I remember hearing it in a phrase that was pronounced like "[kay-dum]" and I'm pretty sure the phrase means something like appeasing or entertaining someone. Maybe I'm remembering wrong.
Does this post make any sense?
Last year for my birthday, my family went with me to the aquarium where I got my favorite stuffed animal as a kid. So of course, I went to the gift shop, and I wound up getting a cute squid I named Ultramarine.
Some time later, I discovered those funny videos on youtube about "songs that play when when you encounter __". One of them was for encountering a squid, and the image they used is the same stuffed animal as the one I have.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGyFK5j4hi0
So I guess Ultramarine has a theme song now!
My confidence has always been low and I've been having a really difficult time with intrusive thoughts and negative-self talk for a while now. I finally came up with a method that is helping me. I came up with it based on myself, but I wanted to share it in case anyone else might find it useful too. It might sound a little silly, but it's really working!
I really love animals, especially rodents, which I feel what can only be described as strong maternal instincts for. Something about those lil guys just melts my heart. They're so precious! Anything small with them big ol eyes...I'm all there! Taking care of pet rodents is one of the best things for my mental health and one of the things that keeps me wanting to live.
So I've started making "self-help pets". I imagine the cutest most innocent little baby hamster or something - and anything I say to myself, I say to him/her. I can't be mean to myself because that would mean I'm being mean to my lil guy and making them sad. I just can't bear to do that! When I think about a cute lil hamster or rat or something looking so sad, I feel like I just want to take care of them. I have to say nice things about myself to make them happy. Imagining a happy little rodent then makes me happy too.
I've been looking at lots of pictures of cute rodents just to really nail the visual. "When you're being mean to me, this is who you're being mean to btw" type of thing. I want to start drawing self-help pets to make it even more effective. Maybe I could take commissions and draw custom self-help pets for people someday...
If you're an animal lover and like to take care of pets, maybe give it a try.
App wouldn't work, deleted it, brought it back from the trash can to try again, still wouldn't work, and now it won't let me delete it again. Is this the right sub to get some help?
I haven't thought of a name yet, but I'm wanting something completely stupid and hilarious.
