SHOOK THE BLUES LOOSE

1. Talk to someone: Sharing how we feel helps to reduce the inner tension (but make sure it is someone who cares about your feelings).

2. Work on improving your self-esteem: Self-esteem is the way you see and feel about yourself … and there are lots of lots of things that undermine our self esteem. For example, experiencing a break up, putting on unwanted weight, doing badly on a test or being excluded by our friends. It’s important that we keep on working on our self-esteem by treating ourselves well and noticing when we succeed (instead of noticing the negatives).

3. Manage your stress levels: If we’re always feelings stressed then it’s hard to cope with life. We tend to over react and have a negative mind set … which drains us of our energy and saps our will to fight. So take a look at your lifestyle and see what you can drop. You may be doing too much, and don’t have time to relax.

4. Make the time and effort to enjoy yourself: Doing things that we enjoy helps to improve the way we feel. So build in little things like having coffee with a friend, or going to a game, or taking time to watch some sports.

5. Choose a healthy life style: Pay attention to your diet and how much you exercise; try to limit alcohol, and don’t deprive yourself of sleep.

“You helped a woman give birth and saved her and her baby, 

you gave me an arm and leg so I could stand up again.

Your hands aren’t made for killing people, 

they’re not meant to “coddle” people or “shield them from ideas that conflict with their own” and they’re not meant to prevent freedom of speech and exchanges of ideas

safe spaces and trigger warnings are intended to help people cope with trauma. they’re not even necessarily intended to mean “hey, this class/presentation includes x subject, so you should steer clear” but more “this is a warning that this might contain subjects that make you uncomfortable and/or anxious, so this is an opportunity to prepare yourself and not be blind-sided by it”

Reunion <3