justaoifethings

Surprisingly, I have been tagged (Thank you What A Silly Little Lady ). When I first received this nomination, I was wary. I find that tags can unintentionally promote a lack of creativity. If I see one more tag in my YouTube subscription, I will scream. But, that being said, I find this tag endearing. The aim of this challenge is to list your favourite sights, smells, sounds, tastes and textures. I wanted to link this to my own blog, my own style, and I realised something. This tag is very similar to a technique called grounding, helpful to many with anxiety and panic attacks, You take note of things you can see, hear, smell, taste and touch. It gives your mind something to focus on, which can help you come down from a panic attack, or to elevate the odd feeling of not being present, as I've discussed before here . So in the spirit of being predominantly a mental health and discussion blog, here are my favourite things that help to relax me. Sights; Any cat. Just cats i...

The internet has become a dark place. Full of bullies and the infamous trolls, it often leads to people shying away from putting themselves out there in fear of being shot down. Something about the anonymity of being behind a screen seems to hand people a false sense of power, able to disregard the consequences of their actions. Why is it so easy for people to spew such nasty words? It's so difficult to conform to this army of negativity. For example, if you never post a selfie, you're weird, but post one too many, you're conceited. Though, through her online influence, one YouTuber and Twitch streamer is trying to change this pattern of bullying. Mary Tomson, aka SuperMaryFace , has started a hashtag with her fans known as spiders on Twitter, #spiderselfiesunday. As the name suggests, her spiders post a selfie on a Sunday. As an avid follower of Mary, I'd seen this hashtag before, but had not participated until last week. And I'm so glad I did. Scrolling thr...