Mental Illness Recovery
Self Care Ideas:​
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Check out this link of games to help you destress:
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*https://www.buzzfeed.com/andyneuenschwander/11-easy-to-play-mobile-games-to-de-stress-yourself-with
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Play this game:
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Make a self care box:
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Make a grounding kit:
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Make a spring flower sensory bottle:
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Make a calm jar:
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Make your own tea:
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Make a comfort box:
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*Face masks
*Take a bath
*Use essential oils- with a diffuser or by putting a few drops in steaming water and breathing it in lightly
*Use lotion and try to relax
*Take a walk
*Listen to music- particularly happy music
*Cloud watch
*Dance
*Write down all the nice things people say about you to read later
*Eat chocolate
*Take a nap
*Stop saying you "should" be doing this or that
*Read
*WRite your feelings out
*Color
*Make your bed
*Do a puzzle
*Start a gratitude journal
*Do 4-7-8 breathing