So it was suggested to me to try ‘Super Better’ and that it might be something I’d like to rep to SCaR.
So here it is.
I started goofing off with it yesterday. Forgive my language up there.
(also, can we tell I live in my head? The top bar measures mental resilience, then emotional, social, and physical.)
What I like about it so far, is the way it reframes looking at your problem.
Right now in the PTSD tag there is a post that says ‘How do you cope with PTSD?’ and the answer is- you don’t.
You cope with victim blaming. You cope with shame complexes. You cope with flashbacks and insomnia.
If you look at it as ‘PTSD’ the problem is too big to handle.
So you go in- and it has a tutorial of sorts and you choose your secret identity (mine is simply SCaR. Yours would probably be cooler. I’m kind of a lame superhero.)
and you had some options for ‘getting super better at’ and I choose lowering stress, but it could also be weight related or depression or straight up ‘I’m just getting super better’
the So I can is your Epic Win.
and I snipped the thing talking about what Epic Wins are.
and you know what? Me reaching out proactively for help yesterday? is an Epic win and one of a series I’ll need to do to hit the Epic Win I did list up there.
Power Ups are quick- and not so quick things that you can do to build resilience in one of the four areas (mental, emotional, social, physical) and I like this.
I like this a lot.
Because I’ve talked before about how sometimes we don’t do things that help because they don’t completely fix the problem. Power ups reframes it like ‘this is going to help you do it- it’s just a small boost to get you there’
and you can get power packs. which come with power ups, bad guys, and all that stuff. To help you look at all the things that may help you- and may be inhibiting you.
The next picture you’ll see is my quests. I chose a power pack talking about how Happiness is sometimes kind of a cop out. and how you’ll spend a lot of time chasing that- and how it’s probably better to aim for mental wellness. You’ll see that it had me watch a video about why winning the lottery doesn’t make you happy. and how It wants me to Redefine happiness.
Next you see the ‘Bad Guys’ and these are things like your inner self critic, or using stimulants and stuff like that. You can specify your own- or they do come with power packs.
and here’s the thing, like with say- using stimulants (like caffeine) not everyone views that as a bad thing. and if so- you can take it off your list. it isn’t there to make you feel guilty or anything like that, just suggest things that might be having an effect.
and once you have your bad guys- you can check in every day and if you battled with it- say whether this battle you failed, you won, or you completely defeated it. and you get to specify how much of a challenge it is for you too.
The last picture is of the ‘secret lab’ where you can keep notes (that your allies can’t see) and also see the science/videos related to stuff that you’ve been asked to view/asked to do.
So.
that’s a thing.
I’ve only been fiddling with it two days so I can’t tell you any amazing success story- but I do like the way its framed.
Also, you can add allies- and do check ins with them and support each other that way.
If you decide to do it, and want me as an ally- I think you just have to type in the scar email address- which is selfcareafterrape@gmail.com
also its completely free.
