What are your fav at least slightly healthier dissociation tricks / hobbies / activities for when you canโ€™t even with gender things (but thereโ€™s no way out of the current situ)?

ETA: no food/drugs/alcohol/exercise due to illness shit

#dysphoria

@moss Do games work for you? Drawing? Writing?

I have been returning to more tactile experiences recently, so even just shuffling cards feels nice

@SnyperWolf ooooh! I like games and drawing!

Writing is nice depending what it is, Iโ€™ve been doing too much nonfiction lately though so I think breaking out of that might be key there if you have any ideas. I have pens I like the sensation of using.

Tactile sounds wonderful, shuffling cards is extra relevant since Iโ€™m diving deeper into tarot

@moss Okay, fiction prompt: Everyone knew it was an omen, but no one could agree on what it foretold
@moss I like to play Civ VI while listening to audiobooks or podcasts. Helps reset my brains.
@moss Same thing I use to distract myself from everything else: video games or watching something (mostly my YouTube channels, or less commonly, series and movies)
@Yuriel thank you!!! ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’œ
@moss playing magic the gathering on my phone, listening to podcasts and doing Kakuro puzzles (kinda like sudoku) are my usual go-tos
@moss Reading, but no romance (or at least no romance with sexy times). But then again reading is my go-to solution for every possible situation from boredom to death in the family so...
@SRLevine I hear you!! Good idea for specifying re: romance tyty

@moss

the sims

@cryptica OH FUCK YEAH I looooved that as a child letโ€™s gooooo tysm
@moss I create elaborate stories in my head based around characters who will never see the light of day and are probably at least a little bit self-inserts, but are living their best queer lives as (insert combination of genders)
@ldottxt I miss Vampire. ๐Ÿฅบ
@Yuriel I also miss it THOUGH TO BE FAIR TAM WASN'T ONE OF THESE
@ldottxt I don't believe you. ๐Ÿคญ
@Yuriel if he were a self-insert he'd be a bottom bottom instead of a power bottom

@ldottxt ยกEscรกndalo! ๐Ÿ˜ฐ

You said "switch"! ๐Ÿ˜ฃ

@Yuriel ma'am i know what i said

@ldottxt You "switch" between:

- "bratty bottom"
- "bottom bottom"
- "botom text"

๐Ÿ˜…

@ldottxt loooooove ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’œ
@moss I like to walk around and take pictures. You don't need a fancy camera, you just need a willingness to look for beauty everywhere. And with digital cameras and phones, if your picture sucks, you can just delete it and try again
@ebooksyearn this is a wonderful nudge, I havenโ€™t done a ton of photography since I moved and itโ€™s BEAUTIFUL here. Maybe I can do some smol walks! ๐Ÿ“ธ๐ŸŒธโœจ