Log #7: the balls!

 What do I mean to say the balls, iron baoding balls, Chinese stress balls, yakuza fidget toys In the last post!   That being said these are probably the first fidgets ever made though there are many other though not as notable as the baoding balls!    This were used my Ming dynasty emperor Qianlong, who would use them for hand strength and stress relief and relaxation.   That being said I need to use these things since I am rather angry and fidgety and I used to pluck my eyebrows and got sick and tired of this habit and wanted to kick the nasty plucking habit.  That being said there was a worker, a psw, who I will lovingly name her as Tammy who got me interested in playing with these nerds.   Now I learned about these in the movie brother by beat taskishi!  That being said I wanted to learn what they are and how to use them, it rather did not help that I was watching labyrinth with David Bowie!  So I wanted to leaned this!  But I never thought I would see them at all!   I was in Tammy’s car when I spied to two silver balls, I had an idea as to what they were!  So I picked them up, “they are Chinese stress balls!”  

So now I started to learn what they were and I started to swirl them, and I enjoyed this!  The fact that they were stress balls,and not the squishy kind was the cats meow to me!  That I was rather taken by them!  That being said I brought these suckers home and I started to swirl them at the displeasure of my mother.  That being she called them the evil fuckers from hell.  That being said I started swirling 2 balls, though I had learned that people can swirl three, four or even five balls!  That being said I learn to swirl three when I was about 36 years old.

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Now having a pair or a tear, you need to find the right size for you and your hands, though I have small hands i am very able to swirl 2 big and 3 smallish balls.  These things (the balls) are good for emotional regulation, achieving mindfulness and controlling the breathing as well enhancing sleep, blood flow and reduce inflammation and other goodies!   This was really was the first fidget toy!   This strengthens mind body connection that needs to be strengthened at times, which is great for people with neurodivergence (autism and ADHD!) this being said the ‘evil fuckers from hell’ are not so evil.

You want to know where they get there name?  Well baoding is a city in hebei province in china, literally a  city 🌃 that these bad boys came from!   That being said I started to learn that when you prefer the ones with out the chimes that this means you are at peace!   That being said I started to learn to use the ones with out the chimes!   What does this mean this might mean that I found peace.

Which is rare in this time of uncertainty.  That being said I was told that my nerds are getting bigger and bigger.  Though I started will my balls, I am only human, and humans are capable of anxiety and bad days.  That being said I am no different and still have shitty days!  This nerds (I call them nerds) are great for autism, PTSD, and ADHD!  Though I have been diagnosed with all three, these spheres helped me grow my eyebrows back and even my sanity.   That being said I find these are great for autism, PTSD and adhd though I have had lived experiences in love and not so much on education nor training.   That being said I have been dealing with 99 problems all my life and we need more people like me who have experienced life and not so much learning from a book!  Though books are great and entertaining they don’t tell you what to do when life confronts you in a nasty way!  These balls are also great for chi (life energy and balancing this!) this little fidget toy I discovered though two movies: brother (yakuza) and labyrinth that being said I find that any kind of movie and what goes on in the movies are a great thing.  If it where not for the movies, I would not have my eyebrows right now ultimately.  That being thank god I know about the stress balls!  Now if you watch a movie there is a lot of entertainment and fun, though you might learn a new fidget toy if you want, that is the real magic of movies other then escapism.   This is why my friends would be so obsessed with movies and why I am so happy to swirl a pair (or three).    

That being said how you deal with mental health will make you either twirlie or swirlie, the swirlies obviously go out of their way to get help while people like Oren ishii are twirly who are rather annoying to society and let their problems get through to them.   So until  the next post which will rather interesting I hope you choose the balls and the talking about the problems.   Personally a fidget is not a bad thing!   :)