Winter Blues

   Hey Kitty Cats, I started therapy three months ago and thought I’d do a blog about what I’ve learned so far. For those wondering what I’m dealing with, I’ve had very C-PTSD since age six when we immigrated to the US. I did not like this country right away and wanted very badly to go back to Europe; mostly because I wanted to see my Grandparents because I loved them more than anyone and they did die before I got to see them again.
     Now for some of the things that I’ve found helpful, anxiety is really how you put it in your head. If you wake up feeling crappy get up right away, tell yourself you’re excited to: fill in what you love aka playing with your cat. For me I make my cats fancy raw duck food which I have to cook in a tiny oven. She also gets up and sits on her tiny plush couch and watch’s me make my tea. I do hand feed her and she purrs which I know helps both our health

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   Then I do some body tapping, the best place that’s free I found is called Brain Education TV, it’s a YouTube channel and they have many video’s to choose from. Today I did one called Energy Shower; so they do have meditation lesson’s too. I’m slowly making my way through the video’s that resonate with me by doing another around 5pm or right after I watch the sunset. I’ve felt allot of anxious energy in my stomach lately so I’m doing the upset stomach video tonight.
     I’m also trying to drink more water which is crazy hard to do for me, as I’ve never enjoyed normal water. So I am putting some Lemon and honey into a Bigelow brand decaf earl grey tea. I’ve also making this for my mail man in a king vacuum food jar thermos, it’s great as it’s allot wider yet shorter then a normal thermos. I also gift delivery people the Wedderspoon Manuka Honey drops and if you want to go off get them a car 200w cigarette charger converter and a heated blanket. So they can be cozy and warm while driving during the winter!

The snow got rained on and froze today! 

  I recently got a fatty liver because I love eating burgers and fatty meat dishes. So I’ve switched to elk burgers and am also eating allot of the coleslaw mix salads from Trader Joe’s. Speaking of which please try the citrus green tea candle with wooden wick. It’s so soothing to listen to that while working. Also their vitamin E oil blend is great to put on hour hands and feet after a massage while massaging your hands and feet for at least 10 minutes. For whatever reason I have been doing this self care routine since I was about ten. No one showed me this I just started one day.

I tried a pretzel burger and it was fire! 

   In winter I use the Dr. Hauschka Rose Day cream as it’s a bit thicker then my normal, I also ad four drops of Monastery Gold oil. And in winter I keep Thayer alcohol free witch hazel by my bed to pop on my face before I go to bed for a refresh.  As far as reading I’m keeping it positive and light, a Murder She Wrote vibe in listening to cat mysteries. The series is called Oxford Tearoom Mysteries by HY Hanna. There is a cute cat in it and I swear my cat Mera always gets a shine in her eye when the cat is mentioned. I’ve included a photo of her listening to the book as I work on my iPad. Also I’ve put a heated blanket into her cat bed which is also heated but Persian cats are not into roughing it. So I do recommend Raw Dynamic duck food if you have a choosy Meow partner

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My bestie Mera is always here to keep me warm 

   That’s it for this week, I’m going to try to keep up with these blogs a bit more. I will go back into the therapy talk to end and mention I do get seasonal defective disorder and I take Buspirone and propranolol for that which works well for me. As I’m very sensitive to any medication and these have light side effects for me. I should mention the Gaia vitamin called Sleep Thru which I take at night and the one called Stress which I take mid day. Hope some of this is helpful to you! Wishing you a beautiful week, month and year. XO Vera
     

   PS We just got a steel sweet tooth necklace in stock and restocked our snake tongue ring in silver as well! It is the year of the snake so it’s the ring I recommend as a gift, per it being adjustable in size too!