things you can do when in pain (emotionally)

things you can do when there’s an aching pain in your chest:

• scream into a void

• write a poem, a journal, a song

• watch the moon (if there’s no moon, watch the sky)

• pet your cat (or lover)

• listen to a fun song

• clean the room

• do your laundry

• call your best friends

• hug your roommates

• talk to your plants

• go for a walk (or a run)

• send funny memes to friends

• play video games

• dance a silly dance in your room

• cry

• hit a pillow (not a wall)

• lip sync to your favourite song like you’re in an MV

• make a cup of tea

• pat your shoulders and say “it’s gonna be okay”

• take a warm bath

• imagine you’re a bird and fly away from this reality

• cry again

• now go to sleep.

t.l.