Self-Harm Recovery Daily Check-in: Friday April 17th, 2020
Hey everyone! I'm Atticus and I'm a new member of the Self-Harm Recovery Team. This is my first forum post so bear with me a bit hehe.
I genuinely hope everyone is having a good day so far. Certain parts of the world are slowly getting better and other parts are still in distress, but it's important to know that we're all in this collective effort together to better the world and ourselves. We are together, which means you are not alone! As the same as any self-harm/mental health recovery, you don't have to be alone in the process. This community is the home to many people going through a similar journey and I hope we can all be there for each other to make our journeys feel less lonesome. :)
Check-in questions:
1) How are you doing right now on a scale of 1-10 and why?
2) Do you have a friend who makes you feel less alone in your self harm/mental health recovery journey? If not, describe an ideal "recovery partner/friend".
3) What are your three favorite foods?
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@TheAtticusFinch
1) How are you doing right now on a scale of 1-10 and why?
Probably a 7, I am a little sleepy but I am doing good today :) I got in the hottub with my parents and it was fun.
2) Do you have a friend who makes you feel less alone in your self harm/mental health recovery journey? If not, describe an ideal "recovery partner/friend".
Yes, me and my bestfriend are really goofy and don't talk that much about our problems, but if I am sad, she is always the first one to call me and to be there for me. Just talking and laughing helps me a lot too. She doesn't know I ever self harmed, but she knows a lot of issues I had and I'm still having. She is a great friend <3
3) What are your three favorite foods?
Pita gyro (maybe an addiction), doner kebab and McDonalds
Have a nice day! <3
@Dimara
I'm glad to hear that you're at a 7 and the hot tub sounds fun! I have a friend like that too; they're really good people to have around us and to laugh with so I'm glad we both have those people in our lives. I have never had pita gyros before :o And you have a great day too, twin :) <3
@TheAtticusFinch
1) How are you doing right now on a scale of 1-10 and why?
7
2) Do you have a friend who makes you feel less alone in your self harm/mental health recovery journey? If not, describe an ideal "recovery partner/friend".
I have a couple friends who used to self-harm. They helped me realize I'm not alone.
3) What are your three favorite foods?
Cake, bratwurst, and chicken nuggets (I can be healthy sometimes I swear lol)
@PurpleSnail
7 is good but I hope you reach full happy PurpleSnail zone sometime this week. :) Friends that help us realize that we aren't alone are wonderful and I'm glad you have them. I'm sorry they used to self-harm though and I hope they're doing better now or are doing well with their own recovery journey <3 and cake is awesome, thank you for sharing your yummy foods and have a great week!
@TheAtticusFinch
1) How are you doing right now on a scale of 1-10 and why?
I'm good. I moved into my new apartment at wednesday this week, and bc of my anxiety I'm at my parents' house for the weekend. I don't know... I just didn't want to be alone in this weekend, and my mom has been sleeping at my place since wednesday, so I haven't tried to sleep there all alone yet. But I'm trying it from monday to thuesday, and I hope it will go well. I really do hope so. I will be alone until my mom gets home on sunday though, so I will have some "alone time" at my place.
From 1 to 10 right now, at my parents' place, I'm quite content and at a 9. I miss my blades ofc, but I can live without them. My anxiety is a lot lower, bc I have moved and I'm not there alone. So I'm really good, I think. I feel well, and I have plans for every day next week, so I think it will go swift all the way around. I have a little too much planned at monday though, but I hope it will make the day end a little quicker, so I don't have to much time to think about sleeping all on my own.
2) Do you have a friend who makes you feel less alone in your self harm/mental health recovery journey? If not, describe an ideal "recovery partner/friend".
I do have a good friend that helps me cope with my mental recovery, but he doesn't know anything about my SH, as I don't talk to anyone about it. Only my therapist and mentor once in a while, when they ask me. I never talk about it myself. Not bc I feel ashamed or anything, but bc I see it as a legit coping mechanism IF it works every time, when you do very little, and you don't need to SH worse and worse to make it work.
An ideal friend who knows about my SH is one who understands that I need to SH once in a while, when I feel emotional pain and need to sooth that. But also a friend who can talk me out of SH when I do it to punish myself in relation to my ED.
3) What are your three favorite foods?
Uh... I have an ED, so I don't really like food that much, but I do enjoy strawberries and Pepsi Max :)
@EvilRegalsReadToo
A new apartment sounds exciting but can be scary, so I'm wishing you the best of luck with adjusting to that and I do hope that you have some alone time <3 But I'm so happy to hear that you feel content at your parent's house and that's exciting to hear that you have plans for every single day of next week. It sounds like you're keeping yourself occupied and in a routine, which is important in quarantined times like these. :) I do the same thing, but I hope you're not overworking yourself on Monday. I respect the way you feel about SH, although I hope in the future, you find other ways of soothing your emotional pain. You deserve the most legitimate coping mechanism that works every time. Glad to hear you have a support system around you and I respect you not talking about SH, although if you ever do, the 7 cups community is here for you and isn't going to judge. And ED is tough, I admire your bravery through coping with it and I love strawberries as well. Have a wonderful week love and stay strong.
@TheAtticusFinch
1) How are you doing right now on a scale of 1-10 and why?
I'm okay, pretty anxious so probably a 4!
2) Do you have a friend who makes you feel less alone in your self harm/mental health recovery journey? If not, describe an ideal "recovery partner/friend".
Yes, my boyfriend and my best friend are both super amazing and supportive.
3) What are your three favorite foods?
Fettucine alfredo, clif bars, and grits are my favorite lately!
@24Help1
I'm sorry to hear you're feeling anxious Help, I hope you have good coping strategies to use to help with that. <3 Awww I'm glad you seem to have a good support system and I love Fettucine Alfredo as well. :) Reach out if you need to, we care about you. 
@TheAtticusFinch
Yay I'm glad to see you join the team Atticus! Welcome!
@LinearWaves
Thank you love <3