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Wounds

• Being made fun of for the way I walked
• Being told I was ugly and never be attractive to any partner
• Being hit for not doing someone's homework while sick
• Moving to America and being made fun of for my accent and mispronunciation
• Being told I would never be able to be promoted despite a high review score and being a hard worker
• When a coworker made fun of me for not owning a car
• Being told I'm hateful
• Being told not to cry
• My father leaving me
• My mother dying
• Being told I have only myself to blame for my pain
• Having 6 weeks of maternity leave
• Being told to talk to the CEO if I had any issues with getting 6 weeks, or if I needed time for my daughter
• My daughter's first few months of kindergarten
• Not being allowed to be human
• My daughter's seizures
• Every single trip to the ER when a new seizure happened
• Being told I am weak
• Being sexually assaulted
• Every rejection, real or perceived

Remedies

• My daughter telling me that she loves me
• My daughter's laugh
• Any child laughing
• Thunderstorms
• Ginger tea
• A hug
• Birdsong
• Warm coffee
• A hand squeeze
• A letter from a friend
• Empathy
• A fun RPG to play
• Telling a joke that makes people laugh
• My space heater
• Reading something immersive
• Drawing
• Music
• When my insurance agent calls me honey sugar pie
• The scent of vanilla, lemon, lavender, and rose
• Casting on something to knit
• Laughing until my stomach hurts
• Cheesy horoscope readings
• The cool feeling of stones against my palm
• Blueberry lemon sweets
• Feeding Lord Souron
• The scent of something baking
• Making a bouquet for my kitchen

The camellia against the moss of the temple, the violet hues of the Kyoto mountains, a blue porcelain cup—this sudden flowering of pure beauty at the heart of ephemeral passion: is this not something we all aspire to? And something that, in our Western civilization, we do not know how to attain?
– Muriel Barbery (The Elegance of the Hedgehog)