Self-Harm Recovery Daily Check-In: Monday, February 22nd, 2021
Heya amazing people! Happy Monday, it’s the last week of February, I hope it will end on a good note!
1) How are you feeling today?
2) What is going well and not-so-well lately?
3) What are your ways to let the stress out?
Feel free to share anything else in your mind! I’ll be looking forward hearing from you all!
Take good care of your amazing selves, stay safe <3
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Right now my exams are going on and I am feeling a lot of stress and anxiety lately (oodles more than my regular dose!) It's very strenuous and I often eat my nails to their roots but I am trying to drink a lot more water in general and wake up early. ☺️
@notafraidtospeak
Best of luck for your exams ! You’ve got this! I’m sorry though to hear that you’re experiencing more stress and anxiety than usual, it can get tough when it’s exam time for sure… How long last your exams?
Drinking lots of water and waking up early sounds like good things to do!
Thanks for checking in, take care!
Thank you so much! My exams will last till 16 March. Hopefully I'll be better after that. Thanks again for replying! 😄
@notafraidtospeak
You're welcome! Good luck for the rest of your exams, you've got this!
Thank you! 😊
@LinearWaves
Hello!
1) How are you feeling today?
I feel like I'm fighting off my mental demons from returning to my mind after they took an unexpected break. I don't want to let them back in just yet, but I know that they'll reenter sooner or later.
2) What is going well and not-so-well lately?
Being honest about my mental status with my support group has been going well. My Chemistry class hasn't been going so well. (^__^;;) My professor plays for keeps with the grades.
3) What are your ways to let the stress out?
Alternating between contacting my support group and taking off time for myself, doodling, reading, writing, or playing the piano.
Thanks for the check-in! 
@TheAutumnWitch
Heya ! I’m sorry to hear you feel like you’re fighting off your mental demons, especially as you’re feeling that they’ll eventually reenter… I get the feeling though, we kinda know indeed that they will reenter sooner or later… It’s good that you’re still fighting them off though ! During the break you had from them though, did something specific make that break happen ?
It’s great to hear that you’re been honest about your mental health with your support group, and even more great to hear that you were able to! As for chemistry, it can definitely be tough, I hope you can manage though!
These sound like lovely ways to let the stress out! Thanks for sharing and checking in, take care!
@LinearWaves
I appreciate your sympathy and understanding. There's never a true ending to mental demons; the most we can do is make them almost invisible, quieting their roars to whispers before it all eventually builds back up again. I'm determined to not go down without a fight while I have my will to live back. Now that I think about it, the break happened because of the Psychology class that I'm taking...my professor is also a therapist, so she often incorporates therapy exercises into the assignments. The break occurred after her latest assignment consisted of having the class imagine putting their stressors into a magical box that would contain them, and she forbade us from stressing out during this time period. It was initially difficult for me to imagine my stressors being contained, but once I got into the hang of it, I felt really freed of them. I'm definitely going to try out this exercise some more.
Yes, it is. ^_^ I used to lie and tell them that I was fine, but that only would make things worse. I'm a little happy that I'm forcing myself to open up more not just for my sake, but for theirs, given how much they worry about me. Chemistry is tough, but now that I think about it, it's nothing compared to my mental demons. Besides, I have other options for my future outside of Chemistry.
Thank you, and thank you for replying to me!
Stay strong, you'll be able to weather these heavy storms or possibly change them into something exquisite! 🌟
@notafraidtospeak
Thank you! That's a very lovely way of describing it. Hmm...I suppose as a witch with autumn-themed powers, I should be able to have some form of weather manipulation magic, haha. I appreciate you responding to me! (^_^)
@TheAutumnWitch
Sorry for my delay !
I really like how you describe it, we can make mental demons almost fade away for sure but they always stay a bit here… Since you identified that these exercises have been helpful, were you able to use them again during the past week?
@LinearWaves
Oh, no need to apologize! (^_^)
Thank you! Yes, I've been using them again, and they seem to be rather effective. I hope this effectiveness lasts, but in case it doesn't, I'll research other methods. It's nice to have more tactics to use against my mental demons.
Thanks for replying to me! 
@LinearWaves
1) How are you feeling today? I am feeling overall stressed since I have an essay to write in less than a week.
2) What is going well and not-so-well lately? My relashionship with my family is getting better, but with my friends not so really.
3) What are your ways to let the stress out? I like to journal or read to let me stress out.
@peachyseal
Hey there ! Sorry for that delay !
I hope you managed to finish your essay, how did that go?
It’s good to hear your relationship with your family is going better! As for your friends, do you see things that could be done to improve the relationships if that’s something you want?
Journaling and reading sound like great ideas!
Thanks for checking in, take care!
1) How are you feeling today?
I am feeling awful today.
2) What is going well and not-so-well lately?
Getting into a routine everyday has been good. Being sick in bed today is uncomfortable.
3) What are your ways to let the stress out?
I like going outside but that is impossible when I'm stuck sick in bed or the weather is bad. Getting on here and posting is a good stress reliever for me.
@reliableMaple8519
Hey there ! Sorry for my delay !
How are you feeling since the other day? Has the sickness left? As for routines, they can definitely be good!
It’s good to hear posting on here is a good stress reliever, especially when you can’t go out due to being sick or bad weather, I hope you are now able to do both again though!
Thanks for checking in, take care!
@LinearWaves Hey - how are you?
How are you feeling today? Idk - I'm ok. Anxiety isn't too bad today. Just the depression is a little deeper. I hate that it changes so much all the time - it would be nice to just have a normal day. No depression or anxiety - lol I probably wouldn't recognize it anyway. I'm tired and getting over some sickness I had for the past week but I started taking vitamins and trying to drink more water
2) What is going well and not-so-well lately? I didn't harm for awhile but then I did last night but I want to try harder not to. So I'm back to rubber bands and drawing to cope
3) What are your ways to let the stress out? Sometimes running or going for a walk. Throwing ball for the dog and chopping wood. Yelling works good too sometimes - to just go outside and scream to the sky lol
Thank you for the check-in :) take care
@mytwistedsoul Sorry I didn't check the date before doing this one
@mytwistedsoul
No worries about replying to whichever check in you want! I'm so late on my replies anyway (really sorry about that!)!
It's good to hear the anxiety wasn't too bad, I'm sorry though that it seemed to came with a deeper depression... Do you think the two are somehow connected? No anxiety and no depression would definitely be good and I hope you can feel it, or at least extra low levels of both! It's good to hear you're taking care of yourself, I hope you have a speedy recovery, recovering from a sickness and being in that weird in between state is never really pleasant...
I'm really proud of you for taking the decision to try harder not to harm! It's always the best thing to do, yes we can fall back and relapse, it will happen unfortunately but the most important thing is always to get back on tracks!
It's good to hear you have many things to let the stress out! I've actually never tried the last one (or chopping wood but that requires more material!) it sounds quite powerful!
Thanks for checking in, it's always good to hear from you, take care!