Eternally & Optimistically Coping
The Coping Blog
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Sink your Shoulders Not your Self-Belief – E&OC
Sink your Shoulders Not your Self-Belief I noticed that I was not sinking my shoulders, especially when I doubted myself and my self-belief. I’ve come face to face with more triggers over the…
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Fear vs. Anxiety vs. Being Stuck – E&OC
Fear vs. Anxiety vs. Being Stuck I wonder about the battle between fear vs anxiety, and what it meant compared to the consequence of being stuck. Especially as this year continues. How much…
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I am not Standard – E&OC
I am not Standard In life there are certain occasions where you are reminded just how extraordinary it is to be alive. To be a human, born of the Universe, living this human…
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My Purpose in Life – Embracing Defiance – E&OC
What is My Purpose? Initially, this ‘my purpose’ piece was written as a script for a podcast I’m thinking about creating. But I decided it belonged here in my Eternally & Optimistically Coping…
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Why do I have to participate in societal norms? – E&OC
Why do I have to participate in societal norms? I honestly think that I’m in the middle of a quasi mental breakdown—that, or, my Saturn Return. Also, I shouldn’t be too hard on…
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Holding Space – E&OC
Holding Space Holding space is maintaining your own feelings while being physically, emotionally and mentally present for someone else and their feelings. It means to support the other person without diminishing yourself. I…
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To live is to Jump off Cliffs – E&OC
To live is to Jump off Cliffs Last week, JJ did a live for her Patreon viewers. I highly recommend you join her Patreon, which you can do so here. I hopped right…
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Who says you can’t walk in the rain? (Hint: anxiety.) – E&OC
Who says you can’t walk in the rain? (Hint: anxiety.) There is a feeling of anxiety when you do anything different to what is expected of you. Things such as wearing what makes…
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A Maladaptive Daydream – E&OC
A Maladaptive Daydream There is a Tik-Tok going around about maladaptive daydreaming. My psychologist has told me that I do this before. But the funniest part of the Tik-Tok going around is there…
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Shadow Work, An Entry – E&OC
Shadow Work, An Entry For this Eternally & Optimistically Coping post, I want to share an entry from Monday, 24th August in my Shadow Workbook. Here goes nothing! Today is 24th August 2020. …
