Self-Harm Recovery Check-In: Wednesday, November 13th, 2019
Happy Wednesday lovely SHR Community!
Today I would like to share with you a gentle reminder:
No matter how small they seem to be, acknowledging and celebrating our victories and accomplishments is a very important act of self-care and self-love. And when working towards a goal, we should be proud of every little step we take towards reaching it.
Recovery and healing take time. Relapses happen. But progress is there.
Check-in questions:
How are you feeling today?
How is the week going for you? Is there anything you would like to share about it?
I am looking forward to hearing from you and I will reply first thing in the morning whilst drinking my coffee (it's past midnight here).
With love from France,
Valeria
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It's past midnight for me too, so I might update later. But right now I'm ok, I've been watching a VOD of my favorite art stream and laughing a lot, so that's distracting me from everything else.
My week has been pretty rough so far, but I've been trying to stay in touch with my therapist, which is hard cause they're only quickly available by phone and I really hate phone calls. So I decided to e-mail her instead, it will just take a while to get a reply, which isn't an easy wait.
I was supposed to have an appointment with another therapist later this morning but I heard yesterday that she's sick. So I wanna try calling the hotline, for lack of a better word, if I've not received a reply to my email by 11 am.
About to try and sleep now, but I doubt I'll get more than 3 hours in. *sigh*
@Madaraismyspiritanimal
Hi there Richard, thank you for being here with us today!
I am really sorry to hear you are having a rough week… I think you are doing really good at handling it: to write an email to your therapist and have a back-up plan in case you do not receive a reply soon enough are acts of self-love...
I hope you managed to get more than 3 hours sleep… It gets even more difficult to deal with feelings, emotions and challenging thoughts when we are deprived of sleep. Have you ever tried mindfulness techniques for instance to try and relax?
I wish you a nice day and if you feel like sharing more, venting or whatever, do not hesitate to reach out. I would be happy to listen to you.
Ps. I am curious to know what your favourite art stream is, if you do not mind me asking :)
@admaiorasemper
I'm actually having a hard time waking up and getting out of bed, hard to decide which of the 2 options I prefer .
My therapist replied at 9 am, but I only just read it, at 12 pm, saying she reserved a spot for an appointment at 1:15 pm. I hope I can make it in time
The art stream is drawfee, stream on twitch at dropoutlive on Mondays at 7 pm eastern time and Fridays at 3 pm eastern time if I remember correctly. And they also post every weekday on YouTube. They are just really lovely people and never fail to make me laugh 😊
@admaiorasemper
How are you feeling today? I am feeling good. I had fun with my friends today and I don't have much homework tonight.
How is the week going for you? Is there anything you would like to share about it? This week was ok. I failed a quiz but I also did really well on a different one.
Hi there @PurpleSnail, thank you for joining us here!
I am glad you are having a good week and that you are feeling ok. And I really like your focusing more on the quiz that went well, this is an accomplishment to be celebrated!
@admaiorasemper hi 
How are you feeling today?
I'm good. I feel really fat today, bc I have eaten more than I normally do, but I will be ok. I just oughta work out more to not gain weight. I feel good though. Really good. I'm great and I have just "won" NANOWRIMO with 50000 words (that's what it is all about. Writing 50k in a month). So I'm really happy. I'm gonna keep writing though. I gonna finish the story in this month too, I do hope.
But I haven't worked out a lot this month, so I gonna do doubletime next month. I gotta start working out in a fitness center, and I'm really looking forward to get started! Lifting weights and all that jazz. Maybe start boxing too. I gotta ride my bike more the rest of the month though, to get fit again.
How is the week going for you? Is there anything you would like to share about it?
It's good. I mean well... I'm still fat, but I'm lighter somehow bc of the writing. I'm so happy about it. I had a very bad meeting with my doctor though (for rheumatoid arthritis) who says she wanna stop my treatment, bc of the law. And I really don't wanna do that. I don't want my knees to hurt again and get osteoporosis, but at the same time I don't have the money to buy the meds myself, so I guess I will just end up like said before :3 Which sucks like hell, but it's not something that's gonna happen before summer, so I guess I have some time to get used to it 
@EvilRegalsReadToo
Hi there, thank you for joining us. I am SO sorry for this late reply. I am having a few though days and I am in a sort of self-care break.
I just wanted to let you know that I read your post and I haven't forgotten about you. I will get back to you as soon as I am in a better place, and able to support you as you deserve.
ps. Well done with the NANOWRIMO <3
@EvilRegalsReadToo
Here I am again :)
How are you feeling today?
As I already wrote, I am really impressed and really proud of you for winning NANOWRIMO! You showed such a commitment! It is really inspiring. I also enjoy writing stories, I would really like to know what your story is about if you would like to share it.
I like your attitude in regard to working out. You sound really committed to that as well.
I am sad to hear that you will have to stop your treatment. I am glad you still have a few months with it though, is there any chance the law will change in the meanwhile?
@admaiorasemper Hi you. I'm feeling a lot better today. I will be going to my grandma's tomorrow, so I will feel a lot better. It's always nice to be there helping her with shopping, cleaning and all that jazz.
Of course you can! :) Goes like this:
"Muse A is fresh out of prison, solitary confinement to be exact, and hasnt truly seen the light of day for at least a couple of years. theyre adjusting to the real world; they barely speak anymore, and they havent experienced gentle human contact in what seems like forever. insert Muse B, their new neighbor."
That's the short version, as I don't wanna give the long version, bc I don't want ppl to steal my story, lol :P
I'm always really commited to stuff that means something to me. And loosing weight means a great deal to me.
Not really. It has been like that for many, many years, so I don't think it will change. But hopefully the doctor can see that it pains me to stop treatment, and gives me a lot of pain, and hopefully I can get back on the meds again. Afterall they don't want me to be in pain, and if I am I might be able to contineu the treatment.
@EvilRegalsReadToo
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