing that it is me out of sorts and not just the whole world against me is the first, necessary step.

I'm a fan of note books! And stationary!

I go out and buy myself a nice note book and some stationary. I doodle, write lists and generally try and feel like I'm in control rather than life controlling me.

Whilst out I may buy some chocolate and something nice to drink.

I also cook and/or bake. I buy these things when I'm out too.

Then I get into a bath and clean pyjamas, eat some baked goods and enjoy spending time making my notes and doodles. I keep the book by my bed so if I wake in the night I can continue my doodles.

One night I was worried about juggling ds swim training (8 times a week) with other extra things I had to do that week.
I wrote a weekly plan out and slept well after knowing I had solved it. When I woke in the morning and remembered again I was able to look at see if wasn't a massive problem it felt. Just a busy week I needed to manage carefully.

@whatatool

Booking a days leave, driving to a different city or town for the day and mooching around the shops, having coffee, having lunch ALL ON MY OWN!! Makes me feel like me again

This sounds ace 😊

@itsgettingwierd

I'm a fan of note books! And stationary!

I go out and buy myself a nice note book and some stationary. I doodle, write lists and generally try and feel like I'm in control rather than life controlling me.

Whilst out I may buy some chocolate and something nice to drink.

I also cook and/or bake. I buy these things when I'm out too.

Then I get into a bath and clean pyjamas, eat some baked goods and enjoy spending time making my notes and doodles. I keep the book by my bed so if I wake in the night I can continue my doodles.

One night I was worried about juggling ds swim training (8 times a week) with other extra things I had to do that week.
I wrote a weekly plan out and slept well after knowing I had solved it. When I woke in the morning and remembered again I was able to look at see if wasn't a massive problem it felt. Just a busy week I needed to manage carefully.

I definitely find being able to write things down and plan when I'm feeling overwhelmed really helps.

Tidying, brisk walk, proper chat with good friend, yoga

Cutting out sugar for a few days and taking multivitamins.

Exercise. Ideally a run but a good brisk walk if not. The gym works too but not as well.

I find going for a run first thing makes a massive difference to my day, both mentally and physically. It just sets me off on the right path.