Self-Harm Recovery Daily Check-In: Monday, June 29th, 2020
Heya everyone! Its almost July, time really flies… I hope this last week of June/first week of July will be a great one for us all!
Ill be very brief but today, I just wanted to send out a reminder that small simple things in our everyday lives (and noticing them!) can have a great impact on our mood. They can make us feel more positive, more alive, more mindful and make things feel less routine-y and less boring. So lets all notice these small simple things going on in our everyday lives! Lets feel the sunshine warming up our skin, lets watch for a sec that lovely flower blooming, lets focus a bit more on the taste of our cup of coffee/tea!
1) How are you doing?
2) What is going well/not-so well lately?
3) Are there some things youd like to accomplish in the next months? (or just plans, things youd like to focus on)
4) What are some very simple things that make you happy?
5) Whats your favourite morning routine to start off the day?
Feel free to share anything else in your mind! Ill be looking forward hearing from you all!
Happy Monday! Take good care of your amazing selves <3
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1) How are you doing?
I'm not doing the best. I've been really tired and very unmotivated recently
2) What is going well/not-so well lately?
What's not been going well is the fact that I have been very tired and unmotivated and not wanting to do my summer school work. Something that is going well is I've started to be more open about how I'm feeling with my mom kind of.
3) Are there some things youd like to accomplish in the next months? (or just plans, things youd like to focus on)
Finishing my summer school class and not failing it
4) What are some very simple things that make you happy?
I feel like you have already heard this before but... my baby sisterrrr!
Also my family and listening to music and watching random DC shows
5) Whats your favourite morning routine to start off the day?
Does waking up, turning off the alarm, and falling back asleep count as my favourite morning routine? I do it like every morning lmao
@Sydney113
Hey there Sidney ! Im sorry to hear youre not doing the best today and have been tired plus unmotivated lately… Do you think there is something specific causing it?
About school work, I definitely get you on that… when feeling really unmotivated about it, I tried to split it into small tasks that looked more achievable, and to reward myself with nice stuff afterwards (like watching a movie and so on), do you think that could be of help?
Its great to hear youre being more open about how youre feeling with your mom, I hope you can keep working on that!
I would never have guessed for your baby sister :p She really sounds lovely!
It definitely counts! Do you manage on waking up after that though? If I dont give myself a kick and get out of bed right after my alarm goes off, its over lol
Thanks for sharing, good luck with school work, its not fun but youve got this! Take care!
@Sydney113
hey!! Good luck with the summer class! I hope you are able to find the motivation.
yay for cute baby sisters! Good luck on this journey!
@LinearWaves
1) How are you doing?
I'm good actually.
2) What is going well/not-so well lately?
Well: life in general for today. Not well: financial issues.
3) Are there some things you
@itidc
hoping you can get some restful sleep. Maintaining a sleep routine is so hard!!!
favourite chocolate?
@BraveAdventurer
Thank you and that's very true! I'd have to say dark chocolate tho I love all chocale except mint chocolate lol.
@itidc
Hey there ! Its nice to hear youre good ! Although Im sorry to hear about the financial issues… Has the whole sanitary situation made things harder? (if you dont mind me asking, I dont mean to pry!)
I hope you can manage to get back on track with sleep, hopefully that can also help with drawing and writing if you get more time in your day thanks to a better sleep routine!
These are really lovely things, I can definitely understand how they make you happy! (I totally agree with what you said after, mint chocolate is just gross lol)
Good luck with sleep! Thanks for sharing, take care!
@LinearWaves
hiya! It's the former Equestrian.
1) How are you doing?
pretty good. Great weekend with friends. But I'm on the Covid unit again, so that's interesting
2) What is going well/not-so well lately?
workinh on the Covid unit and being sleepy=not well
friends/community, horses, outdoors, adventures,beautiful weather= good
3) Are there some things youd like to accomplish in the next months? (or just plans, things youd like to focus on)
I really want to get back on the ice and start training. Being more comistent with yoga and walk/running. Better sleep schedule
4) What are some very simple things that make you happy?
Nature, animals, physical activity, books, plants, friends
5) Whats your favourite morning routine to start off the day?
???? Every day is different. Coffee I guess
@BraveAdventurer
Heya ! Im really glad to hear you had a good weekend ! But sorry that youre back on the covid unit, especially with lacking sleep… Has the situation got worse again where you are for you to be back on the covid unit?
I really cant wait for you to be able to get back on the ice! As for yoga/walks/runs I hope you can manage to be more consistent with it, getting active can feel so energizing! Good luck with sleep, its hard to maintain a good sleep schedule but definitely doable!
Yay amazing happy things! Im glad youve got all these!
Yeah lol my questions dont always make sense I guess, coffee sounds like a good one! I definitely need my cup of coffee as well
Thanks for checking in, take care!
@LinearWaves
1) How are you doing?
I am doing okay. I felt a little off this morning, but I am doing much better now.
2) What is going well/not-so well lately?
I led my first mock chat today! I am so thankful to be on the verifier's team <3 My laptop hasn't been working well lately though :(
3) Are there some things you
@PurpleSnail
You are thr FIRST person I've met who likes wearing a mask 😷. But I love how you take time to enjoy the everyday. Love your positivity. Stay strong.
@PurpleSnail
Heya! Great to hear that you
1) How are you doing?
I'm ok. I just got an email expecting me to drop everything and go and look after someone in a state of psychosis. It is really not my job too, and I'm trying to have good boundaries. There are other people who really have that duty, they can go through the proper channels if they want. But still trying to make myself certain I am not neglecting something I should be doing is a challenge. But really other people's chaos is super-triggering to me, cos of empathy. I guess I'm on the way to "compassion fatigue" I was told in therapy. So I have to be disciplined to not take on other extreme cases that are not my actual job. I know on paper I am doing the right thing, and I even checked with my boss and he told me not to respond. I still feel like I'm failing on some level. But that's just a feeling I guess and I have to let it go.
2) What is going well/not-so well lately?
I have been tempted to push how long I am intermittantly fasting for up to like 50 hours at a time. Which is probably not smart for me cos I had some eating stuff before that I don't want to relapse into. I mean it was years ago. But I relapsed into SH after like 20 years clean, so I should be careful I guess. Idk...
3) Are there some things youd like to accomplish in the next months? (or just plans, things youd like to focus on)
I really want to plan my courses for next year and get all my teaching notes in order. I guess its a bit perfectionist, but I do this every Summer. I go back and forth between thinking it is just being a responsible teacher and thinking I am pressuring myself to a standard of perfection. Again Idkr. Anyway, it will make my courses better. But it will make the courses better and hopefully make for a calmer, smoother year this way. Rather than panicking the day before a class and having to do all the prep then. That will probably stillhappen too. Cos Perfectionism. But... :)
4) What are some very simple things that make you happy?
Sunshine on my face; The Goldberg Variations - especially the Aria https://youtu.be/rCuALWK6ZNg (playing the few I can play); Drinking beer after a long day of biking 40+ miles :) Kittens.
5) Whats your favourite morning routine to start off the day?
I only have one lol - get out of bed when my alarm goes, say my prayers, shower, teeth, dress, check emails (which I really shouldn't do cos it sometimes stresses me out, but I guess it makes me less anxious as well to know I'm not missing anything) and get to my first thing. Every day the same. It works :)
@1morday
Hey there ! Im really glad youre ok and focusing on keeping good boundaries. I totally understand how this feels like failing on some level, especially considering you sound to have lots of empathy. As you say it, its just a feeling and I hope it will pass, because youre making the right choice for yourself and for this person as they should ask the right persons. Its good that you checked with your boss to comfort yourself in the fact youre making the right decision work-wise as well as for your boundaries. It definitely is important to have them, so as to avoid compassion fatigue as well as a burn-out. It sounds like youve handle the situation in the best possible way for everyone, Im proud of you for that!
Its a good thing that youve identified this and I hope you can be more careful about it, eating problems are definitely important to watch out for especially when having had them before. I hope you can keep your intermittent fasting reasonable (lets remember the intermittent part of the fasting and not turn it into fasting!)
It sounds like a good plan to plan your courses ahead, Im guessing the situation this year has brought lots of stress? Being a perfectionism definitely doesnt make things easier but hopefully having things planned can help you feel calmer about it, even just a bit can be good to take!
These sound like really nice things to feel happy! I didnt know the Goldberg Variations, listening to them now (thanks for sharing the link!) and it sounds extremely peaceful and relaxing!
Its great that youve found a routine that works for you, its really what matters!
Thanks for checking in, take care!
Hey!! Im a bit late, but oh well >~<
1) How are you doing?
A bit sad right now :(
2) What is going well/not-so well lately?
Going well: I got to eat some delicious food this week, like my favorite mushroom pasta! My mom also cooked some tofu and fried chicken, they were really delicious as well ^^
Not going well: I was rejected from a position in a project I really wanted to be part of :( I usually cope well with rejection and my reaction towards them would be a shrug and an ‘oh well, but I dont know, this time I feel a bit crushed.
3) Are there some things youd like to accomplish in the next months? (or just plans, things youd like to focus on)
I want to do even better in school! Its my last year so I have to work hard.
4) What are some very simple things that make you happy?
• When its sunset and the sky turns pink or violet
• The moment before I fall asleep, when everything just feels so peaceful and light
• Moss on trees! I think theyre lovely xD
• Drizzly mornings~
• When a friend calls me by my name in the middle or end of a sentence (e.g. You know, Hydrangea...). I dont know, it feels so comforting to me.
5) Whats your favourite morning routine to start off the day?
Haha, just like the nighttime routine: thinking of ‘scenarios in my head before I get out of bed :P
Thanks for the check-in! Take care everyone!!
@Hydrangea03
Hey there ! No worries about being late, you can check in whenever, youll always be welcome :p
Im sorry to hear youre feeling sad… I can definitely understand how getting rejected from a position in a project you wanted to take part in and had interest in would make you feel crushed :\ Im sorry you cant be part of this project, rejection can definitely be hard to take when its about something you cared for… I hope new opportunities will come so you can get back on your feet after no time!
Wow this food sounds super tasty!
Good luck with school work! Its great to hear youre feeling motivated to work hard and do better, last years sure are really important! You've got this!
These are lovely simple things, I love it too when the sky takes amazing colours as the sun sets, I love summer just for that!
Oh that sounds like a nice thing to do! Do you make scenarios about how your day will go?
Thanks for sharing and checking in, take care!