My Anxiety comfort items

Sometimes when you have anxiety (or other mental health trouble), some items or rather your relation to specific items can help you in your day-to-day life.

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Although I kinda use blankets to hold onto at home, thoses are mostly portable things that I can grab and/or wear outside of my home and bring them with me.

 

A triforce necklace

I’ve been a lover of the Zelda franchise ever since I was about 5years old- this necklace has been given to me by my bestfriend in 2017 i believe.

When I was in my rock-bottom where I had just started with therapy and still needed some comfort to get out of the house without Kafei — the meaning of the triforce (courage, wisdom & power) kinda helped me to get through. I used to Always wear it as I headed out of the house.

 

My father’s watch

This watch is as old as the 2000s! I mainly wear it at work because not only does it helpfully give me the time (as it still works at 22years old!) but it also reminds me of how much of a work ethic we both have. Since I was 6 years old, I had always seen my father wear it everyday, and mixed with the “celery” scent that his hands would have coming home, it has a soothing effect on me. (He had always worked in the produce department of a grocery store- up until I was 12)

inside the watch has my father’s name aswell as the year he won it at work in 1999 engraved. Not only is the watch unique to this year’s challenge winners, and I never seen similar gold watches with an apple inside the cadran, but it’s also personalised to my family.

 

My pouch of gems (their presentation)

When I started to get better, i’ve turned myself more toward rocks & crystals. They quite recently-ish took the place of the necklace in the sense that I always wear them when I leave — though only for work. Because of how stressful it can be, I believe they can help my psychic in those times.

 

My “anti-anxiety” bracelet

As the necklace, this was also a gift from my bestfriend last year. It is supposed to help anxiety among other things, and contains white lava stones. (I had the sheet that came with it.. but forgot where I put it 🤦🏽‍♀️)

Mixed with my rocks in my pocket, this is usually the little “extra” that i’d wear for work on days that Iknow will be heavier on my psyche/anxiety.. Like saturdays for exemple. where people are crazier & the orders gets bigger.

 

 

Do you have comfort items? What are they?