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Disability Open Post: Distracting

What do you do when you need to distract?  Be it from chronic pain, anxiety, ableism, physical discomfort, sensory overload, unpleasant symptoms, distraction is something that people living with disabilities often know a lot about.

So what methods do you find helpful? Feel free to respond and discuss, please!

Tags: open post disability ableism distraction coping symptoms chronic pain chronic fatigue chronic illness mental illness depression anxiety
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  1. wrtrs reblogged this from disabledtalk
  2. johncroftianlullaby reblogged this from kiss-my-aspergers and added:
    Music (listening, singing, repeating it in my head), or I make up rhymes in my head as fast as I can think of them....
  3. yilduza reblogged this from disabledtalk and added:
    My favourite is taking long showers, but instead of standing i lie on the bottom of the tub and just relax. This is...
  4. kiss-my-aspergers reblogged this from disabledtalk and added:
    I like listening to the HAWPCast or whisper videos, especially WhisperCrystal’s.
  5. flutterflyinvasion reblogged this from disabledtalk and added:
    I often read or watch TV. It helps me to focus on something else besides the pain and/or anxiety.
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