Jumat, 07 Mei 2021
Jumat, 30 April 2021
Hari Kartini ke-19
⚠️Trigger warning: self harm, suicide attempt⚠️
Katanya, "Jangan lupa bahagia."
Katanya pula, "Bahagia itu harus."
Kepada kepala yang melulu berpikir mati setiap keresahannya hidup datang, tenang.
Kamu. Bisa. Tidak. Berakhir. Sekarang.
Banyak yang berlalu tampak penuh hikmah bisa diunduh lalu tetiba menjelma orang bertaubat yang bijaknya tiada obat. Banyak yang di depan mata tampak penuh lelah yang bisa membunuh lalu tetiba menjelma orang terlaknat yang sajaknya tiada selamat.
Kuingatkan. Kutekankan. Lagi. Bahwa.
Lihat.
Lubang hidung siapa yang sedang menarik ulur udara saat ini juga?
Kamu.
Ya, itu kamu.
Kamu. Yang. Kuat. Sekali.
Tempo hari ketika kamu menyadari kamu tak tahu apa-apa tentang bagaimana sesungguhnya mengHARGAi apalagi menCINTAi, dan malah memutuskan untuk memBENCI diri sendiri, beberapa hari selanjutnya dirimu di masa depan berterima kasih.
Terima kasih sudah menahan dan tak mengibaskan sesenti pun logam tajam ke kulitmu yang kusam.
Terima kasih sudah menahan dan berpikir ulang bahwa melompat dari lantai dua takkan menjaminmu seketika hilang.
Terima kasih sudah tetap ADA sampai akhirnya tiba di hari kamu menyadari kurangnya rasa bahagia.
Dan itu tak apa. Tak ada yang menyalahkan dirimu sebelumnya.
Berkeliling di sosial media di hari peringatan lahirnya ibu pejuang emansipasi perempuan di negeri ini, aku banyak melihat foto Ibu R.A. Kartini tersenyum tipis. Tipis yang manis.
Ibu, misalkan aku masih bisa melihat langsung wajahmu, lalu kucurahkan semua buruknya isi kepalaku, barangkali Ibu akan sedih. Mungkin juga menangis, seperti apa yang dengan mirisnya mataku lakukan. Mengapa semuanya terjadi seperti harus aku, aku, dan aku lagi, Bu? Mengapa yang terjadi ini terus terlihat sebagai hal-hal tidak adil yang tak kunjung cuil, Bu? Padahal di masamu belia, ketidakadilan yang jelas adanya itu kauperjuangkan sampai akhir kehidupan.
Memang perbandingan yang tidak setara. Namun, membaca kisahmu, mengingat kutipanmu, membayangkanmu di usiaku, aku jadi sedikit menyala, Bu. Menyalakan sadar bahwa aku pun sama-sama perempuan, sama-sama manusia. Mungkin tidak semua yang bisa kaulakukan juga bisa kulakukan, Bu. Namun, beberapa kali kucoba merefleksikan bagaimana ulet gigihmu dalam hidup yang sepertinya memang selalu berawal tampak tak adil ini, aku memahami makna perjuanganmu, Bu. Dan itu buatku pelan percaya bahwa aku juga bisa bersemangat dengan caraku untuk masaku kini.
Ibu, aku berterima kasih kau sudah menahan selalu.
Menahan dan tetap menjalankan mimpi-mimpimu.
Sampai bagian dari mimpi itu masih terkabul pada masaku.
Terima kasih, Ibu.
Dari aku yang senang merindukan April, bulan kelahiranmu.
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Texting Anxiety in Covid-19 Pandemic
Hello everyone.
Hellooooo everyoneee.
Could you find the difference? Yes exactly, the voice tone is different. Then how will you interpret those two expressions when it comes to the text popping up on your mobile phone?
Well, for me the “Hello everyone” sounds so-so and for some condition it sounds icy. But for the ”Hellooooo everyoneee” sounds happy, cheerful, it may look more positive vibes by adding some rainbow emojis in the end of the text.
But actually getting hello from someone has been a good thing, right?
Yes! So, hello everyone!
Well, as we know, many people are used to start their day by opening a mobile phone, checking on the texting application is kind of a morning routine. Especially during this Covid-19 pandemic.
Since coronavirus hit this world last year, every offline activities starts to get limited. Work from home. Many activities are replaced via online. School, office, organization, community, any other meeting must be held online. Gadget becomes a primary need. Many people have spent much time on messenger application during this pandemic. A study said that WhatsApp is the most popular messenger application in the world, getting 51% increase usage in the late phase of this pandemic. That’s such a large number. Among that large number, have you ever guessed the largest feeling of people while texting?
Happy, yes. In case you get a message from your beloved one. Excited, yes. In case you get a message you really have been waiting for, but how if it comes the opposite? Sending a message since 15 minutes passed, no reply. 30 minutes passed, no reply. An hour passed, no reply. A day passed, no reply. For some people, it doesn't matter. But for others, it could become anxiety till depression. Yes, texting anxiety is real, and that could be a more serious matter. Especially during this Covid-19 pandemic.
I actually didn't realize that texting anxiety exists. I just found out about that this year, a couple of months after I had days getting texting anxiety.
Last year was my first ever experience joining an organization in my campus. I was eager to start my different campus life even after the fact came that Covid-19 made every member stay at home. Then finally came the day for starting to organize big events. Many group chats were created. We need to communicate dan coordinate through social media. I had full online meeting for about six months straight. I had at least a meeting at night. The academic college affairs and gossip gang have not been counted yet.
Since the burden of responsibility was getting bigger day by day, there were days when I was too impatience to wait for people's responses on group chat, I was scared of being not responsible by skipping an hour not to open WhatsApp. I started to get used to making assumptions and worry about other people’s short typing as if they are angry at me, or even maybe they hate me! I was stressed out and it turned to be anxiety. I got so anxious just to read someone’s text on my own mobile phone. I thought that was okay since many friends were on the same phase as me. But that was wrong. Thinking that was okay was wrong. I started to realize how Covid-19 pandemic affected my health.
Getting used to skip breakfast, sleep late till I have no sleep for the whole night. Feeling scared about the future, suicidal thoughts happened.
Gladly, at that time I realized I should stop texting anxiety before all of my worst thoughts would happen. I started to try any method to keep sane and responsible at the same time. I started to change my bad habit during the pandemic. So I stopped having meal while being online on any social media. Slowly I started to normalize not to open WhatsApp every hour. Since having online meetings without any friends directly by my side was quite lonely sometimes, I calmed myself down by listening to my favorite songs while preparing myself to get ready to open any chat on WhatsApp.
Is that easy to get rid of texting anxiety?
Yes, in my case. But if the anxiety gets worse, it may take more effort. Cause texting anxiety may lead to anxiety disorder or any worse mental illness.
So in life, especially in this Covid-19 pandemic when many activities are conducted online, don't forget to save yourself. Be aware of any stress that happens to your mental health. A study at University of Wisconsin shows 43% American death doesn't cause stress itself, but due to negative response toward stress. And for you who don't realize how bad mental illness could be, the National Mental Health Association of America stated that there is no cure for mental illness, the best help for mental illness is effective treatments.
For you who have experienced texting anxiety too, deal with it. It’s okay to get stress, but confront it, don't escape. Instead of getting yourself tired while making assumptions of other people’s feelings, confirm what happened, ask if he/she is angry if it is needed. In case your anxiety isn't getting better, go to professional help. People are designed to be able to adapt. So, be resilient, I’m sure you can!
Then for you people who have no problem related to someone’s message typing, be aware that texting anxiety is real, that’s not a joke. Know your position, the online conversation vibes, and the person you send a message. Cause since we are so difficult to guess someone’s mental state, especially in this Covid-19 pandemic when you cannot always look at someone’s face and meet in person easily, keep being careful with what you say, what you type.
So everyone, in this Covid-19 pandemic, stay healthy both physically and mentally. Let's be smart to control ourselves while using smartphone. Texting anxiety is real, it may become serious matter. Being online sufficiently. Humanize humans even just simply while texting someone.
Thank you.
Selasa, 20 April 2021
Health Protocol is Not A Trend
Hello everyone. Good morning still on the other day of Covid-19 pandemic.
It's 2021 already, but Covid-19
pandemic is still happening.
It's been more than a year since
this fork-handed virus came to Indonesia for the first time. Many kinds of
trend have also been happening from dalgona coffee, korean garlic bread, TikTok
dances, to the
houseplanting and gardening. Have you ever tried all of them? Well, it’s not a must but actually it’s
fun though. Haha..
Well, seriously I mean
we have to adapt and survive through this pandemic and we have many options to do.
Most of us also get used to the
new habits that
we do almost every single day like staying at home if we don't have any urge to go out, having online meeting, online class, online competition like what we’re doing right now, until the most important habit for
everyone all over the world must adhere to, yes, health protocol of Covid-19.
There are several types of Covid-19
health protocols, for example wearing mask, washing hands with soap, and doing
physical distancing. Those three are basic.
Most of us are used to hear those three reminders, but
the data said, on 1st-17th
of January this year, there were 434 people in Surakarta who violated health
protocol. Even in Jakarta, on 11th-22th
of January this year, 2000 people were caught due to violating health protocol.
It’s
ironic, isn’t it?
There is an African proverb "it takes the whole
village to raise a child". It means
that we need many people to encourage a child to have particular habit. If
many people do the right behaviour, have the right habit, a child may follow
them. If many people do the bad behaviour, have the bad habit, a child may
follow them too. It got me thinking how relevant it is to
the violation of health protocol problem. Let me give an example. If there is
an adult going out to public place without wearing mask properly like his/her nose and mouth don't cover
properly, it doesnt seem like it’s big
problem, but actually it may give
bad impact. If
a kid sees that inappropriate behaviour, that kid is going to think "ah
that man looks okay, so it should be okay for me to do the same thing as
him". If we allow that to happen, it's going to be a bad
habit, a bad culture for the
worst.
Corona virus still exists. It's
getting even worse. Coronavirus mutations have infected people around the
world. Last month, our minister of health reported two new cases of British
variant or B117 which is more transmissible and deadlier type of corona virus.
The other type, called N439K, has also made 48 cases in Indonesia. See? We live in environment togother with some worse
versions of corona virus, how could many people still violate health protocol?
It may
be Covid-19 vaccine has discovered. Well, we all know that vaccination has been
started on the 13th
of January this year. Our president Joko Widodo was the first person who got vaccinated in Indonesia.
Yes that's good news. But the whole citizen has not got vaccinated yet. Instead
of being patient for a while, many people go out without wearing mask properly.
This kind of problem needs a lot of cooperative people to reduce that problem.
The possibility to get infected
with Covid-19 still
exists. Getting vaccinated
and implementing health protocol can’t assure everyone will 100% safe, but that's
currently the best thing that we can do. Many public places have been opened,
but the awareness of people following the health protocol properly still needs
to be improved. And that's the perfect time for us youth to take our role.
Well, everyone has their own
definition of youth. But if we refer to World Health Organization, youth is everyone around 15-24 years old,
then youth should understand what’s good and what’s bad, including the health
protocol context. Information’s also provided in many ways. Google, Youtube,
social medias are “tools” to get any information during this digital era. The
important needs are curiosity and awareness. We as human beings do have heart, right? Yes, we do. Using heart should
be enough to wake up humanity and awareness to protect ourselves
and others from Covid-19.
Especially for the youth.
In my place, Sragen, there is a
community called Lentera Sukowati. Their popular project was
Sragen Sadar Corona. They started the community due to Covid-19 pandemic. Their
activities are cool and great! They share free food supplies, masks, share knowledge, and
encourage
awareness of Covid-19 to people on the
street. They also visit to some old people from home to home in
Sragen. Their community is getting bigger, better,
till their movement has been supporting by community institution and also local
government.
I have also joined that such social
project called Share From Home. I talked to random people on street, shared to
them about Covid-19 issue, and gave food supplies and mask for people in need.
It became so ironic if I found out people who worked offline on street everyday, but they didn’t wear
any mask. It also ironic to see people who had no privilege to
buy proper mask and healthy food.
So yeah, there are still many
positive things that the youth could do to spread awareness of Covid-19. What Lentera Sukowati and I did could be some examples. But
if you think you don't have that much time to start and join social project or
social community, it's okay. I also don't always that much time due to
college stuffs. But that should not stop our awareness. We still
have ourselves and people around us.
Once we go out, wear mask properly
till it covers both nose and mouth, wash hands with soap properly, avoid the
crowd as good as we can. Start from ourselves, it's been good example for
others. It's also much better to remind people on street or wherever public
places to wear mask properly. It sounds simple action, but it's such a precious way to
protect ourselves and many people from getting infected with Covid-19.
It's 2021 already, but Covid-19
pandemic is still happening.
Health protocol and vaccine have
been provided and even getting more advanced, but how about the people? As part of
society, as part of human lives, youth are
very clearly able to spread awareness of Covid-19 in many positive ways. So,
for the sake of the younger generation, humanity, people around us, and also
our own self, let's make Indonesia as a safe
place to live.
It’s
2021 already, so let this be the year that we can live
more peacefully even though
we are still scared of something, scared of Covid-19. Let this be the year
while implementing health protocol properly is not only a trend that we can choose to like it or not, it’s not only a habit that we can choose to do it or not, but it’s a must. Everyone can get infected with corona virus. So, following health protocol
is a must for everyone.
Senin, 01 Maret 2021
Thank You, My Body
I wanted to write about this topic yesterday, but it turns out I do it right now. It's okay.
I got the call to write about it while wiping my face with milk cleanser before going to take a bath in the evening. I looked at my own face alone in front of the mirror and then I realized something like:
Oh, poor body. I've worked hard to wake up till this second with this skin, these eyes, this brain, this body, but I'm still feeling not enough for it. I give and take burden to my mind over and over, and feel I'm not enough for it. Even to myself, am I that cruel?
Maybe. Maybe I've pushed myself too hard. Maybe I've felt bad about myself too much. I admit it, I did. But I don't exactly know the parameter of being "hard" to myself to be honest. I'm sure everyone has their particular limit in themselves. Instead of getting stressed out about the parameter that even won't assure anything if I get it, isn't it better to take time to overcome the bad feeling?
Appreciating my body as worth as what I've done.
That's the thing I'm struggling so bad.
Few days before, situation got me to tell to my friend that she is enough as herself. I thought a bit hard then texted her such an essay which was for me, it was a long message. In the same body, I was like omg I figured out something important for myself tho! Then the more I feel not enough about myself, the more I remember about that message. My favorite point is:
You, yourself with all of your own strenghts and flaws, you are enough for people who appeciate you, someplace where needs you, and anything you have today. Maybe there are still many things you want to improve and become better then, it's okay. Getting ready for the worst is okay. But still, being hard to yourself for something you don't have at this time shouldn't make you to worry too much because present you is enough to go with you, together in effort to reach your better way of life.
So, in my process to accept myself and every changes come with it, no matter how messy it's been, I hope I'm be able to keep going and say "thank you, my body" instead of blaming what I've done and got.
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