Wellness Toolbox Bingo Card 5-2-15

[ysabetwordsmith]

Here is my card for the Wellness Toolbox Bingo fest, held in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month. This fest focuses on taking good care of yourself.  See all my 2015 bingo cards.

Theme: Wellness Toolbox Bingo
Dates: May 2nd - June 1st
Public Card: Yes
Open Card/Amnesty: Yes
Fills: Anything goes. Remember to use your content warnings!
Prizes: banners will be available at the end of the month and beyond.

If you'd like to sponsor a particular square, especially if you have an idea for what character, series, or situation it would fit -- talk to me and we'll work something out. This is a good opportunity for those of you with favorites that don't always mesh well with the themes of my monthly projects. I may still post some of the fills for free, because I'm using this to attract new readers; but if it brings in money, that means I can do more of it. That's part of why I'm crossing some of the bingo prompts with other projects, such as the Poetry Fishbowl.
Underlined prompts have been filled.

Blackout on 5/20/15!

WELLNESS TOOLBOX BINGO CARD

Be Here Now	Walking	Good Nutrition	Talk with a Friend	Hobbies
Set Attainable Goals	Forgive	Socialize	Volunteering	Talk with a Counselor
Enjoy Some Private Time	Breathing Exercises	WILD CARD: Break Problem into Small Parts	Go to the Movies	Enjoy Nature
Emotional First Aid	Reading	Surrender	Yoga	Respect Limits
Laughter	Healthy Touch	Sports	Watch Television	Family Traditions

Comments

[curiosity]

This looks like an awesome card.

Yes...

[ysabetwordsmith]

I am so excited about this fest! It should fit really well with the May fishbowl theme of "gentlemen in distress" too.

Re: Yes...

[curiosity]

Just out of curiosity . . . does Steel from Polychrome Heroics count as a 'gentleman in distress'? Because he'd totally benefit from at least half of these.

Re: Yes...

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> Just out of curiosity . . . does Steel from Polychrome Heroics count as a 'gentleman in distress'? <<

Well, let's see ... whalers murdered his family, twice, and tried to kill and eat him on multiple occasions. Then when he finally found a place that people said would be safe, more whalers showed up, shot at him and his partner again, and ran over him with a boat. So yes, Steel is definitely in distress. Gentleman? We can be flexible about that part. He didn't swallow anyone.

>> Because he'd totally benefit from at least half of these. <<

Yes, he would. The trick is convincing him to try any of them. Steel has been hurt so often that it's very difficult for him to trust anyone.

By all means, pick a favorite and pitch it during the fishbowl. They've got to try something to cheer him up after that attack, he's miserable.

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[curiosity]

Sounds like a plan!

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[ysabetwordsmith]

Yaaaay!

Because it annoys the crap out of me when comic books and movies break the shit out of people and then just walk away like nothing happened.

Then they wonder why they wind up with people like the Joker and Magneto, Batman and Tony Stark, where even the good guys flail around and do as much harm as good. 0_o

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[curiosity]

It really breaks the story sometimes. I frequently ask myself why I'm reading something if it's just going to be more tragedy!porn. There's no upswing. It's turtles all the way down. Who wants to read that, non-stop? If that's all there is, why even write it? There's enough misery manifest already. :P

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[ysabetwordsmith]

Agreed.

I like hurt/comfort best. What can I say, Master Tolkien ruined me for straight torture!pr0n. You can crank the intensity so much higher when you cycle through hurt and comfort. And at the end you get warmfuzzies.

On the other hoof, I also enjoy schadenfreude. It's fun to torment characters who are assholes, and watch karma stomp on them. Because then the nature of their wickedness informs the particular type of just desserts they get, and that's what makes it fun.

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[zeeth_kyrah]

Hm. Seems to me I should be writing something that contrasts "trauma plus bad environment" with "trauma plus good EFA" on the heroic side, with the same on the villainous side...

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[ysabetwordsmith]

I've had some good luck with that kind of comparison/contrast. The most common seem to be trauma + good EFA = superhero (Damask, trauma + bad environment = supervillain (Farce, Haboob). But there are some who chose each without any trauma (Stalwart Stan, Dvorak), some trauma + bad environment = superhero (The Rescuer), and some trauma + good EFA = supervillain (Green Man). I'm fascinating by how the environment can contribute, and how it sometimes doesn't.

[chanter1944]

I've got at least two ideas for the May fishbowl theme already, and this card's adding to them. One involves that wildcard space. Hmm.

Yay!

[ysabetwordsmith]

I look forward to seeing what you come up with!

[kiramaru7.livejournal.com]

I like your table! I might "steal" your list & throw it in the card maker & see what comes out. :D These don't feel as restrictive as the pranks from last month. XD