BREATHE N BOUNCE

  I find myself sometimes getting super emotional, and that is not always in the best way. It then manifests itself in sickness, anxiety attacks, and other things that I'd quite frankly could do without. I get really emotional about seeing how people get treated. And for years, I did it. But now, it does affect me, and now it makes me feel a certain way. I don't want it to be seen as weakness, but a lot of people tell me not to worry about what happens with other people. I see loved ones and friends going through struggles, and I want to help, but I know that I can't. I can give advice. I can tell them what I would do, but that doesn't fix the problem. The problem is that they have to fix it themselves, and I cannot participate in their healing or their fixing, if you will. It's really hard when you want to help people who won't really talk to you or want to keep their distance from you because of things you did in the past. Sometimes you know that they...

The "Dopamine Trap" Explained: 5 Minutes to Understanding Your Digital Cravings I’ll be honest with you, this last month has been really tough for me. I’ve found myself in those deep holes we create for ourselves, the ones where the sun goes down and suddenly it’s 2 AM, and I’m still staring at a screen. My eyes are burning, my neck is stiff, and for what? To see another video of a cat playing a piano or someone I haven't spoken to in ten years on a vacation I can't afford? It’s such a shitty place to be. You feel like you’re doing something, but you’re actually doing nothing. You’re just... vibrating. We’ve all been there, right? That restless, frantic energy where you keep refreshing your feed even though you just checked it ten seconds ago. Is there a way out? Or are we just doomed to be digital junkies for the rest of our lives? At Breathe N Bounce , we talk a lot about fighting the monster which is me , and lately, that monster has been wearing the fac...