@t2wave I'm pretty sure I've never said anything about how I envisioned Kat's house but you managed to get it pretty spot on, so well done :P

I'll try and post soon but revision and exams galore, I feel your pain @Caits

@_@ not a happy dizz.

Alright thanks for explaining. Just seemed like most of the posts were home post. I will figure out something.

@t2wave I'm pretty sure I've never said anything about how I envisioned Kat's house but you managed to get it pretty spot on, so well done :P

Yay!

Alright thanks for explaining. Just seemed like most of the posts were home post. I will figure out something.

Sorry. You only had one post to go on.

I'm seriously THISCLOSE to screaming and ripping out my hair. Does anyone have relaxation techniques?

Close your eyes and enjoy an entire minute of silence while thinking about nothing.

@Mistress Dizzy

Reading is how I relax

Close your eyes and enjoy an entire minute of silence while thinking about nothing.

@Mistress Dizzy

Uh... how? How do I think about nothing?

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Uh... how? How do I think about nothing?

I don't know. I wasn't thinking when I tried it.

@t2wave

Hm. I don't think that's gonna work for me. For one thing, I have an ear infection, and my ear is ringing. By itself, constantly. So me in a room with nothing is still this incessant ringing. I want to tear off my ear. For another thing, I'm constantly anxious. I've never thought about nothing. I dunno if I can empty my mind.

I take naps to relax.

@t2wave

Hm. I don't think that's gonna work for me. For one thing, I have an ear infection, and my ear is ringing. By itself, constantly. So me in a room with nothing is still this incessant ringing. I want to tear off my ear. For another thing, I'm constantly anxious. I've never thought about nothing. I dunno if I can empty my mind.

I had anxiety once. It was not fun. Everything was a source of tension even when I knew better. And then I learned I was lactose intolerant and milk can occasionally do that to me. Weird how something so simple can really throw you.

I just put music on, sit in a room, comfortably,
Close my eyes and let everything flow passed me. It's kind of like meditating but I think too much to really meditate but I find twenty minutes doing this refreshes me.

I'll try and post tonight. It's easier to post when I'm home

@Mistress Dizzy Whenever I get ear aches I'll put something like a hot water bottle against my ear and that usually helps relieve the pain, I actually tend to use it as a pillow and try and get a nap so that might be an idea

As for relaxing try indulging yourself in something you love, maybe a really nice long shower, or a big cup of your fave hot drink.. http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/ has some really sweet little games that can be quite relaxing. Oh, and making a list of goals you want to achieve in the next week, they can be really minor things but there's something about ticking off a job that gives you a nice sense of control over things

Thanks for the ideas, guys.

Caits, does it make sense for Kijani and Kalinda to work together on some things? I mean, Kalinda's a born spy.

Sure thing!

@Mistress Dizzy
I hope I'm not too late to maybe give you an option to relax. I know how you feel, I'm actually diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder and have had a few panic attacks (not fun). I honestly find exercise helpful, it makes me focus on one specific thing and I physically work out the tension in my body from being anxious. I find reading to help or sometimes i'll toss a movie in/turn the T.V. on and knit for a while.

If i'm really having a bad day with it i'll take 5-10min to lay down and kind of meditate. I can't turn my brain off either, also with being a girl we don't really have a special 'nothing box/space' to visit. What I do is i'll lay down (if i can in that moment) and have my arms comefortably at my side. I then try to take deep breaths and i mean deep (initial filling, chest inflates, stomach inflates), and focus on feeling the breath in my body. Kinda like imagining yourself as a balloon, felling the air/warmpth fill your arms into your fingers and back out. I just spend the time doing that and it usually helps.

I hope something helps you out of all the things suggested :s

I don't know what to do with Harry.

*hugs everyone* Thank you for all the advice.

Caits, I'm about to post with Kassy if that will help? Also trying to come up with something for Kijani.