Self Harm Recovery Daily Check-in: Saturday, October 10th, 2020
Hihi everyone and happy Saturday!! <3 I hope everyone is doing well and having a wonderful morning so far. I have a really busy weekend with a lot of academic and extracurricular work to do. But today I wanted to focus on journaling for self-care!
Welcome to the mini Saturday check-in journaling book!
Journaling can be really helpful to get down our thoughts on paper! With overwhelming thoughts and emotions, it's really easy to get all of them stuck in our heads without having a good outlet (since a lot of us are in isolation). That's why journaling and getting to write our thoughts down on paper or typed out is important, it's a good place to allow ourselves to be vulnerable.
Check-in questions (journaling questions):
1) Give yourself 3 minutes and write down anything that is on your mind and feel free to share anything you feel comfortable with!
2) If someone described you, what would they say?
3) When do I feel most in tune with myself?
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1) Give yourself 3 minutes and write down anything that is on your mind and feel free to share anything you feel comfortable with!
I think im handling my grades well. Especially Law and English, but i am getting there with Chem and World History. I just want my parents to be proud of me because good grades is the only thing we all want for myself. We disagree on everything else so i just hope school goes will in the future and that i get accepted to one of the few colleges/univeristies i have my eyes on. I don't want to be average, and struggle for a living. I genuinely want a hard-woring life. And i think that with the support i have of my friends, i may get that. Even though i cannot wait for the future, i already know im gonna have so many obstacles to face and im worried i might give up once i realized how helpful having an accepting family could be in those situations. I feel like my identity and lack of religion might push them away. Id be the only one in my family of 100+ who would dare go against the rules of their culture, so im most likely going to be shunned.
2) If someone described you, what would they say?
They'd say im truthful. A person with several goals who just needs the motivation and bravery to achieve them. They'd say im insecure, and always focused on others reactions towards my actions, and that i always let thet stop me from being comfortable in my skin. And mostly mention that im pessimistic, but with reason.
3) When do I feel most in tune with myself?
I feel most in tune with myself around my best friend. She brings out the best in me which is why i always want to be around with her. With others, im always adjustisting my qualities to fit their likings, and it never gets me anywhere. My best friend is someone i can be vulnerable around, and i feel like without her, id live life never finding myself. I also am in tune with myself when im writing. I notice my emotions more when i have a place to let them out. And when listening to music, i get to remember how each song played an important factor in my life during the time i found it.
@lydiarklistens
Hey there! <3 Thank you for sharing so much insight, I feel like we're definitely very similar people! I wish you best of luck with university applications and that entire process. I too am a very ambitious person and sometimes worry about what my family may think of me, but I can't imagine the pressure you might feel with being afraid of getting shunned. I'm so sorry 🥺 Family cultures are so wack sometimes and I hope all goes well in the future. You definitely sound like a hardworking and good person and I wish you best of luck with getting where you want to be. That description of yourself strangely resonated with my character too xD but you sound lovely and I hope you keep that motivation battery charged so that you can go change the world. Your best friend sounds like a good person, and I'm glad that you're able to feel super in tune around her.
1) Give yourself 3 minutes and write down anything that is on your mind and feel free to share anything you feel comfortable with!
Just got back from my first day working again. I thought I was going to be doing something different other than being a lawn care guy. We had sub par tools it sucked. I had some vivid memories come back from when I was young and got beaten while doing yard work. I hope my back can take the work. But at least I'm working again.
2) If someone described you, what would they say?
I don't know. I'm not good at that sort of thing. If I were in the room probably generic nice stuff.
3) When do I feel most in tune with myself?
I don't think I'm ever in tune with myself. The best I can do is be distracted.
@Flornhope
Hey Florn! <3 I'm sorry that your first day back at work wasn't the best, having the bad tools must make it a lot harder and I'm really sorry that you got those memories that came back to you :( I'm sure people would say amazing things about you and I'm sorry that you don't feel in tune with yourself much, I hope it gets better soon <3
@TheAtticusFinch Thank you. I know I'm a pessimistic person. I'm working on the bad memories and flashbacks and all that. As well as being more optimistic.
1) Give yourself 3 minutes and write down anything that is on your mind and feel free to share anything you feel comfortable with!
It's been so difficult. I want to get better but it's so difficult. I know it's possible. I know I have to keep trying. I have to keep going. I have to stay positive, and keep up my gratitude journaling. I have to keep resisting another relapse, and keep fighting against the bad thoughts. I can't give up. I can't fall back in again. I have to keep going. This won't last forever. I'll overcome this eventually. I just need to keep believing in myself.
2) If someone described you, what would they say?
I think they'd say they hate me. That I'm a lazy, selfish person. That I'm weird and arrogant. I want to say that they're wrong, but...idk. I know there are people who would probably tell me I'm trying my best, and that I've been a helpful and kind person, but I don't know.
3) When do I feel most in tune with myself?
When I'm able to share my most vulnerable sides with someone. I haven't been able to in a long time. Even on 7Cups it always feels as if someone is going to judge me for who I am and the choices I've made.
@honestpanda81
Heya Panda! <3 Oh no, it sounds like you've been having a rough time lately and I'm really sorry :(( I understand what you're talking about with having to keep trying, it's really difficult and takes so much energy.. but it also takes a lot of courage and I'm proud of you for still going. Those little things that you're trying to keep up like your gratitude journal and clinging onto that hope is valuable to nurture and I'm so proud of you <3 I'm sure more people would tell me that you're a nice and amazing person than what you described yourself as :) I hope you feel comfortable with being vulnerable soon. It's hard to but it's worth it most of the time <3 Take care and thank you for checking in