How do you relax?

On this very warm sunny 🌞 day, and I will add extremely an un-British heat. I am sat with two drowsy dogs and all I can hear is the clocks ticking, I would love to say this is relaxing. But it’s not.

I’m not entirely sure what state the body and mind have to be at, to class yourself relaxed. I used to know, when you could lie back, take a deep breath and chill, kids could shout phone rings, dog gets in the flower bed didn’t bother me now that was relaxed I believe.

These days, oh dear, I’m like Frank Spencer for those old enough to remember him, I can be be just starting to just chill 😎 in my chair and the dog suddenly gets up to go out, I’m like ooh nee ahh 😱 yes mmm ok the dog is used to it, The one looks at me and rolls it’s eyes 👀, all I’m doing is going for a wee you can hear her say in its doggy way.

PTSD seems to take away my ability to relax to fully chill. So to the question what do I do to relax I try

Meditation- love this must remember to shut the German Shepherd out next time. 9 months old full of bounce and does not understand eyes closed sitting still does not mean jump on me

Television – mind numbing in general but I have watched some feel good films recently and a few documentaries that’s when maybe I start to relax a little

I guess the less I think about it the easier it is to do unless it’s crazy warm like today, and I know it’s a lot warmer around the world, please be gentle we Brits are used to paddling in an inch of water or just have duhhh weather (which is a combination of grey sky cardigans on or off just can’t tell but it’s going to rain at some point) No wonder we struggle to relax even our weather can’t relax

I am just hanging around, chilling