Stress Relief/Calming Distraction/etc. Ideas for Regressors (based on my own experiences and things I've learned from others)
-- FIRST AND FOREMOST,
• Take some deep breaths. I know that's like listening to a broken record and obvs doesn't work for everyone, but it's worth a try!
• Drink some water and put some comfy clothes on and/or wrap your favorite blankie around yourself!
• Put on some soft lighting, if available. Especially if you're overstimulated!
• If you gotta/wanna bodily/vocally stim, DO IT!!! I also like to use stim toys and touch/hug soft things like a blanket, stuffie or pillow.
• If you have a pet, give 'em a cuddle or some pets! (a stuffie is also very comforting!) Or if you have one that can't/doesn't like to be handled/touched, you can just sit and watch them move around (feeding them if needed, can also be fun to watch!) (I love watching my fish swim around/eat sometimes 😹)
• If you're feeling anxious; dip your face in a bowl of cold/ice water, eat something sour or spicy like Warheads sour spray, Sour Patch Kids, Takis or jalapeños, hold something cold like an ice pack against your chest/stomach, try to relax your jaw and shoulders, use stim toys/stress balls
• If you're feeling angry; you can crumple/tear up pieces of paper or an old notebook. Writing down your feelings and/or scribbling rapidly before doing this is good too! You can also punch a pillow or anything soft enough to where you won't hurt yourself. Ik it can be wasteful, but snapping wooden pencils into lil bits was very therapeutic for me for a while! If you happen to have balloons for whatever reason, you can tie one to a rubber band(/string?) and bounce it against your fist like onea these babies:
• From the one above, write out your feelings! Even if it's just "I am feeling _ because _". If you have a hard time finding the words, here's some cool emotion wheels I like to use!:
• If you are on your period, take some painkillers (Midol is a lifesaver!), try to avoid caffeine & nicotine if you smoke, use a heating pad/heated blanket if available, take a hot bath or shower, if possible exercise/walking or certain stretches can help with cramping, and I'm gonna be completely honest here free-bl33ding on the toilet just helps sometimes idk 😂
-- NEXT, DISTRACTIONS:
• If possible, go for a walk or ride your bike around the block!
• If possible, try to talk to/call or text someone you trust, like a friend or family member. You can talk about anything, it doesn't have to be about what's causing your stress/anxiety/etc.
• Watch TV, YouTube, stim GIFs/videos, etc. Whatever helps you relax or laugh!
• Play a calming video game (I like to play Slime Rancher, Animal Crossing, Cooking Mama, Night In The Woods, Webkinz and No Man's Sky on creative mode!)
• Be creative! Even if you think you're "bad" at it bc it doesn't matter if it looks "pretty," you don't have to show anyone or post it anywhere. All that matters is if it makes you feel better! Drawing/doodling and coloring have always been a very great emotional outlet for me! Other fun stuff you could do: Splatter/abstract paint, make a collage or start a scrapbook, make a DIY craft with stuff around your house, SCRIBBLE!!, play around with an instrument or music program/app, design a character on Picrew or some sort of character creator, print out/make paper dolls and their clothes, stickerbomb something, film a music video featuring ur pets/stuffies/toys!
• Continuing the creativity one, make a mood/stim/agere board for yourself, an OC, your fave/comfort characters(s), etc.!
• Do word/number puzzles like word searches, crossword puzzles, sudoku, acrostic puzzles, cryptograms, framework/fill-in puzzles, etc.
• If you like making lists (like me), write out a list! (Ideas: Your comfort characters/movies/shows, your favorite board/video games, favorite places or cool places you've been, interesting animals, favorite bands/musical artists, current favorite songs, etc.)
• If you're like me, you can play some music and write down your favorite lyrics from each song that plays! (And doodle/scribble around the paper borders in between hehe) And/or make a playlist! Maybe make a playlist of songs that make you feel better in that moment, so you can look for it whenever ur stressed/upset!
• If possible, take a hot bath (you can add bubbles, bath bombs and/or toys!) Or a quick shower. Oh, and speaking of, I have a tip for people who struggle with brushing your teeth/remembering to do so! Try brushing your teeth when you shower!
These aren't the only things I do/know about, just ones I can remember at the moment, and they may not all work for everyone of course, but hopefully this is helpful to someone. 🥺 Feel free to add more in the replies/tags/reblogs!
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Who Let Us Have A Group Chat?
Pairings: Blood Moon/DJ Music Man, Harvest Moon/Glamrock Bonnie, Eclipse/OC (well, not anymore)
Word Count: 1,430 Words
Summary: KC has their first period and inadvertently comes out.
Warnings: Caps, Period/Menstruation, Death (mentioned only), Blood (mentioned), Age Regression, Pain (mentioned), Cursing, Accidental Misgendering, Coming Out, Nudity (mentioned only, non-sexual), SFW Tickling, let me know if I should add anything else.
Chapter 12: Periods & Panics
6:40am
Who Took My Hat?
Kill Code: It HURTS
Moon: What hurts?
Kill Code: My stomach.
Moon: What did you eat last? Did you eat grapes? Dairy? Did you eat something rotten or moldy? Old baked goods? Something out of date?
Eclipse: Jesus you went into Mom Mode. Chill. I don’t think he’s dying.
Moon: Even if he isn’t dying, he’d still need epinephrine and your computer doesn’t know how to make it!
Eclipse: Bold of you to assume!
Eclipse: But yeah, it doesn’t. But he also didn’t eat any allergens at dinner, we just a meat/meat substitute and salad night and me and him used the same dressing non-dairy with no grapes, grape seed, or anything grape related.
Moon: Then what could possibly be hurting? Cres?
Kill Code: I have blood in my bed, I threw up. I don’t know what’s happening.
Moon: BLOOD!?
Eclipse: oh
Eclipse: Moon chill out, I know what it is. Dad, do your hips hurt too? Lower back?
Kill Code: Yes, everything hurts.
Eclipse: Moon, you’ve never had periods before, did you?
Moon: Not after the first one, that was hell. I forcibly turned off my hormonal sensors and haven’t had one since.
Eclipse: He’s having his first period and nobody told him because us kids thought he already knew what they were like being in your body.
Moon: shit
Eclipse: I can take care of it. I’m his ‘oldest’ child.
Kill Code: I can deal with it.
Kill Code is offline
Moon: WHAT HAPPENED!?
Eclipse: He got up trying to fix it himself while I was getting supplies and he fainted from how suddenly he got up mixed with how much blood he lost while he was sleeping.
Kill Code is online
Kill Code: I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I just wanted to fix it.
Eclipse: We’ll you ain’t. What you’re going to fix is getting into the bath and cleaning off because I’m the one fixing it. You’re in pain. You deserve one day of being taken care of.
Kill Code: I’m the dad, I don’t get taken care of. I take care of you.
Harvest Moon: Go bathe or I’m coming in there and forcibly bathing you.
Kill Code: fine
7:20am
Who Took My Hat?
Moon: He’s okay now?
Blood Moon: He’s fine. Still bathing.
Eclipse: I thought he came out already.
Blood Moon: No, I’ve been waiting at the door to make sure he doesn’t try to go off working and he hasn’t come out yet.
Eclipse: Go in and check on him, I’m washing the sheets. Trying to, anyway.
[Blood Moon has started a video call]
Moon: Why? I don’t want to possibly see
KC naked!
Blood Moon: I need moral support! I might
see my dad naked! You can suffer
through it, it’s less traumatic for you,
since you shared a body with him.
Moon: Fine.
[Blood Moon opens the door slowly,
showing KC still in the bath but quickly
looks away]
Blood Moon: Dad? Are you okay?
Kill Code: Bat’ie. *giggles and splashes
the bath water a bit, playing with a few
bubbles but whimpers and starts crying
when his belly hurts again*
Moon: Blood Moon, he’s regressing.
Blood Moon: Dad? You’re little?
Kill Code: Hurts! Wan’ it to stop!
Blood Moon: Did you get clean?
Kill code: Yeah, got clean.
Blood Moon: Okay, let’s get you
dressed then.
[Blood Moon has ended the video call]
Moon: Thank god, I don’t have to watch you dressing him.
Blood Moon: Eclipse, he’s little, what do I dress him in?
Eclipse: Standard? Sweatpants he can loosen in case he’s bloated at all, big soft baggy shirt in case his chestplate is sensitive. A pad since he’ll probably be sleeping once he gets the food and Midol into him.
Blood Moon: Moon, you better have a good fucking reason for this.
Moon: For what?
Blood Moon: kcinatowelholdingupapurplenightgown.jpg
Moon: I guess the nanobots you guys made his body from shifted with how vulnerable he felt?
Blood Moon: Moon, he picked out a dress. By himself. I’m not confused about the almost human part, I understand the defense tactic. I am concerned about the dress he chow on his own.
Eclipse: Oh my god, if this is how we find out KC is trans, I swear to god.
Harvest Moon: Dad is trans?
Eclipse: You are so far out of the loop right now, Ves.
Blood Moon: Kill Code fought me trying to stop them from digging through drawers, they wanted this one single article of clothing more than they cared about not being in pain.
Blood Moon: I want an explanation, Moon. You shared a body with KC.
Moon: I can neither confirm nor deny anything.
Harvest Moon: This isn’t a question, Moon, we need to know before we do something that upsets them while they’re already in pain and upset!
Moon: I plead the fifth.
Eclipse: Please?
Moon: …
Moon: Fine.
Moon: KC is genderfluid. They kept it a big secret, they were embarrassed about it constantly, especially when they were sharing with me.
Eclipse: Why would they keep this from us? We’re their kids, we love our parent.
Moon: They think they have to be some big tough Dad for you all. They refused to take care of themself until they took care of you. But I guess so much piled on all at once forced them to need to accidentally come out because they didn’t want to feel uncomfortable anymore when they were already so stressed.
Supermassive: So right now KC is our Mom. Right?
Moon: Right now Cres is just a baby. If she’s still regressing, that is.
Blood Moon: I would say her asking if she can use a diaper instead of a pad says yes to her regressing.
Eclipse: I have some still from before I knew pads existed. I’ll bring one in.
Blood Moon: Who says I want to put a diaper on my Mom!? This is worse than naked trash can!
Lunar: I’ll come do it. My god.
Eclipse: Seriously? Don’t you hate her?
Lunar: Too late, I already used the daycare to bunker teleporter thingy. And yes, I hate her. But she’s family and she’s family I don’t care if I see naked. I’ve changed Moon before, I don’t care at this point.
Moon: You better stop talking right now.
Lunar: Hush.
Lunar: And stop lying about your period, you get them twice a month, you poor fucker.
Moon: Shut uuuup, I don’t want to think about it!
Eclipse: Wait, if you have them, then how didn’t KC know about them?
Moon: I blocked off the pain sensors for it and she just never thought to check down there because KC didn’t care when she was feral. Later on, she just ignored it because she felt uncomfortable with my body and couldn’t stand to interact other it.
Eclipse: And the blood?
Moon: …
Lunar: He put on period diapers before they switched out.
Lunar: Here’s our pretty girl by the way.
Lunar: killcodebeingcarriedtobed.jpg
Moon: Just occurred to me, why the hell are you so strong?
Lunar: Monty messed up my schematics by one little issue.
Lunar: He made me just as strong as he is. He added an extra zero by mistake. So I’m worth 10,000 joules of energy instead of 1,000.
Moon: You scare me.
Lunar: I should scare you. I’m a fourteen year old who can pick up two family members at once.
Lunar: Regardless, look our our pretty girl.
Lunar: killcodesnugglingastuffedbearandwatchingtinkerbell.jpg
Moon: Tell her she’s such a sweet girl for me, she liked that when I tried last time to get her to come out and stop pushing herself.
Lunar: Oh, my heart. Moony, this is the response I got. I can’t believe I thought to record it. This is the most precious thing!
Lunar: kcbeingcute.vid
[video transcription]
Lunar: Moony says you’re such a sweet
girl, Cressy.
Kill Code: Mama says?
Lunar: Yes, baby, Mama says. Mama
says you’re pretty and sweet and the
cutest girl ever.
Kill Code: *tiny little giggles as she
watches Lunar with complete joy*
Mama make pain go away?
Lunar: Mama’s at home right now,
he’s looking after the daycare. But
you have me all day if you want.
Kill Code: Mama work. Got Baba.
Lunar: You do, you got Baba.
Kill Code: Baba make pain go ‘way?
Lunar: I most certainly can. Here, let
me kiss it better. *kisses her belly and
tickles her sides*
Kill Code: *giggling constantly until she
giggles so hard she squeaks*
[transcription end]
Moon: Oh my god, that’s adorable.
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Florida GOP bill bans young girls from discussing periods in school
I hate Florida. I really, really do.
I grew up in Michigan. My school did not have a nurse, we had a period talk in 5th grade from our younger teachers who made us watch an awkward film about a girl getting her first period while the boys were in the gym learning how not to kill people with either their stink or with ax body spray. The girls were periodically asking if we could leave.
I promise some of those girls had already started their periods and had a talk with their mothers if they were lucky. My mother is awkward and half British, so she left a book on my bed called 'The Care and Keeping of You' from American Girl. Which is still in print, but updated (the tampon page haunts me).
I got my first ever period when I was twelve, laying in a coffin while working in a haunted forest and managed to not stain the white dress I was wearing in the process. I used toilet paper for the rest of the coffin shift and for a week after that because I could not tell my mother, the words would not leave my throat. She found out a week later of course from my pile of bloodstained underwear in the laundry and laughed at me.
In short, periods was never discussed again after fifth grade. We had... some kind of sex education our Freshman year of high school, but it literally lasted maybe two days, was part of our health class which included six months of gym. This part of health class was literal bullshit, most of it discussed healthy living habits, we all goofed off. The only sex discussion related only to abstinence, lasted less than two days and one of the Sophomore girls was very, very pregnant.
None of what I experienced or what the Christian Fascists wants to make socially acceptable needs to come to pass. The Republican party wants the ignorance and fear of young girls going through natural changes, they want them to feel disgusting and lesser in their own eyes. Republicans hate women and want them to suffer for not being men and the best way to ingrain that is during a vulnerable, confusing time in their lives. Removing the ability to teach girls about a natural process and open a door to understanding also removes the opportunity to be educated about sex in a country where women have become second class citizens, expected to martyr themselves for nonviable pregnancies, or die because they cannot access the health care they need.
Removing the ability to talk about periods and puberty with girls opens doors for them to be abused as they grow up, abused by a lack of knowledge and access to resources to help them navigate their reproductive health at all stages, abused by men who will lie to them about sex and protection, and finally, abused by the state who will not allow them the opportunity to receive care when an inevitable pregnancy goes wrong.
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