Today is Omnisexual Awareness Day! 🩷💙🖤 We want to remind every omnisexual child of God that you are beloved, celebrated, and affirmed. No matter what others may say, your identity as valid. Thank you for being you!

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I combined any or all of those with a lot of self-love: + Reminding myself it is okay to be upset, and that "I love me; no matter what" +Welcoming whatever feelings come up and moving/vocalizing in ways that feel right for expressing them (safely!) +Asking my body if it needs sleep/food/hydration

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+ drum/rattle (or other repetitive motion plus sound) + hum/sing (e.g. keening) or scream/vocalize + yoga/gentle stretching or movement + hot/cold shower (pick one or alternate + pat legs alternating right/left or dance/walk deliberately and mindfully alternating + scents (e.g. candle/incense/oils)

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Self-soothing and grounding techniques: + Sit with palms on knees and feel seat, legs, & breath + Hold/squeeze ice (bonus: throw into tub to shatter if anger joins in) + Wrap blanket/towel around shoulders and back to "hug" yourself + Rock back and forth + Tapping/EFT + Eat/hydrate +Walk/sit in sun

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Very late to the party here, but grounding and Somatic Therapy. I ground into my body, and then remind the trauma holder/myself that now is not then - citing distance in miles, years, etc. I use mindfulness and notice details around me which confirm now is not then. pt. 1

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