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I crochet for fun but also when I get stressed which judging by how long it is. Yk how mentally ill I am .^. I never feel 100% but that’s fine tbh. Might as well make myself something.
Melanippe1
I’m a knitter - I like to say that putting knots in yarn helps to take the knots out of mind
SpeerNA
POV? Point Of View?
darkfirebrand
Yay! Crochet is the best. I love my project blankets so much. It really helps during very boring work meetings Over Zoom as well!
midsummer1942
Crocheting is meditative, it is a good way to find some peace when you need to keep your hands busy!
cre8majic
You can crochet anywhere, on the lawn, in a park, at the beach
chelsearodro
A lot of the kids at my school bring their projects into class and stuff. Pretty cool tbh.
Apollymkatistrafia
I crochet when I'm feeling down, too. It helps to have a small, specific task that needs the focus to push the other shit out of the way.
shrimpfriri
That’s a protection blanky if I ever saw one.
DamnedIfYouDo
I tried to turn my anxiety into this activity, but I couldn't keep track of how many loops I had done.
wremise
Will that be your halloween costume?
Bigbadtacomuncher
Is it possible to drown in crochet? I'm worried.
Shadowcat13
The yarn color you picked is a pretty one
happywalker
time to yarn bomb the area :-)
PaytonFrost
Dang, keep going, I love this ❤️
originfoomanchu1
And all I have to show for my mental illness is 3600 hours of csgo lol, great work keep fighting the demons with crochete
IWasACatAllAlong
Youre making a giant cookie monster onesie, right.
Copperbrat
Knitting is meditative.
Omnomnomicon
I like the shades of blue.
aaronTieMagnet
Its okay to not be okay sometimes friendo. Ask for help if you need it, love ya ?
Roqinn
That's gonna be one HUGE scarf!
RevLegoFoot
Lenny Kravitz is gonna love it!
chelsearodro
Yes. So big I can wear it like a blanket
WaterUnderTheRocketAppliances
Full body yarn suit?
InClosing
You made your anxiety productive. Good for you!
comette
Knitting during shows has been great for fidget hands
Mas7er
Good on ya! Meanwhile all my anxiety does is vibrate
Freak0zoid
Vibrate you say?
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merelyadequategooglymoogly
Until she's robbing liquor stores for yarn money.
TheRealFireFrenzy
Nah just rob yarn stores, source: have been sent to guy buy yarn before for a friend of mine
RickyTickyB
Knitting really is the gateway to a life of crime no one wants to talk about. Wake up sheeple!
jamesCosmosBaron
Be able to understand how adhd works..it’s a lot of autism.we are so amazing at lots of things! Sometimes we have isssues.love us…please..
JepJepJepperoo
Is adhd autism? I've always wondered if something was wrong with me or why I seemed different to others, and adhd seems to fit the bill.
LastoftheLillyCreatures
psych here: no, they're different diagnoses. Obligatory: see a professional, only they can give you a satisfying answer to that. But 1/3ish
LastoftheLillyCreatures
also: Nothing is wrong with you. You just function differently than what society accepts as normal (and readily exploitable). Your 2/
LastoftheLillyCreatures
emotional needs are as valid as everyone elses and sadly people like you are always -falsely- taught that 3/4(dammit)
LastoftheLillyCreatures
they are the ones who are not only not normal but wrong. 4/4
OldWolfe
I see a creative and tenacious teenager. Don't let mental illness try to make itself your identity, we can see you shining from here.
Crashdlanding
I started a blanket for my baby when I found out I was pregnant. It’s not done. She’s seven now.
Crashdlanding
Also yours looks warm and cozy
CrackedCookie
Does having anxiety mean your mentally ill?
chelsearodro
Anxiety and depression are both mental illnesses.
CrackedCookie
I did not know anxiety falls in that category
chelsearodro
Guess you learned something new then lol
CrackedCookie
I did. Thank you
greenster75
I’m a therapist! This is one of the most elegant and functional solutions to decompression . Today you are a hero !
MsladyRiver
My mom is being consumed by her anxiety and stress, it’s making her body and mind sick. Would this help? We’re low income so therapy is $$$
greenster75
Possible , but simple answers to complicated problems are usually wrong
dreammer243
Does anyone ever feel 100%...? Honest question
DickRogers
in fleeting moments
LastoftheLillyCreatures
Psych here: You live in a world that's rigged against neurodiverse people and found a way to make that bearable - and have a blanket to 1/3
LastoftheLillyCreatures
hide under when it isn't. Keep doing that. Find a way to fetch tea/hot chocolate/etc without getting out under it and 2/3
LastoftheLillyCreatures
then you're basically invincible. (on an even more serious note: keep it up, everything that helps you feel better is legit.) 3/3
redpandabanana
I just got a set of crochet needles. Can’t wait to learn. I love knitting so I assume it’s not a big leap in technique
procrastinatingagain
Doing something like crocheting is mentally engaging enough to turn off the self talk in your head but not so engaging that you can't ¹
xXxSTEVOxXx
.....man that rrally explains/clarifies like 99.9% of what I do in a day...
Megasuperfreshdonut
My grandma is 99 and crochets every single day
LylaLexie
Ok dumb question…how did you make the little baby 1? It cute.
chelsearodro
well its one yarn ball (for this i tied on the other yarn balls when i got to the end) and then i just made a slip knot did about 51 chains
chelsearodro
single crocheted the rest until i got 48 rows amount that it ended up being not including the 2 starting and end chains
chelsearodro
and then i looked up a video on how to make a border on a single crochet project
tzxAzrael
same as the big one, but smaller.
LylaLexie
tzxAzrael
You're welcome~ :D
procrastinatingagain
Watch TV, listen to music, etc.
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gingerpholife
Reread the full comment...
itgoeshere
Do you use the Imgur app? If so, HOW did you do the superscript?
procrastinatingagain
It's a thing that android phones are able to do. You press on what number you want superscripted and some options show up.
itgoeshere
¹²³ Hard press and release - thank you internet stranger. You have guided the way for a weary traveler.
thespaceneedle
I wish I had picked up something productive or interesting during quarantine, instead all I picked up was about 20lbs around the middle…
Fvennik
You can always pick up crochet. Super easy to do what the person in the vid made. It’s one stitch over and over and you just repeat
megodk
I got a guitar. But I had to work so much (even if it was from home) that I barely have the energy left to actually practice
NervAssEva
I work a lot (RN). Off time I learned to build a computer & mod games
EpilatorAlligatorBothReduceGrowth
I “picked up” a broken relationship, stress intolerance, mental health awareness cause of living through it, yay.
slamorama
Eating is a legit hobby. Pretty sure.
ThomasThundersword
i picked up the most stressful “job” i’ve ever had in my life (volunteering so 0 pay) and about 30 pounds. this pandemic sucks. but you>
ThomasThundersword
are ahead of me! (not to discount how frustrating your situation is for you personally by saying “others have it worse” because what other>
ThomasThundersword
ppl have doesn’t mean shit to you) but still hopefully it helps mentally in some small way. idk im rambling, heres boobs
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Imgerruinedimger
Yeah I got really into craft beer. Why the fuck is it 280 IPA's per porter/stout/red etc in every store. Are they easy to make or what?!
WhichIsIt
I’m not into beer but really liked IPAs for awhile
Imgerruinedimger
Oh yeah for sure. I love me a good IPA. I just hate walking into a liquor store and its ALL IPA's basically. Gotta go to bevmo or somethin.
weirdcalculator
I call it the Covid 19. It's... not catching on.
theraininspainfallsmainlyontheplain
Hey I call it that too. And I never even get a pity chuckle.
WaterUnderTheRocketAppliances
Strangely, it's not coming off either.
kittenpettingfool
If it's not catching on OR coming off for either of you... Why don't we see how it goes for me when I come onto you both?
kittenpettingfool
Lets say dinner @ my place around 6? Want to do it earlier since I plan on having my stomach bent over the couch later :)
weirdcalculator
I don't know who you are or what you look like, but I like the way you talk to me.