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Feeling Safe In An Unsafe World

Jul 25, 2025
2 min read

Updated: Sep 19

Being YourSELF when it feels like the world is ending.



🧷 TO-DO: What You Can Do This Week

āœ… Make a Safety Plan (worst-case scenario prep)

āœ… Create a Daily Management List (what’s the minimum you need to get through the day?)

āœ… Name Your Long-Term Anchors (goals, values, savings, dreams)


šŸ“¢ CALLS TO ACTION

šŸ” Share and distribute this guide with your community:

  • (Edit the resource section for your local area. Libraries often let you print double-sided copies for free or low-cost leave some at bus stops, churches, laundromats.) Ā 

šŸŽ— Support & Follow:

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🧰 RESOURCES

🧠 Mental health & safety support: šŸ“š https://rociobflores.wixstudio.com/iamrociobflores/resourcesĀ 


šŸ’” SELF SYSTEM BREAKDOWN

These are the 7 pillars of my Be YourSELF framework — here’s how they show up in times of crisis and survival:

šŸ”Ž Self-Awareness sensations, thoughts, emotions, behavior who, what, where, when, how, maybe why a habit of noticing (pattern recognition) recognition of reality (clue in to the world)

šŸ«‚ Self-Acceptance before change, we must accept what is valid responses (spectrum of dissociation to overwhelm) in our control vs. out of control realistic changes vs. adaptation

šŸ’— Self-Love before care, comes love as action and belief humanity = worth, your life matters you deserve base line safety, rights, and agency

šŸ›  Self-Care bubble baths vs. breathing (performance vs. caregiving) physical needs (water, air, sleep, food, activity, meds) emotional needs (connection, expression, retreat, therapy/support?, fellowship) cognitive needs (interested focus, integration of values, meaningful work, flow, learning)

🧭 Self-Direction stages of change and change cycle realism vs optimism vs pessimism agency and autonomy (choice vs coercion) managing expectations & willpower myth

šŸŒ Being YourSelf & The World mask off: who are you in this moment? legacy: how do you want to be remembered? learning: boundaries, communication, community building, responsibility world news (local, int) plugin vs. unplug


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