Dear Tiffany,
You took a day off yesterday and you spent today panicking about it. Woke up panicking and panicked all day.
But this is what you didn’t do – you didn’t call yourself (m)any names, you didn’t feel any (any!) urges to self-harm, you didn’t freeze and lose the day to the panic, you didn’t load your to-do list up and lose your focus on sustainable self-care.
You got a decent amount of work done (high five!), on a decent amount of projects (good job!), and you took the kids to a play place (gold star!), and you spent some time socializing (A+), and you even ate decently (championship trophy!).
I am proud of you and I love you (even though you are a panic panda and you are not great at relaxing).
Tomorrow will be better. When you wake up, you’ll spend a few minutes doing the mindfulness exercises you’ve been writing up for the summer course.
– Tiffany