Self-Harm Recovery Daily Check-In: Thursday, August 20th, 2020
Hey amazing people! I wish you all a great Thursday!
I have to say that Im not a fan of Thursdays, its past the first half of the week, sure, but its not Friday yet, plus theres usually still a lot to do… Sooo thats the perfect day for a gentle reminder <3 You're all awesome!
1) How are you?
2) What are/were your most favourite and least favourite things of the week so far?
3) Whats on your mind? Feel free to rant, to share something youre excited about, something that is bothering you, something you find cool, something youre proud of, anything at all!
Feel free to share anything else in your mind! Ill be looking forward hearing from you all!
Take good care of your amazing selves, stay safe <3
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1) How are you?
Exhausted
2) What are/were your most favourite and least favourite things of the week so far?
Most favorite thing was having some chocolate ice cream. Least favorite thing was trying to manage and sort out finances.
3) Whats on your mind? Feel free to rant, to share something youre excited about, something that is bothering you, something you find cool, something youre proud of, anything at all!
My self esteem has been really low. I'm really discouraged about strengthening it. I feel like everything I do is fake.
@Brynn9
Hey there Brynn, it's nice to hear from you again! I'm sorry though to hear that you're exhausted... I hope you can get some more rest soon, if that's what is lacking!
Chocolate ice cream sounds quite tempting! Finances though, less tempting... but hey, it's necessary to take some time to figure it out and you did great on that!
I'm sorry to hear your self-esteem has been really low, do you think something has caused it to be low lately? Also, I don't know if that applies here, but about things being fake, they do say 'fake it till you make it' and sometimes it can be a good start to pretend that our self-esteem is great, who knows we might believe it ourselves at some point? (I don't know what are your thoughts on this technique?)
Thanks for checking in, take care!
@LinearWaves
Hi Linear! <3 Are you doing more check-ins now?:o I'm seeing more check-ins from you and @slizzy564 and I'm not complaining hehe <3 school starting soon but will try to keep up with all the forum check-ins as much as I can!
1) How are you?
I'm doing alright, not as happy as I would want to be but also not doing terribly :(: I'm a bit stressed out by the things I need to do with cups, some organizations I am a part of, debate, and school starting up but at the same time I'm pretty excited for them. There's also a lot of stress from my relationships right now but I'm trying to look at them as an opportunity to learn how to nurture my relationship with myself and learn how to set up boundaries with more toxic people in my life 🥺
2) What are/were your most favourite and least favourite things of the week so far?
My favorite thing from this week so far has been starting the show "We bare bears" with my friend and also watching a bunch of political videos with my friend yesterday. My least favorite thing was figuring out my school schedule and getting a big stressed out by it.
3) Whats on your mind? Feel free to rant, to share something youre excited about, something that is bothering you, something you find cool, something youre proud of, anything at all!
Hmm I think I'm excited about starting school and getting to see more of my friends. I have English and AP Euro with a past friend that I'm still trying to be friends with, but we get in a lot of political disagreements and I'm still holding a bit of a grudge against him for some emotional manipulativeness. I was looking forward to being really political in both of those classes and just getting to be authentic me, which usually happens since those are two classes and subjects that I really enjoy, but now I'm a bit nervous? No big deal, will probably just get through it ahha<3
@TheAtticusFinch
Heya Atticus ! im covering for Rebecca until the end of the month so Im a bit more here yep :p
Its nice to hear youre doing alright, despite not being as happy as youd want (I hope that can improve though!) its good to stay aware of our own personal well-being scale! It sounds like you have a lot on your hands indeed, I can definitely understand how that would lead to stressing out, although its great that youre excited for all these things, I find it brings much better energy/motivation to face things rather than dreading them! And its also really positive that youre seeing things as opportunities and focusing on the good it can bring you, especially when it comes to setting boundaries with toxic people, thats definitely something extremely (but tough) useful to learn! On another note though, I wish you good luck on all these projects and I hope you can still manage to keep time for yourself and self-care <3
It sounds like you had nice relaxing and friendly times! Im sorry though about the schedule part, Im guessing it will be busy..?
I hope that despite the expected nervousness about doing these classes with a past friend with whom youve had disagreements plus are still holding a grudge, youll be able to be your authentic self in these classes, so as to fully enjoy the subjects, especially considering your interest for them! Im sure youll manage, even if it might be a bit weird at first!
Thanks for checking in, take care!
@LinearWaves
I'm doing ok.
My favorite part of the week was spending time with my daughter. My least favorite part was finding out my ex lost his job. Not sure what that will mean for child support and her health insurance.
I stopped taking my sleeping pills. They made my anxiety and self harm thoughts worse. I see my Dr. tomorrow to try something else. Hopefully I'll find one that will work. I need some restful sleep.
@RedHawk6547
Heya ! Its great youre doing ok and got to spend time with your daughter! Im sorry though about your exs job, I hope you will be able to figure out things regarding child support and health insurance for your daughter!
Its relieving to hear youll be seeing your doctor soon about this, sleep is indeed extremely important when it comes to anxiety and self-harm (and just anything actually). How have you been handling the self-harm thoughts and anxiety?
Take care, thanks for checking-in!
