Day 7 | River Thames Cold Therapy | Raising Awareness for Mental Health + Steem
This is the full video for Day 7 of my River Thames Cold Therapy + some after thoughts!
The clip of the jump is already posted on Twitter and Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/redrica_/
Thank you so much to everyone who've been following and supporting me this last week! It has been such an eye-opening experience for me, doing this.
I wanted to share some thoughts this time before I jumped into the cold, so watch the full video of the jump and my after vlog.
What we say to our children, becomes their inner voice.
I'd love to know what you think :)
You can read the back story of why I'm doing this on my post a few days ago: https://steemit.com/dtube/@redrica/fhbajd67
But the gist is: I am jumping into the river for cold therapy, a new commitment I'm adding into my Mental Health practice. I am posting clips of myself doing this and posting it on Social Media to help raise awareness for Mental Health, and also Steem and Crypto.
Soon I will be taking suggestions and donations in Crypto!
The plan is:
Every day at approximately 8am GMT, I will be posting a clip of me jumping into River Thames on Twitter and Instagram
What I wear and do before I jump in, will differ every day, and will most likely be a bit kooky.
I will usually only post a clip on Twitter, and will post the full video on Dtube and Youtube.
ANY SUPPORT APPRECIATED!
Let me know if you have any fun suggestions or thoughts!
And feel free to send me lots of encouragement, it helps a lot :)
Much Love from Red
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Sharing is caring.... Ha ha that's so cheesy... But true. Keep sharing your thoughts Redrica, even on the Twitter versions 🙂
Speaking of sharing.
100% agree. I'm an only child in a single parent family. So my mum's cynicism has echoed through my personality for decades, even though that's not the mindset I particularly thrive under. It's definitely contributed to bolstering my depression in the past, kind of legitimising it. The way I look at it is there is this inner cynic constantly talking in my thoughts, but my natural inclination is toward an empathic personality. This has caused inner conflict and I still have to actively dismiss that voice on a daily basis.
Anyway, that's enough of my 'Dr Phil' impression 😉 keep strong, I could see you were really not digging that cold water plunge this morning 🤣
P.s. I missed my Wim hof breathing and cold shower yesterday, but I did it this morning. It's hard to gauge what effect is having on me while Ill and doing this treatment diet, but it's more having any bad effects. I'm gonna keep on doing it 🙂
Wow I totally resonate with that. And I'm glad you're so aware of your inner cynic, and you know to actively dismiss it. I was brought up in a really authoritarian and critical environment, at a point, I grew numb to all the negative comments, so they wouldn't bug me. Funny enough, I also ended up growing numb to compliments, I guess to balance it out.
My "critical" side is nowhere near as dominant as it used to be, but it really is taking a massive process of healing and deconditioning to make it not my nature, and not my instinctive response to my kids and family. Thanks so much for sharing, I will try to share more of my thoughts every morning :)
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Everything you're saying here is spot on Redrica.
Not allowing these behaviour patterns to influence family, or even friends is a big thing. I try and change my inner mind-scape with meditation... but that is a constant and evolving practice. Plus I don't have kids so it's easier to work on myself without having others to worry about.
Keep sharing and caring Red 🙂
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It really is... My meditation practice has evolved so much over the last couple of years. I have to improvise a lot, because of the kids. But I have to say having kids is one of the best ways to make yourself find your zen. Finding peace in all the chaos and noise is a skill I feel I'm mastering more and more :P
Lovely video. You talking to camera is really striking and reminds us why this means so much. Keep going!
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Aw thanks for the feedback man.. it feels a bit awkward to do it, but I guess it will feel that way until I'm used to it :)
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Is it getting any easier??
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The routine of doing it, filming it and posting it is getting a bit easier. But today it felt so cold, that it took me ages longer (an extra 30 seconds :P) before I made myself jump in.
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Another perfect video from you. Thank you
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