I keep catching myself comparing myself to other people. Like... when someone else gets the attention, the praise, the spotlight, and your brain goes, "what about me? what don't i get that attention too?"

I don’t really know how to stop the feeling from popping up— it just does. But i'm learning not to let it spiral like it did in the past. I allow myself to just sit with that emotion and do body-based practices- like stretching, pilates, walking, running. These practices has helped me release the tension and emotions that get stored in my body before they build up to a breaking point.

For me, stretching has become a way to interrupt negative thought spirals/mental patterns. The moment i sense myself slipping, i move my body- i stretch. I’ve learned that when i hold the emotions in for too long, i eventually crash and i don’t want that anymore. So doing body-based practices has helped me to have control on how i respond and take care of myself.