Somatic Lessons from Plants + Animals. 13

as a long-term childhood thumb sucker, as a former chain smoker, and as an adult who currently, regularly imagines how soothing it would be to have something in my mouth whenever i get stressed-anxious-excited, i find this to be 7000% relatable.

mental note: mind-storm about what sort of passifier i could use and could pass as “an appropriate adult thing.”