Self-Harm Recovery Daily Check-in: Monday May 27th, 2019
Hello everyone, and welcome back to another checkin! I hope your day has been going well.
You do not have to compare your own recovery to someone else's recovery. In fact, you shouldn't. We are all different, and we all have different struggles during the process. It's perfectly alright if you took longer than you expected- relapses happen, life happens.
1) How are you today? Is there anything you'd like to share with us?
2) It's a new week! I wonder what your plans and goals are for the coming week? It can be related to recovery, personal life, 7 Cups life etc.
3) Icebreaker! If you were to be famous, what would it be for?
Take care everyone, and have a lovely day! xx
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I'm okay, thank you. A bit tired after a rough week but it is what it is. I made my first whole week clean for the first time since the beginning of December a week ago, and was 6 hours from making the second week. But these things happen I guess. So my goal for this next week is to restart and try for another week and see where it goes from there.
If I were to be famous, it'd probably be for the amount of kiwis I could consume in a certain amount of time 
. Either that or my obsession with them :')
Thank you for the check-in. @rebecca947
@Littleblu
Heya, Blu! <3 I hope you get some self-care time to relax and sleep if necessary. Good thing not to push yourself too hard. I'm so proud of you- it's a huge achievement to be clean for so long. Yes, these things happen- good mentality. And that's a great goal- I'll be cheering you on from the sidelines! And remember, we're all here to support you too. If you make it, woohoo! If you don't, always try again. After all, it's not how many times you fall that matters- it's how many times you get back up that shows who you truly are.
Ooh, kiwis! Which do you prefer- gold or green? And maybe you could try to enter the Guinness World Records Book for 2020?! Hahaha but out of curiosity, how many can you consume in 5 minutes?
Take care xx
Thank you, it really means a lots. I'll do what I can .
I've never tried the golden ones, I'm not too sure I really want to heheh. As for the Guinness World Records Book, imagine that :') kiwi consumtion smh. I guess it depends how many I had, I could easily eat a whole packet of kiwis in 5 minuets
Take care to you too 
@rebecca947
@Littleblu
The golden ones are usually much sweeter! And yes, I'd love to see you in the book lol I'll know who it is if I ever see it in there! ;)
@rebecca947
1) How are you today? Is there anything you'd like to share with us?
hey! today is quite good. my biology-exam was awful but i managed to stay positive! today in my school i saw a little girl, like 12 years old, who were ripped jeans which showed big self harm scars and i heard people talking about it like "why is she showing it extra like this" and i was like just let her live her life it means shes struggeling and thats okay. and i do not know if i should talk to her, like i have never seen her before, but when i was in her age and struggeling with it i probably would have appreciated someone reaching out. but on the other hand, she may feel overwhelmed if i openly talk to her about it and i do not want her to feel ashamed or so.
2) It's a new week! I wonder what your plans and goals are for the coming week? It can be related to recovery, personal life, 7 Cups life etc.
my plans are doing good on my arts exam on wednesday, and well, surviving the funeral right after. i know its going to be really hard, especially for my mother, since it was her mother who we lost last week. on thursday, i do not have school. on friday evening, my boyfriend is visiting me!! we are having Long distance and you can not imagine how happy i am to see him again.
3) Icebreaker! If you were to be famous, what would it be for?
Like if we keep it serious maybe singing? and for fun i would be famous for being really clingy and affectionate XD
@dynamicHemlock1736
Heya, Hemlock! Haven't spoken in a while- hope you've been doing well! Woohoo for today being a good day! <3 After exams, most of us feel awful about how they went! But it's over now, so we can't change anything. Can feel quite relieving for some people, myself included, to be reminded of that thought! Sounds like you've gone through a pros and cons list of talking to her. In my opinion, there's no harm in trying, Maybe go slow, and if she doesn't feel alright with it, don't push it. Offer your support but if she's not ready to grab the offer, let it be? Keep in contact, help find resources. Depends on each individual situation, I suppose.
Good luck with your exam! Is it a written one, essay question and short answers? I'm really sorry for your and your mother's loss- losing a loved one and grieving is so difficult. :( *big hugs* if you want them. I hope you both find the support you need and deserve. Any plans for Thursday? Having a free day sounds awesome, and woohoo for your boyfriend visiting you!!! How exciting!!! <3 Let us know how it goes if you'd like! I'd love to hear it if you're willing.
Ooh, a famous singing star/celebrity! Who would you aspire to be, if you were to be famous? Haha like a koala and dog mix <3 super cute! Take care of yourself xx
@rebecca947 thank you for your response! it
@rebecca947 I'm stupid
@MrBob567
Heya, Bob! Nice to meet you. What makes you feel or think that? Sounds like you may have a harsh inner critic. ❤️
@rebecca947 because kids make fun of me, so I'm obviously not smart enough to stop them.
Hi, I hope you are doing well 
1) How are you today? Is there anything you'd like to share with us?
I am hanging in there right now, I have had some incredibly awful weeks; finding out my uncle had a heart attack and my aunty has cancer on the same day and that my dad's job is at risk for false accusations, alongside my everyday struggles. It has been really tough and shamefully I have been self-harming a little to deal with the anger I feel. Praying for a better week this week, because I really need it.
2) It's a new week! I wonder what your plans and goals are for the coming week? It can be related to recovery, personal life, 7 Cups life etc.
These are going to be some busy weeks, I start my first uni exams next week and am going camping next weekend. I am hoping that this camping trip with a lot of Christians from my state will give me an opportunity to talk to someone about what has been going on in my life (a big step for me to take) so that I can get help and accountability to deal with it. But really just once again, hoping for a better, more positive week this week.
3) Icebreaker! If you were to be famous, what would it be for?
I think that I would hate to be famous, but if I was I think from an entertainment perspective for music or poetry, I love them both. But really from academia persepctive, I would love to be famous for discovering a new cure or treatment for a disease.
@ElephantTiger1
Heya, Tiger! I'm dong alright, thank you! I'm glad to hear you're hanging in there- you've been through a lot. I'm really sorry to hear about your dad and your aunty :( There's no need to feel ashamed- we all have our coping mechanisms, whether they be healthy or harmful. What other healthier coping mechanisms do you think you'd be willing to try? Even doing 5 minutes of something healthy to replace self-harming can be helpful. It's a process, not perfection. We can relapse, we can continue, but we'll get there. I hope you've been able to release your emotions somehow- on paper, to someone, on 7 Cups etc.
Ooh, good luck with your exams! And it sounds like a great idea- I'm proud of you for taking this step forward. I hope it pays off, and that you enjoy your camping! Do you camp often, are you a fan of the great outdoors?
What makes being famous negative for you? I personally wouldn't fully enjoy it either, to be honest! Music or poetry! Do you write your own stuff? That sounds amazing, being famous for a new discovery! Is that the field you're currently studying in?
I hope you have a better week this week as well, but remember that we're all here for you, supporting you on your journey! I'm proud of how far you've come and will go. <3
@rebecca947
I usually play music or write to cope with my emotions and feelings, they just have been really bad lately where nothing has been helping. Kind of felt like I have been in a very impossible situation, where everytime I have a good day or enjoy something, my world seems to come crashing down around me. So doing something to make me smile, I guess I have feared that that would become a place of pain too.
I do love the outdoors and being in nature; it is so beautiful. No, I don't go camping very often, only 5 times (the 5 times I have previosuly attended this camp) it causes me far too much physical pain to camp, but it is an atmosphere that I need to be in right now, and really all of the time because it is filled with so much positivity and love.
I wouldn't want to be famous because I don't want the attention or lack of privacy and independency. I do write my own poetry and I am learning how to compose music at the moment, (not too good, but its all a learning curve really). Music is a massive part of my life, it is how I connect to the world, I play piano and clarinet and am a part of a band, that I love. Yeah, sort of, I am study a Bachelor of Biomedical science as I hope to be a doctor of some sort or a Neuroscientist, because I want to help people be diagnosed and alleviate their pain, so being famous for helping others would make me feel, I don't know, maybe special and like I have done some good for others.
Hi @rebecca947. Long time no see (for my part) :)
1) How are you today? Is there anything you'd like to share with us?
Ok, I still feel hella stressed out, for some weird reason. It's fucked up. I wish I could just be calm and normal, and not have all that nervous energy.
I feel so restless, and I can't sleep either. I go to bed at 9 in the evening, and lay there for an hour or two, then I get up bc I can't sleep and don't go to bed until 2 in the night. I have a really hard time falling asleep, but weirdly enough only at home. At my grandma's or my other set of granparents' I have no problem with falling asleep at all. I just can't sleep at home (and I'm not alone, I live with my parents still). And that makes me so tired that I sleep until lunchtime! I will actually get up at 9 in the morning, stay up for a few hours (until 11 normally), and then go to bed again (with no problem of falling asleep at all(!) as I am dead tired) and sleep until lunchtime (at 12 to 12:30). So I think I have fucked up my system, or something :S
Otherwise I feel ok, besides the stress and lack of sleep. I haven't self-harmed, weirdly enough, even if I am stressed out. I am actually reading a book about someone who is self-harming, but it haven't triggered me at all, like it has done in the past. I think I am past self-harming, somehow.
2) It's a new week! I wonder what your plans and goals are for the coming week? It can be related to recovery, personal life, 7 Cups life etc.
Not a lot of plans for next week though. Gotta go to SFT (= social skill training) tomorrow, then go and work out and then go to my grandma's appartment to stay the night. Gotta write 2000 words before thursday, to get to 30000 words on my current story. I have to be done with my story by July (by 50000 words), to send it to a betareader, to edit all august, to send it to a writing competition by september, so I am pretty busy.
So I feel a little stressed out, still, which sucks like hell. But well... I hope it gets better soon. Maybe I just shouldn't enter that competition. I can't handle the pressure anyway, or the stress.
3) Icebreaker! If you were to be famous, what would it be for?
Like... what I wanna be famous for, or what I really would be famous for.
The first would be a singer or an actress. I really would like to be one of those, as I love acting and I love singing. I'm actually in a Choir, a gospel choir. Or maybe for my drawings, my drawings aren't really that great. But most of all, and realisticly, I could be famous for my writing as I am a writer. I have actually written almost four books (non publiced though), AND I have written two audio books and they have been "publiced" or whatever you call it with adio books. They are pretty great, I think myself, but non of you would understand them, as they are in Danish.
And back to what I actually would be famous for: having no friends probably. Or being totally isolated. Not being able to handle stress or pressure :/
